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There are five hopefuls to fill the District 13 Utah House seat to be vacated by Rep. Paul Ray. They are, clockwise from top left, Karen Peterson, Erik Craythorne, Jordan Peterson, Beverly Macfarlane and William Swank. A winner is to be selected on Dec. 18, 2021.

WEST POINT Five hopefuls are interested in finishing Rep. Paul Rays term as the District 13 representative to the Utah House, including a mayor, a city council member and a staffer in the administration of Gov. Spencer Cox.

Ray, a Clearfield Republican, is to step down as a state rep on Dec. 15 after 10 terms to take over as assistant director of legislative affairs in the Utah Department of Human Services. The Davis County Republican Party has launched efforts to find a replacement, and five candidates have come forward, interested in filling out his term.

They are West Point Mayor Erik Craythorne; Beverly Macfarlane, a member of the Sunset City Council and a former mayor there; Karen Peterson, director of legislative affairs for Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson; Jordan Peterson, who runs Interim HealthCare in Layton; and William Swank, a recent retiree.

The deadline to file to run was Wednesday and the 70 or so Republican Party delegates representing District 13 will make a pick among the five candidates at a special election scheduled for Dec. 18 at West Point Junior High School. The winner, whose name will go to Cox for formal appointment, will fill out the rest of Rays current term, through the end of 2022.

District 13 sits in northern Davis County and covers portions of Clearfield, West Point, Sunset and Clinton, though the boundaries will shift next year due to redistricting.

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Utah Rep. Paul Ray, a Clearfield Republican, has been picked to take over as assistant director of legislative affairs for the Utah Department of Human Services starting Dec. 16, 2021.

Since the GOP delegates make the selection, Craythorne said they would be the likely focus of campaigning by the candidates. The District 13 seat comes up for election next year, and voters next November will make the pick on who fills the two-year 2023-2024 term, a separate process.

Here are a few details about the candidates to fill out Rays term:

Erik Craythorne: Craythorne is finishing up as mayor of West Point. Hes served in the post for 13 years and his current term goes through the end of the year. He didnt seek reelection last November.

Northern Davis County has had great leadership in Salt Lake City over the years, Craythorne said, and he wants to continue to provide that strong leadership.

He helps run Craythorne Construction, a family-owned business, and served seven years on the West Point City Council prior to serving as mayor.

Jordan Peterson: Peterson, seeking public office for the first time, is chief executive officer of Interim Healthcare, which provides home health care services in Davis and Weber counties. Hes from Clinton.

He was drawn into the contest, in part, by what he sees as excessive divisiveness in politics. Bring decorum and civility here, he said, stating one of his missions.

William Swank: Swank, from Sunset, recently retired from a civilian post with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, the retailer on military bases.

He couldnt run for public office before because of his job with AAFES, but now he can. Now I thought Id get involved. I think I can bring an everyday mans view to the Legislature, he said.

He unsuccessfully ran for a Utah House seat while living in Midvale about 25 years ago. This is his first bid for public office since then.

Karen Peterson: Peterson, from Clinton, previously served on the Clinton City Council but stepped down from the post at the end of 2020 to take the post in the Cox administration.

She has also served as an adjunct professor at Southern Utah University and as an education policy advisor to former Gov. Gary Herbert, according to SUU.

She couldnt immediately be reached for comment.

Beverly Macfarlane: Macfarlane served a term as mayor of Sunset and opted not to seek a second term in 2017 in order to run for a seat on the Davis County Commission instead.

She lost in the 2018 elections for a commission post but subsequently won election to the Sunset City Council, where she currently serves. She also vied unsuccessfully for a county commission seat in 2016.

Prior to being mayor, Macfarlane worked for 29 years for thestate of Utah, serving as a contract analyst, among other responsibilities.

She couldnt immediately be reached for comment.

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Youve heard of Jordan Peterson, the man whose books, 12 Rules for Life subtitled An Antidote to Chaos and 12 Further Rules for Life were the most unlikely bestsellers of the millennium? The Canadian psychologist who came into prominence for taking a stand against obligatory gender neutral pronouns and became a kind of Pied Piper or rather, a father figure for what looked like a generation of young men looking for models of masculinity? The self-help guru who bandies around terms like goodness and virtue and whose admonitions include the invitation to Stand Up Straight With Your Shoulders Back and Tell the Truth or at least, Dont Lie? That Jordan Peterson.

Anyway, I was invited to a dinner last week by Philippa Stroud, whose think-tank engages with social issues, where Peterson and his wife were guests, and got to hear the great man address the issues raised around the table. He seemed very decent and does indeed strike you as having quite a bit of the evangelist, or evangelical, about him. At one point, he observed that the best return for being privileged socially and economically was to be virtuous. Be Good, he told the gathering which included Charles Moore, former Telegraph editor. Well, yes. And how many times do you encounter that kind of exhortation, in or out of church? Not often, Id say.

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When Kalon Gervin entered the transfer portal in late September, Kansas was one of the first schools to offer him a scholarship.

Gervin ending up taking a visit to Wisconsin and eventually committed to the Badgers. It looked like he would stay in the Big 10 after leaving Michigan State.

But over the last couple weeks the Jayhawks entered back in the picture and started making a push for the talented corner.

Last weekend Gervin took an official visit to Lawrence to learn more about the program and meet the coaching staff. He also got a chance to reconnect with Michigan natives Cornell Wheeler and Rich Miller.

I have known Cornell since he was four or five, Gervin said. Our older brothers played football with each other. I played against Rich in high school he went to King who was our rival. We all played in the same little league together. Those guys are good people and good dudes.

He liked what he saw on the official visit.

Most importantly they have great coaches, a great staff and campus, Gervin said. They were one of the first schools to hit me up when I entered the portal. The official visit was great. They made me feel like a priority, and everything was a huge factor.

The Jayhawks used a team approach and several coaches and staff members helped in the recruiting. Jordan Peterson who recently was promoted to the corners coach bonded with Gervin on the official visit and during the in-home.

Scott Aligo was the former Director of Player Personnel at Michigan State. Brian Borland played a part. Chris Simpson is well-connected in the Detroit area and knew him. Rob Ianello knew family members of Gervin.

Coach Peterson is cool and a great guy, Gervin said. He just got hired. We've been talking a lot. He's a great dude. Hes been just sitting with me talking football. He's a great guy. I met his wife and she's a great person.

Coach Borland the DC is a great guy, and he has got a lot of plans for me. Of course, Coach Leipold is a great dude. We spent a lot of time with each other, met his wife, and they are great people.

Ironically the Jayhawks just hired Terrence Samuel to be the new receivers coach and he recruited Gervin to Michigan State. But Gervin said Samuel was not recruiting him to Kansas, but it is another familiar face he will know.

When Gervin signed with Michigan State he was the number one prospect in the state according to the Rivals rankings. He was also the 17th rated cornerback in the nation. He played in the Under Armour All-American game and was voted Associated Press Division One player of the year.

Gervin plans to join the team in January and is looking forward to playing in the Big 12.

I'm excited to go to play in the Big 12 and play corner, Gervin said. Put my head in the pile and put my work on display. I think I bring that lockdown mentality, speed, versatility and leadership.

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Mike McGlone Senior Commodity Strategist at Bloomberg expects 2022 to be a successful year for both bitcoin and gold. He believes the primary cryptocurrency will hit $100,000, while the precious metal will trade at $2,000.

The current global financial system is passing through tough times, to say the least. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the health concerns around it, caused many companies to temporarily cease operations or send their workers to work from home. This led to immediate disruptions, crippled productivity, and built a solid base for future monetary issues.

At the same time, numerous central banks started printing vast amounts of fiat currencies to alleviate some of the short-term pain. However, by doing so, the inflation rate surged to unseen levels in decades. In the USA it stands at over 6% the highest it has been in nearly 40 years.

And while national currencies, such as the American dollar, are slowly losing their purchasing power, bitcoin is considered by many as the exact opposite. As of the moment, it is an inflationary asset. Its fixed supply of 21 million coins ever to exist gives it a trustworthy scarcity, making it an attractive investment tool that many people got on board during the ongoing financial turbulence.

Nonetheless, Bloombergs Mike McGlone predicted that deflationary forces will prevail next year and inflation will stop spreading across the globe. This process could help the primary cryptocurrency to tap a significant milestone in its USD development of $100,000. According to the expert, the same factors will cause gold to climb to $2,000 and oil to hit $50.

Another recent statement from Bloomberg revealed that many investors currently protect themselves from the rising inflation by getting into bitcoin. The company even called the leading cryptocurrency the best inflation hedge around.

The theory of BTC being such an alternative is supported by many prominent names, including Anthony Scaramucci, Paul Tudor Jones, and Barry Sternlicht. Not long ago, Jordan Peterson a clinical psychologist and a famous YouTube personality also joined this club.

After having an educational conversation with Dr. Saifedean Ammous, who stated that bitcoin is essentially the most powerful defensive technology against inflation, Peterson said he bought more BTC.

Subsequently, John Authers journalist at Bloomberg determined that BTC has achieved 99.996% deflation over the last ten years, meaning that the price of a single coin in 2011 now costs just 0.004 of it today.

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This is a yearly routine now, so from next year, I am just gonna bookmark dumb stuff as and when they are said. Anyway, get on with what you are here for. Presenting the stupidest things Indian celebrities have said in 2021:

Why do Bollywood people feel this urge to display their stupidity in every matter? Trust me, if this guy writes a book on heart health, our Indian public will make it a bestseller. pic.twitter.com/zQkEX22ibz

Just a thought to ponder but doesnt the left and right both lead to the same conclusion. Totalitarianism! One does it through nationalism and the the other through socialism. Are we really taking sides for the same outcome?

I so agree with @jordanbpeterson when he suggests that we must be monsters and what great monsters we could be, if only we also knew how to control it. Cause Its not the sword wielder that has the power, its the one who knows how to keep it sheathed that truly controls it.

Kangana should keep her mouth shut. Pathetic to say that 1947 independence was "bheekh" & real azaadi came in 2014. Whatever your political affiliation, this js despicable disrespect to all freedom fighters who laid their lives for the independencepic.twitter.com/JHXPwSJxsz

This could just have been an article with Uday Chopra and Kangana Ranaut competition for the title but let's not go there.

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