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An Iowa police officer who repeatedly turned off his body camera while dealing with an unruly crowd of citizens committed job-related misconduct, an Iowa judge has ruled.
State records indicate Walter Pacheco was fired by the city of Eagle Grove from his job as a police officer last summer, several weeks after he began working for the city.
His termination stemmed from an incident last summer that involved Pacheco being assigned to handle crowd control at a bar. Pacheco was at the establishment for two to three hours, during which time about 200 people gathered. Some of the people were intoxicated and, at some point, the crowd began to get out of control. Some of the individuals made comments that Pacheco considered intimidating or that he interpreted as death threats, according to state records.
Although the employerâs policy requires police officers to have their body cameras turned on when interacting with the public, Pacheco turned his camera off multiple times while at the scene, saying later it was âdead timeâ that wasnât worth recording.
Later that day, with his camera switched on, Pacheco was talking with a firefighter about the number of intoxicated people in the crowd and remarked that instead of arresting the people, he could have simply shot them.
The department later reviewed the footage and fired Pacheco for having switched off his camera while performing crowd control and for his remarks to the firefighter. In his defense, Pacheco said the remark about shooting people was a joke.
He was recently denied unemployment benefits, with an administrative law judge ruling that he had engaged in misconduct.
âMr. Pachecoâs argument that he turned off his body camera only during âdead timeâ and turned it back on when he interacted with the public is undercut by him keeping his body camera on while he spoke with the firefighter,â Administrative Law Judge Daniel Zeno ruled.
Other Iowans who were recently awarded or denied jobless benefits include:
Tara Klein, who worked for the Grandview Heights nursing home in Marshalltown since June 2020 as a full-time registered nurse. On Sept. 15 of last year, she was working a 16-hour shift. Around 10:30 p.m. that day, her supervisor called her and told her that she would also be scheduled to work 16-hours shifts the following Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Klein told the supervisor that she could not physically or mentally handle working that many hours or provide the residents of the home with the proper care. The supervisor allegedly hung up on Klein, and two hours later, a scheduler informed Klein she was scheduled to work the upcoming 16-hour shifts.
Klein told the scheduler it was physically impossible for her to do that, and after 19 hours on duty she went home. The next day, the homeâs administrator allegedly sent Klein a series of text messages indicating that if she was not working the upcoming Saturday and Sunday shifts, the home would consider her employment to be over.
The home subsequently challenged Kleinâs application for unemployment benefits. An administrative law judge ruled that the home âprovided no evidence to establish misconduct on the part of Ms. Klein,â and awarded her benefits.
Joshua Statler, who was fired last April from Mercy Health Services where he worked as a full-time registered nurse. He was fired shortly after being suspended pending an investigation into an allegation that he was stealing medical supplies.
According to a ruling by Administrative Law Judge Andrew Duffelmeyer, Mercy concluded during the course of its investigation that Statler was stealing narcotics, as evidenced by electronic medication-dispensing records and logs. He was denied unemployment benefits. State records indicate no public licensing board action or criminal charges have been filed in the case.
Doug E. Kelley, who was fired last September from Mercy Health Services where he worked as a full-time registered nurse since 2003. A clinical manager had received an audit from a hospital pharmacy regarding Kelleyâs withdrawal of narcotics over the previous two weeks.
According to an administrative law judgeâs ruling, the audit indicated that Kelley withdrew a controlled substance 25 times for one particular patient, when during that same period nurses working other shifts had provided the drug one or two times. Kelley had also recorded a number on the pain scale in the patientâs chart despite the fact that the patient was non-verbal and could not provide such a number.
A review of other records uncovered instances in which Kelley would take three hours to one day to record having administered, or disposed of, medications. Kelley explained his actions by stating that he believed other nurses and doctors were undertreating patientsâ pain, according to the ruling.
The judge ruled that Kelley showed âdeliberate disregardâ for his employersâ interests and ordered him to repay $2,284 in unemployment benefits already collected. State records indicate no public licensing board action or criminal charges have been filed in the case.
Marlene S. Helton, who was fired last spring from the Newton Village care facility where she worked as a full-time patient caregiver since 2012. On June 2, 2021, Helton allegedly notified the facility she would be late to work that day due to her use of marijuana.
A supervisor later requested that Helton take a drug test before working, and Helton refused. Helton was then told she could not begin working because she cared for elderly patients as part of her job, and it would not be safe. Two days later, she was fired after she again refused a request to take a drug test before beginning her shift.
An administrative law judge recently denied her request for unemployment benefits, ruling that her conduct âconstitutes misconduct as it presents a safety hazard to the employee and the general public.â
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South Koreans head to the polls Wednesday to elect a new leader, but itâs unclear if a fresh face in the presidential Blue House will be enough to help repair ties with Tokyo, which have tumbled to their lowest point in decades.
The two front-runners in the race â former prosecutor Yoon Seok-youl of the People Power Party and the ruling Democratic Partyâs Lee Jae-myung, a former governor of Gyeonggi province â remain neck-and-neck in their bids to become South Koreaâs next leader.
But how will the South Korea-Japan relationship fare under a Yoon or Lee administration?
Two neighbors divided
South Korean President Moon Jae-inâs time in office, a single five-year term that ends in May, has seen ties between the two neighbors deteriorate over a number of thorny historical issues related to Japanâs 1910-45 colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula.
These issues have included renewed pushes for redress over wartime labor as well as the matter of âcomfort womenâ â a euphemism for women who suffered under Japanâs military brothel system before and during World War II â after Moon effectively scrapped a 2015 âfinal and irreversibleâ agreement on the latter issue. More recently, ties have also faltered over Japanâs selection of the former Sado gold and silver mine as a UNESCO World Heritage candidate. Seoul has objected to the move, saying the mine used forced Korean wartime labor.
During Moonâs time in office, Japan has seen three prime ministers â Shinzo Abe, Yoshihide Suga and current leader Fumio Kishida â with all taking hard-line positions on the relationship.
The Japanese side maintains that all issues concerning property and claims related to its colonial rule were âsettled completely and finallyâ under a 1965 agreement the two countries signed alongside a treaty that normalized ties.
Since taking office in September, Kishidaâs foreign policy moves have largely focused on China and its growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region, as well as the North Korean nuclear and missile threat, with its ties to Seoul taking a back seat.
In a January speech before parliament, discussion of South Korea was limited to a mere sentence that reiterated Tokyoâs stance of âstronglyâ urging Seoul to âmake appropriate responsesâ to repair the relationship.
Kishidaâs remarks, as well as those of diplomatic insiders, have made clear that Japan has effectively shelved any bold attempts to revitalize ties as the prime minister focuses on the China challenge and building up Tokyoâs alliance with Washington.
âOvercoming the historical issues is something that I donât hold out a lot of hope for,â said Sheila Smith, a Japan expert at the Council on Foreign Relations. âYouâve got a generation of diplomats on both sides who now understand the political jeopardy of negotiations that go sour or donât work. So I think thereâs risk aversion on both sides.
âSo youâd really need fairly significant political leadership to be able to overcome that,â she added.
In the rough and tumble world of South Korean politics, candidates have long been known to stress their hard-line positions on Seoulâs relationship with Tokyo â while also criticizing opponentsâ supposedly soft stances â as a means of attracting votes.
But in the current campaign, which has been defined by a spate of scandals and a greater focus on the candidatesâ personal flaws than on their policies, analysts say, ties with Japan have been a nonissue, garnering little traction among voters. Both main candidates, well aware of the tight race, have also been reluctant to broach sensitive issues for fear of endangering their chances of victory.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday. | POOL / VIA REUTERS
Instead, domestic issues such as the countryâs COVID-19 response, skyrocketing home prices in Seoul, stagnant growth and continued youth unemployment have been widely seen as the key factors that will determine the outcome.
Still, when the Japan relationship has bubbled up on the campaign trail, both front-runners have heeded to the traditional stances of their liberal and conservative parties.
Lee Jae-myung
Lee, a former mayor of the Seoul satellite city of Seongnam, is expected to echo Moon in his approach to Japan, including on the more contentious history and territorial issues.
While he has lambasted Tokyoâs claim to a pair of Seoul-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, and criticized Japan over its colonial rule, Lee has also vowed to take âbold stepsâ and adopt a âpragmatic,â ââtwo-track strategyâ separating issues related to history and territory from economic, social and diplomatic cooperation.
In a recent interview â his first with Japanese media after becoming the Democratic Partyâs official candidate â Lee said that if he is elected, he would be willing to hold talks with Kishida. Any talks between the two leaders would be the first in-person summit since December 2019.
But while Lee said he was âreadyâ for a summit meeting âto resolve the issues in a comprehensive way,â the liberal candidate also stressed his partyâs line: The solution will have to come from the Japanese government â along with a sincere apology over the historical issues.
âThe South Korean government has proposed Japan have open discussions based on court decisions, but Japan has been refusing it,â he was quoted as saying.
That position is unlikely to sit well with Tokyo, where officials have expressed exasperation with Moonâs stance.
According to Smith, Lee would have less incentive than Yoon to take the bolder approach to relations that he has advertised, considering his party and support base, which have traditionally taken a more antagonistic stance toward Tokyo.
âHis political capital is built in large part on his position on Japan,â Smith said.
Still, Lee has said claims that he is a hawk on Japan are merely a âmisunderstanding,â noting that he has a personal affinity for the Japanese people and thinks highly of their frugality, diligence and politeness.
Yoon Seok-youl
In speeches, Yoon has pinned much of the blame for damaged relations with Japan on Moonâs approach to foreign policy, a position that stands in stark contrast to that of Lee. But he has raised eyebrows by pledging not to exploit historical tensions with Tokyo for domestic political gain.
Although Yoon lacks the political experience of his liberal rival, he served in multiple prosecutorial positions, rising to fame for investigating high-profile cases under the previous administration of conservative President Park Geun-hye, including the corruption scandal that prompted massive street protests and ultimately resulted in her impeachment and imprisonment. Moon later appointed him as the countryâs top prosecutor, although the president clashed with Yoon over an investigation into Moonâs inner circle before his resignation last March.
In announcing his presidential bid that June, Yoon vowed to seek a comprehensive solution to soured ties with Japan, saying that he envisioned a government that would seek a âgrand bargain ⊠that puts all the related issues such as comfort women, forced labor, security cooperation and trade on the table.â
As a first step toward that goal, Yoon has said he would reopen a channel for âshuttle diplomacyâ between the countriesâ leaders, saying they should be able to communicate with an open mind at any time and on any topic.
Experts have said that conservative candidates, who tend to align more closely with the views of Kishidaâs ruling Liberal Democratic Party, have long been the favored picks in Tokyo. This election is unlikely to be any different.
âMy impression is that political relations can improve more easily with Yoon compared to Lee, since he is focusing less on historical issues,â said Ramon Pacheco Pardo, a Korea expert at Kingâs College London. âI should say, however, that the foreign policy advisers of both Yoon and Lee are quite pragmatic. So I think that whoever wins, his team will seek to press for better political relations.â
Pardo pointed to areas where â despite the rancor between the two sides â cooperation continues, such as maritime security, intelligence-sharing and cyberdefense and in international organizations.
âIt seems to me that the two countries understand the need for this type of cooperation,â he said.
North Korea
The two candidates have also stressed that they would implement vastly different policies on North Korea and China, two of Japanâs biggest security concerns.
Lee has said that he would leave much of Moonâs more conciliatory North Korea policy in place, suggesting an easing of crushing sanctions on Pyongyang over its nuclear program through a âsnapbackâ mechanism in conjunction with simultaneous reciprocal actions carried out on a step-by-step basis as it works toward denuclearization.
Yoon Seok-youl (left), the presidential candidate from the Peopleâs Power Party, and Lee Jae-myung, the candidate from the ruling Democratic Party attend a debate in Seoul on Feb. 25. | BLOOMBERG
Yoon, meanwhile, has prioritized the importance of the U.S. alliance and ânuclear umbrella,â and has said sanctions must be maintained until the Northâs complete denuclearization, a view more in line with Tokyoâs own position.
Both candidates have noted the importance of the contentious General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan, which was nearly scrapped under Moon in 2019 as the countriesâ relations plummeted to a fresh low.
As for the Northâs unprecedented spate of weapons tests this year, Yoon has called the moves âproofâ that Moonâs attempts to broker peace on the peninsula have failed. Leeâs camp has also condemned the launches, but vowed to stay the course, although a test of a more provocative weapon such as an intercontinental ballistic missile could force a harder-line approach.
For now, trilateral cooperation on the North Korean nuclear issue between Seoul, Tokyo and Washington remains the most high-profile issue bringing the two neighbors together.
Sino-U.S. rivalry
As for China, itâs unclear how far either candidate would be willing to join its ally Washington in taking on Beijing.
Yoon has signaled an openness to a bolstered alliance and tougher line on China, as well as joining working groups of âthe Quadâ â which consists of four major Indo-Pacific democracies: the U.S, Japan, Australia and India â while considering a role in a so-called Quad-plus.
Ultimately, the Council on Foreign Relationsâ Smith said that she believes the Japanese âare still going to be skepticalâ no matter who emerges victorious.
âWhat I hear from negotiators on the Japanese side is âWe gave it a good shot, but the goalposts always moved,ââ she said. âThatâs the language Japanese negotiators and politicians often use.â
Despite the prevailing pessimism in Japan over restoring ties, Tokyo is well aware that leaving the relationship to fester for too long is not an option.
â(The relationship between Japan and South Korea) has become extremely tough,â the governmentâs top spokesman, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, told a news conference last month when asked about the upcoming election. âBut we canât leave it as it is.â
Matsuno, however, did not offer any prescriptions for the ailing ties.
For now at least, the two countries may have to take a page from their COVID-19 strategies, which effectively entail living with the reality that the coronavirus is extremely unlikely to be completely eradicated.
âSeoul and Tokyo understand that policy cooperation is necessary,â said Pardo. âAnd they have continued their security and diplomatic cooperation in recent years, in spite of political problems. I think that the two countries will have to learn to cooperate in spite of historical tensions that I think will never go away.â
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The middaily chart is showing a wobbly defense of the Level Line support at 42334 USD after yesterdayâs Russia-Ukraine tension escalating, reportedly, as the media claim. Letâs have a deeper examination of the market technical status.
Technical analysis of the 12H chart suggests that the most important level on the downside is still defined by the CTF Trailer Stop at 40496 USD. That is the main defense line to be held by bulls and it defines a clean support below which BTC bulls lose the upper hand and control over the upwards trend.
Price action of a pre-breaker setup suggests that the main support levels now are set at the highs of the candlesticks prior to the breaker â 39285 USD and 38262 USD. While it is possible to see the wicks into this area, as long as BTCUSD keeps closing the sessions over 40500 USD, thereâs no technical threat to the upwards trajectory for now.
Other Level Lines define the resistances on the way up as follows:
69030 61503 58653 52670 46877
MTF 4H:
The MTF chart is showing a potential basing process in the BWAP block demand region (the orange rectangle) at 42000 USD support level.
The said demand region is seen as the orange box, which is additionally confirmed â so far â by the lower candlestick shadows rejected off the lows and reverted back to close above the 42k USD support. This suggests that below the support level there were buying orders piling up, likely to be limit buy orders.
The CTF Trailer implies that the bears are having the upper hand at this moment as long as BTCUSD fails to breach and reclaim the 43780 USD resistance. A clean break above the level would let the bulls re-gain the control over the short-term price action.
The Level Lines reveal that the most relevant short-term resistance is laid at 45769 USD.
BPRO Level Lines show supports at:
41376 38678 36208
These levels could be anticipated to serve as level-to-level references. In other words, when one level is breached, the next one in the direction of the movement can be expected to act as the next âmagnetâ
LTF 1H:
The hourly chart displays the most significant pivotal levels and zones defined by the BirbicatorPRO.
Locally, the most important support level is given at 42250 USD and demand wicks shown right underneath.
BWAP orange block support bitcoin at 42.4-42.6k USD region, while BTC is trying to breach the thicker supply block given in the grey area at 42.9-43.6k USD. Inside this zone, the most important resistance is set at 43120 USD and in case it is broken to the upside, the next levels to look at are 43600 USD and 45450 USD.
In case the local lows fail to hold the price action above it, the next support levels are given by the Level Lines at 41611 USD and 37659 USD.
FEAR/GREED INDEX
After the military tensions news hit the market, the sentiment has priced in more fearful environment and local micro selloffs seen across the markets: equities, cryptos (while commodities soaring).
Now the index shows a hand at 44 points on the scale, classified as FEAR.
As you already know, the crowds are usually right in the middle of trends and usually wrong at the extremes. As the trend develops (less local oscillations, pullbacks), the sentiment catches up late to additionally add to the momentum in the direction of the breakout.
The way I see it, it is still the first instance, where the momentum is building in favor of the bulls as weâve approached a potential short-term middle levels on the way up (assuming no unexpected fundamental factors come otherwise), while potentially expecting 50k USD level to be the main region of resistance for now.
I also made sure to cover the inter-market correlations including stocks, commodities, cryptos on the yesterdayâs webinar. If missed it, please catch up asap below.
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The U.S. has its own issues with overwork and burnout. In fact, a lot of what we do at Made of Millions revolves around workplace mental health advocacy and progress. How do you think American âhustle cultureâ compares to what you saw?Â
This is where I believe American âhustle cultureâ comes in. People are often forced to do whatever they can to survive in a climate where the odds are stacked against them. If you juxtapose this with the cultural narrative that âanyone can make itâ in America, you are left with a smaller group of people that will do almost anything to get ahead in the off-chance that they could join the small percentile that make it.Â
It is a powerful cultural myth, but one that leads to a lot of struggle, divisiveness and greater income inequality. I also believe this creates a scenario ripe for exploitation.
Conversely, in Japan, especially within the salaryman working culture, the pervasive cultural myth is the sacrifice of the individual for the collective. This is also a powerful but dangerous narrative because it leads people to push beyond their personal boundaries under the guise of the common good. A concrete example of this is the amount of Karoshi (death by overwork).
In short, I donât think the âhustle cultureâ is exclusively American. All cultures are susceptible to their cultural myths being used against them for profit.
What reaction are you expecting to the film in the states?Â
My hope is that the film is a platform for people to think and talk about how they want to work, and most importantly, how they donât want to work. If there are aspects of the general working culture that they’d like to change, I hope that this film is a catalyst for that.Â
I am very happy the film is coming out in 2021 because with Covid, weâve already had to hugely modify the ways we think about work. If this film could push that process further along, it would make me very happy.
What surprised you the most while bringing this project to life?Â
Kieron Gillen and Valerio Schiti‘s A.X.E. Judgment Day event begins with a prelude issue Eve Of Judgment this June before pretty much every single Marvel comic book title ties into it in July. Consider this Marvel easing you in to spending your entire disposable income on a series of comic books in July. Maybe they’ll do some special variant covers made out of ramen so you can cut your food budget too.
Kieron Gillen and Valerio Schiti’s A.X.E.: Judgment Day kicks off in a special prelude issue this June before taking over the Marvel Universe come July
The pieces of the upcoming event will fall into place in June’s A.X.E.: EVE OF JUDGMENT #1, a prelude issue where Gillen will team up with artist Pasqual Ferry to present the first shot of the apocalyptic conflict to come. After that, the saga will be told across six explosive issues in A.X.E.: JUDGMENT DAY, the main event series launching in July, as well as tie-in issues unleashed across the Marvel Universe. An extraordinary odyssey that will leave a profound emotional impact on the Marvel mythology, A.X.E.: JUDGMENT DAY will tie together radical plot developments from the last few years including the X-Men’s discovery of immortality, the Eternals’ newfound knowledge about their purpose, and the Avengers’ assembling a powerful lineup at their base in the body of a fallen Celestial.
The Avengers have become a more powerful global force than ever from their base inside a long-dead Celestial. The X-Men have achieved a form of immortality on their utopian island nation of Krakoa. And the Eternals have begun a new cycle of life as they continue their sworn mission to eliminate the Deviants. But when the Eternals learn that mutantkind itself is a form of excess deviation, a vicious assault on Krakoa ensues â with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes trapped in the middle. Years of tension lead to a volcanic eruption as two worlds burn!
“There’s a classic metaphor to describe the Marvel Universe â a toybox, which creators take toys out of, play with and put back. I get it, but it’s never quite how I’ve seen it â I think ‘play’ in another way. I think of a music shop, with all these instruments with their different qualities suggesting different songs, different stories,” Gillen explained. “For all the Marvel instruments I’ve played, I’ve never written an event. Writing an event is something different. It’s not like playing an instrument. It’s having all the instruments in the Marvel music shop. That’s not like writing a song. That’s like writing a symphony. I looked at everything in Eternals and Immortal X-Men and everything else all the X and Avengers writers have done and thought⊠yeah, this is an event. In fact, an event is the only way to do justice to this.”
A.X.E.: EVE OF JUDGMENT #1
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X-MEN #12
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Gerry Duggan and Pepe Larraz present the grand climax to the Krakoan X-Men’s first year in X-MEN #12! On the eve of the Hellfire Gala, threats have closed in on the X-Men from all sides. The secret machinations of Doctor Stasis, the terror of Gameworld, even the threat of the X-Men’s own secrets getting outâŠit’s all led to this!
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Jason Aaron and Javier GarrĂłn introduce History’s Mightiest Heroes in AVENGERS #57! The Avengers are lost in time, and if they’re going to stop Mephisto’s grand plan, they’ll need help from some of history’s greatest heroes, whose stories have never been told. Like the mystical man of war, Sgt. Szardos, Soldier Supreme of World War II, and his squadron of supernatural grunts, the Secret Invaders.
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Kieron Gillen teams up with artist Michele Bandini for a Hellfire Gala story ripe with drama, revelations, and betrayal from a shocking uninvited guest in IMMORTAL X-MEN #4! Emma Frost will do anything to protect the children, including the metaphorical child that is the Hellfire Gala. Last year’s was a fantastic success. She would not like it if someone ruined the second. She would not like it at allâŠ
