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PROBLEM: Rick Pitino   the masterful coach first lured to this basketball-besotted state in 1989 to heal somebody elseâs scandal  finally toppled 28 years later Wednesday in the gusts of the latest scandal in  his  own program. By the time the University of Louisville placed  him  on unpaid administrative leave and shut off  his  access to a promising 17th season â  he  previously coached the University of Kentucky from 1989 to 1997 â it left a city woozy with scandal fatigue.
 Pitino  expressed dismay and surprise at the allegations Tuesday  just as  he  had after the revelations that former Louisville assistant Andre McGee had paid a Louisville escort to entertain the Cardinalsâ players and recruits.
âThese allegations come as a complete shock to me â  Pitino  said in a statement released Tuesday. âIf true  I agree with the U.S. Attorneyâs Office that these third-party schemes  initiated by a few bad actors  operated to commit a fraud on the impacted universities and their basketball programs  including the University of Louisville. Our fans and supporters deserve better and I am committed to taking whatever steps are needed to ensure those responsible are held accountable.â
The menâs basketball program is already under NCAA probation for the 2015 scandal.  Pitino  faced a five-game suspension during the upcoming season as part of the penalties; in addition  Louisville was ordered to return money received for NCAA tournament appearances from 2012 through 2015 and to vacate 123 wins during that period  including the 2013 national championship. The university has appealed the ruling.
 Pitino  found success at nearly every NCAA stop  he  made in a coaching career that began in the mid-1970s. At Boston University   his  first head coaching job   he  led the Terriers to their first NCAA tournament appearance in 24 years.  Pitino  parlayed that success into a two-year run at Providence  where  he  guided the Friars to the 1987 Final Four.
Then  after a two-year run coaching the New York Knicks   he  left  his  dream NBA job in 1989 to take over at tradition-rich but scandal-plagued Kentucky  even though the Wildcats would be banned from live television in  his  first season and from the NCAA tournament in  his  first two seasons.
After that  however   Pitino  quickly had Kentucky back among the nationâs elite  with a memorable Elite Eight appearance in the Wildcatsâ first post-probation season in 1992 and a Final Four bid the season after that   his  first of three appearances in the national semifinals at the school. In 1996   he  led Kentucky to its first national title in 18 years.
After an unsuccessful four-year run as coach and team president of the Boston Celtics   he  was back at another faded Kentucky power: Louisville  which had not won an NCAA tournament game in Denny Crumâs last four seasons.

SOLUTION: Rick Pitino

PROBLEM: SEOUL (Reuters) - Kim Jong Un on Monday warned the United States he has a ânuclear buttonâ on his desk ready for use if North Korea is threatened  but offered an olive branch to South Korea  saying he was âopen to dialogueâ with Seoul.
After a year dominated by fiery rhetoric and escalating tensions over North Koreaâs nuclear weapons program   Kim  used  his  televised New Yearâs Day speech to declare North Korea âa peace-loving and responsible nuclear powerâ and call for lower military tensions and improved ties with the South.
âWhen it comes to North-South relations  we should lower the military tensions on the Korean Peninsula to create a peaceful environment â  Kim  said. âBoth the North and the South should make efforts.â
 Kim  said  he  would consider sending a delegation to the Winter Olympics Games to be held in Pyeongchang  South Korea  in February.
âNorth Koreaâs participation in the Winter Games will be a good opportunity to showcase the national pride and we wish the Games will be a success. Officials from the two Koreas may urgently meet to discuss the possibility â  Kim  said.
South Korea said it welcomed  Kimâs  offer to send a delegation to the Pyeongchang Games and hold talks with the South to discuss possible participation.
U.S.-based experts saw  Kim âs speech as a clear attempt to divide South Korea from its main ally  the United States  which has led an international campaign to pressure North Korea to give up weapons programs aimed at developing nuclear missiles capable of hitting the United States.
Asked by reporters to comment on  Kim âs speech  U.S. President Donald Trump simply said  âweâll see  weâll seeâ  as  he  walked into New Yearâs Eve celebration at Mar-a-Lago   his  elite resort in Florida.
Revere said  Kim Jong Un âs speech contained the strongest defense of North Koreaâs status as a permanently nuclear-armed country he had seen.
FILE PHOTO:  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un  waves to people attending a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of country's founding father   Kim Il  Sung in Pyongyang  April 15  2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
â Implicit in Kim Jong Unâs speech  is a willingness to engage with others  including the United States  on the basis of their acceptance of the ârealityâ of North Koreaâs permanent nuclear status. Thatâs not a basis on which the United States is prepared to engage â  he  said.
Rather than encouraging U.S. measures that âthreaten the security and peace of the Korean peninsula â Seoul should instead respond to overtures from the North  and âstop nuclear war exercises with foreign forces â  Kim  said.
After North Korea tested its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in November  which it said was capable of delivering a warhead to anywhere in the United States   Kim  declared  his  nuclear force complete.
 He  continued that theme in  his  New Yearâs address  announcing that North Korea would focus in the coming year on âmass producing nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles for operational deploymentâ.
This   Kim  said  was âirreversible with any forceâ  making it impossible for the United States to start a war against North Korea.
âThe whole territory of the U.S. is within the range of our nuclear strike and a nuclear button is always on the desk of my office and this is just a reality  not a threat â  he  said  while emphasizing that the weapons would only be used if North Korea is threatened.

SOLUTION: Kim Jong Un

PROBLEM: Physical gold was sold at a discount in India this week for the first time in three weeks as demand for the metal slumped due to a jump in local rates   while the Lunar New Year holiday capped buying at the end of the week elsewhere in Asia . Demand was down to a quarter its usual levels as buyers were deterred by a recent price rise   said Harshad Ajmera   the owner of JJ Gold House   a wholesaler in the Indian city of Kolkata . In the local market   gold was trading around 30   810 rupees per 10 grams   after hitting a 15 - month high of 30   836 rupees hit earlier on Friday . Dealers in India were offering a discount of up to $ 3 an ounce on Friday over official domestic prices   compared to a premium of $ 1 . 50 last week . Jewellers were waiting for a correction in prices before stocking up inventories   a Mumbai - based dealer with a private bank said . Gold demand in India was likely to remain below its 10 - year average for a third year in 2018 as higher taxes and new transparency rules on purchases were expected to cap last year ’ s rebound in buying   the World Gold Council ( WGC ) said this month . India ’ s gold imports in January dropped 37 percent from a year ago to their lowest in 17 months . Demand in rest of Asia picked up in the first half of the week as people bought gold ahead of Lunar New Year . “ It was a little bit later than expected . But people were happy to see the demand coming in finally ahead of the Lunar New Year . There was solid demand for restocking from jewellers  ” said  Stephen Innes   APAC head of trading at Oanda  . “ Jewellers were reporting good sales from Valentines Day and it stayed on for the New Year  ”  he  said . Premiums in China eased to $ 3 -$ 4 an ounce from about $ 7 -$ 8 at beginning of the week . Gold prices edged higher on Friday   heading for their biggest weekly percentage gain in nearly two years . Traders expected demand to be low going forward as a week - long Lunar New Year holiday started on Thursday . In Japan   gold was sold in a range of par with the benchmark and a 10 cent premium as demand rose after yen strengthened in the week   a Tokyo - based trader said . ( Reporting by Nallur Sethuraman and Nithin Prasad in Bengaluru   Rajendra Jadhav in Mumbai ; Editing by Edmund Blair )

SOLUTION:
Stephen Innes