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PROBLEM: Mitt Romney  the former governor of Massachusetts   is now a Senate candidate in Utah â and the announcement of  his  candidacy shows  he âs sensitive about being labeled a carpetbagger.
âUtah â the Republican says at the beginning of a video  he  shared Friday morning on social media  âis admired not only for its beauty  but also for the character of its people. Utahns are known for hard work  innovation  and our can-do pioneering spirit. But more than these  weâre known as a people who serve  who care  and who rise to any occasion.â
It goes on like this for more than two minutes. One reporter joked on Twitter that he lost count of how many times  Romney  said âUtah.â The strategy telegraphed in recent days is clear and multipronged: Romney  who fell short in two previous White House bids and emerged as one of Donald Trumpâs fiercest critics  is trying to persuade voters that he is laser-focused on his adopted state and not on the president or the job heâs pined for in the past.
Though on paper this should be a cakewalk â Romney is hardly a stranger in Utah  and Democrats have little chance of picking up the seat â two prominent Republicans have made an issue of Romneyâs Trump-bashing and his relocation to the West. One of them  State Auditor John Dougall  told BuzzFeed News that GOP activists in and outside Utah have been encouraging him after he said this week that he was seriously considering challenging  Romney .
Dougall added that  Romney  had called  him  Thursday evening to inform  him  of  his  imminent announcement  which has been anticipated since Sen. Orrin Hatch made his retirement plans known last month. âI wished him all the best â Dougall said of  Romney .
A  Romney  spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Dougall declined to say who is encouraging him to run. But he suggested support would come from those concerned about electing someone who would not be aligned with Trump. For weeks on his Facebook page  Dougall has been arguing against a âcoronationâ of  Romney .
After the phone interview  Dougall added via email: âI should have also mentioned that âIt's clear that Utahns have a very favorable view of  Mr. Romney . The odds are strongly in  his  favor.ââ
Earlier this week  Utah Republican Party Chair Rob Anderson noted  Romney âs criticism of Trump and spoke dismissively of his Utah credentials in an interview with the Salt Lake Tribune: âI think heâs keeping out candidates that I think would be a better fit for Utah because  letâs face it   Mitt Romney  doesnât live here   his  kids werenât born here   he  doesnât shop here.â
Anderson later apologized to  Romney .
âIâve no doubt that  Mitt Romney  satisfies all qualifications to run for Senate â said Anderson in a Wednesday statement posted on Twitter  âand as chairman of the Utah Republican Party  I will treat all candidates equally to ensure their path to the party nomination is honest and fair.â

SOLUTION: Mitt Romney

PROBLEM: Goldsmith Akis Goumas  is currently attempting to replicate the stone in hard wax or burnt clay to understand the movements  shape and size of the handheld tools used.
In tracing the tool marks on the sealstone   Goumas  speculates that the craftsman may have used a rotating wooden lathe with a sharp edge to engrave the stone.
 He  thinks one artisan did the basic  three-dimensional engraving while another completed the secondary work.
"It isn't one craftsman's work because we can see different qualities of dexterity in the synthesis "  he  told CNN over email.
While  Goumas  may soon have answers as to how  it  was fashioned 3 500 years ago  Stocker says we will probably never know how  it  came into the Griffin Warrior's possession.

SOLUTION: Goldsmith Akis Goumas

PROBLEM: Blackburn's entry followed a decision earlier in the day by  term-limited Gov. Bill Haslam  to sit out the race  despite entreaties from Corker  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Tennessee's senior senator  Lamar Alexander.
"While I have loved being a mayor and a governor  I don't feel the same call to run for Senate at this point " said  Haslam .  He  said the hyper-partisanship that surrounds Congress was a factor in  his  decision.
 Haslam 's popularity in the state and  his  vast personal wealth would have made  him  a strong candidate  despite lingering anger among some Republicans over  his  call to Donald Trump to abandon  his  presidential nomination last year following the release of a videotape in which Trump boasted about groping women.
Corker  who announced last week that  he  wouldn't seek a third term  also publicly criticized the Republican president  for  his  response to a deadly white nationalist rally in Virginia. Corker questioned whether Trump had the "competence" or "stability" to succeed in office.
"I believe in President Trump's immigration ban  and I'll fight with  him  every step of the way to build that wall " she said. "I stand when the president walks in room  and yes  I stand when I hear the Star Spangled Banner."
Former U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher is another potential Republican Senate candidate  and is expected to make a decision in the coming days.  Haslam  hasn't said whether  he 'll endorse a Republican in the race.

SOLUTION:
Bill Haslam