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I HAD THE opportunity last week to attend an in-person event with a large group of coworkers in Florida, the first real large gathering I’ve attended since the pandemic.
People flew in from all over the world to attend our annual sales kickoff. We had a day and a half of meetings to plan for our next fiscal year, and leaders from various business units presented updates. It was a very productive few days and reminded me how valuable in-person time with your team is.
Many of the people who attended the event met coworkers in person for the first time. Instead of seeing their face on a screen, we had the chance to finally interact with people we work with every day, in person. It was refreshing, and everyone really enjoyed the time we were able to spend together.
Almost everyone on our team works remotely 100% of the time and rarely goes into the office. Small groups have met for a few customer meetings, but this was the first time in a long time that we had the entire team together in person. While we’ve all been accustomed to interacting with people virtually, there is nothing like meeting in person with the people you work with every day.
We were joking around about how you have a perception of how someone looks when you work with them virtually, but have never met. Then you meet them and realize the person is either way shorter than you expected or much taller than you thought. It was a running joke the entire time.
While I enjoy working remotely and would probably never work in a role that required me to be in the office five days a week, I do miss the in-person interaction. Since the pandemic changed the way we work, there has been a lot of research related to how productive people are working remotely versus in an office setting. I have always battled the naysayers and strongly believe people are more productive working remotely than in a traditional office setting. Most people work more hours, face fewer distractions and get more done. However, I do believe a balance is important.
Relationships are so important in business. Building relationships is so much more effective in person. It’s just not the same when you’re interacting with someone over a computer monitor. You can spend time learning about them as a person and their life outside of work. I learned more about people I work with in the day and a half we were together than I have virtually in the last year.
I spoke to a lot of people after the event concluded, and we all agreed that we need to get together in person more often. We got a lot done, bonded as a team and also had a little bit of fun after our meetings. While our team members are spread out across the globe, there are opportunities to get together in person with smaller groups more frequently.
The elephant in the room during our event was the fear of one person having COVID and getting the entire team sick. Everyone who attended the event traveled there on an airplane, so the chance of one of the many people having COVID was high. It was definitely in the back of my mind, but it was clear that everyone was over the fear and didn’t care. I have a feeling that will be the mentality most people have going forward.
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Closing the Deal: It's always good to be able to meet in person | Business | unionleader.com
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SINCE THERE IS a billion-dollar lottery in play right now, I thought I’d talk about family offices for billionaires.
In case you bought a lottery ticket, let me tell you about the “family office” you will no doubt want to set up for yourself.
A family office is your own private enterprise, the sole purpose of which is to run the business of managing your money — (and coordinating family members’ interests when a family business is the source of wealth).
You would have a team in charge of tax planning, bill paying, managing investments, charitable gifting, family gifting and handling estate-related issues, among others.
A family office will likely employ CPAs, tax lawyers and money managers, as well as specialists full time or on a consulting basis for certain interests — for example, if you have extensive real estate holdings or a valuable art collection.
According to the website Family Office Exchange (tinyurl.com/5w73ytht), those who choose to set up a family office typically have at least $100 million in investable assets and decide they want a dedicated team to help provide services and achieve long-term goals.
Ultra-high net worth families who might have a lower amount of investable assets could consider joining other families in a multi-family office environment instead of a single-family approach.
When we’re talking about family offices that are involved in running multigenerational family businesses, family dynamics come into play. Difficulties can arise when family members have diverging interests, according to Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer (co-founders of BanyanGlobal, a family business adviser in Boston, Mass.) in a Harvard Business Review piece published in September (“Is Your Family Office Built for the Future?” — tinyurl.com/2p9ysrva).
The authors described a situation where two brothers were the leaders of the family office after the death of their father, whose business was the source of the family wealth and the reason for setting up the family office.
Conflict over investing decisions, transparency and decision-making authority eventually caused other family members to avoid the situation and led to the family office being disbanded.
One recommendation is to establish rules on how decisions will be made in their family office. Key questions must be asked, including: What decisions will family owners reserve for themselves?
What decisions will they delegate to a board or management?
How and when will they involve the next generation in making decisions?
Family dynamics and communication also are key considerations when it comes to the long-term viability of a family office, along with how the family defines success. Also, when and how the family owners should share information with the younger generation is an important discussion.
If you are in the position to consider a family office, be sure to do your research. Read the Harvard Business Review article to see where possible conflicts can occur. Reach out to me (readers@juliejason.com) if you have questions.
So, when you win that billion-dollar lottery, don’t forget to check out setting up a family office for yourself. Consider who the decision-makers should be, particularly if you share in the finances with a family member who might have divergent interests. Ideally, I’d start with one person in charge (easy for me to say, since I’m an only child).
On another note: There’s still time to apply for the 401(k)Champion Competition, a pro bono initiative for those who “love” their 401(k)s. The deadline is Nov. 17. Go to 401kchampion.com for more details.
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'Your Money': A family office can be a winning ticket for the wealthy | Business | unionleader.com
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Liz and Jeremy Hitchcock at the New Hampshire Union Leader’s 40 Under Forty Awards in April.
Jeremy Hitchcock recently was honored with the Walter R. Peterson Education and Public Service Award by the Community College System of New Hampshire.
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Manchester entrepreneur Jeremy Hitchcock, best known for co-founding Queen City technology company Dyn, was honored with the Walter R. Peterson Education and Public Service Award by the Community College System of New Hampshire.
“It’s my privilege to recognize two members of New Hampshire’s home team, Jeremy and Liz Hitchcock,” said Dr. Mark Rubinstein, CCSNH chancellor, in a statement. “Your leadership is inspiring, and we are truly fortunate to have you on our team. Thank you to Jeremy and Liz for all you have done for NH, your support for the Manchester community, and the Community College System of New Hampshire.”
Jeremy Hitchcock, currently CEO of Minim, served for 13 years on the CCSNH Board of Trustees and four years as chair before stepping down in 2021. He was awarded the honor Nov. 3 at Manchester Community College. His wife, Liz, also a Dyn veteran, is a tech entrepreneur and investor.
“My work at the community college system has given me an appreciation for how small the world really is,” Jeremy Hitchcock said in a statement. “There is no better place than a community college to ‘choose community,’ as the CCSNH tagline suggests, and collectively it makes an easy path forward for a better community for everyone.”
Proceeds from the event will support students in the community college system.
In addition, The Hitchcock Family Fund was established through The Foundation for New Hampshire Community Colleges as an endowed scholarship for students at Manchester Community College.
The award honors the late Walter R. Peterson, who served as New Hampshire’s governor from 1969 to 1973 and also served as a trustee of CCSNH. Past recipients include former Govs. John Lynch and Jeanne Shaheen, Barbara Couch of Hypertherm, Alex Ray of The Common Man, and Paul Holloway of Holloway Motors.
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Hitchcock honored by Community College System | Business | unionleader.com
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A screenshot from SportsVisio, a Manchester-based startup whose smartphone app uses artificial technology to extract player data from video footage.
Provided by SportsVisio
Jason Syversen, CEO of SportsVisio, center, speaks at the New Hampshire Tech Alliance Innovation Summit on Thursday with Dyn co-founder Jeremy Hitchcock, left, and James Key-Wallace, executive director of the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority.
SportsVisio users can use the app to schedule recording of their basketball games. The Manchester company plans to expand the app for use with other sports.
Promotional material from SportsVisio shows some of the smartphone app’s features.
JASON SYVERSEN FINALLY works for a company he can tell you about.
The engineer has spent most of his career in cybersecurity, most notably with Siege Technologies, a research and development company he launched in 2009 in Manchester that was acquired in 2016.
His resume includes eight years at BAE Systems and two in D.C. working for the Defense Department.
What did he do at work? He wasn’t allowed to say.
Now he can talk about basketball.
While SportsVisio’s technology may be proprietary, there’s nothing top secret about its purpose. The Manchester startup uses artificial intelligence to automate statistics, analytics and video highlights for basketball players, gleaning data from real-time footage that users can view on a smartphone. The company recently closed on $3.1 million in seed funding.
“At Siege we did a lot of classified work that I couldn’t talk about or it was super-complicated technically, and people didn’t understand it if I was allowed to talk about it,” Syversen said during an interview last week. “But this is really fun. You can show people what you’re doing. Even my children understand.”
The current iteration of SportsVisio involves using dual smartphones. The company is developing a new version that will require only one phone and will have controls on a tripod. Since launching its product two weeks ago, the company has attracted a half a dozen customers and has about 30 on a waiting list. They’re hoping to add 25 high schools or middle schools this month, charging $350 per season.
“We’re rolling it out to each one slowly, trying to work out the bugs, and getting the single-camera solution up,” he said.
Syversen agreed SportsVisio shares some similarities with Helios, an Exeter-based company that helps hockey players improve their performance through the use of body-worn sensors and a smartphone app.
SportsVisio, whose product uses computer vision technology but does not include hardware, sees a broad market for youth and amateur players, their coaches and their parents.
“Right now what we’re focused on with basketball is stats and video highlights, which we’re going to expand more on the entertainment side,” he said. “We’re going to add some Snapchat-style filters, where you can put a fireball on the ball or on the hoop and add music and put the clips on social media, kind of catering to the younger generation. Not everyone is going to go pro. Some people are just playing to have fun.”
The $3.1 million funding round was led by Hyperplane Venture Capital, a Boston-based company focused on early-stage technology companies, especially those using artificial technology. The round also included Geek Ventures, Sovereign’s Capital and some other investors.
“With the advances in edge devices over the past several years, we’ve seen a dramatic decrease in the cost to deploy computer vision applications at scale,” said John Murphy, founder and managing partner at Hyperplane, in a statement.
SportsVisio employs about 25 people, including seven in Manchester. The rest work from remote locations, including Canada, Florida and South America.
This is what “retirement” looks like for Syversen, who has six children and is a longtime competitive basketball player and youth league coach.
The Dunbarton resident remained with Siege Technologies for about a year after the company was acquired by Virginia-based Nehemiah Security. He was financially able to retire at the ripe old age of 42 in 2019.
Syversen didn’t need more money, but he needed a sense of purpose.
“You can sit by the pool and just drink mojitos or play golf all day, but I don’t think that’s why humans are created,” said Syversen, who founded a charitable foundation and seeded it with most of his earnings from the sale of his business. He plans to invest whatever money he makes from SportsVisio into the foundation, which supports nonprofits.
In addition to serving as CEO of SportsVisio, he manages 10X Venture Partners, an angel investment group in Manchester, and sits on the boards of four nonprofit groups.
He’s also active with Shiloh Community Church on the city’s West Side. Syversen grew up in a Christian home and cites how faith transformed the lives of his parents and influenced his upbringing.
“I think people make Christianity more complicated than it is. It’s really love God, love your neighbor,” he said.
“And what does it mean to love God? That usually means loving your neighbor. You should love God by living a life where you’re dedicated to trying to serve the people around you.”
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A: That is a great question — because so many people find out that their weight issues develop from a combination of problems, not just overeating or eating the wrong foods. You know, of course, that for long-term weight management, you need to crank up your metabolism and build more calorie-burning muscles by getting plenty of physical activity (300 minutes a week minimum). Plus, muscle and metabolism decrease by 5% per decade, so you need to eat less to keep weight constant. But other contributing issues could include:
1. Lack of restful sleep. Too little sleep increases secretion of the “feed me” hormone ghrelin and suppresses the “I’m full” hormone leptin. It’s also linked to elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol and a growth hormone deficiency — both can contribute to obesity. For great sleep improvement info go to https://health.clevelandclinic.org and search for “insomnia.” And ask your doctor for a referral to a sleep clinic or expert.
2. Medication. Everything from anti-hypertensives, such as beta-blockers, to depression and bipolar medicines and insulin can trigger weight gain. If that’s the problem, ask your doctor for an alternative high blood pressure, anti-depressant or diabetes medicine.
3. Underactive thyroid. Low levels of thyroid hormones promote weight gain. A blood test reveals if you’re dealing with that condition (it may be the result of an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto’s). Inexpensive, effective medication to replace the hormones is available.
4. Illness side effect. There are conditions such as Cushing’s disease, which leads to excessive cortisol secretion and polycystic ovary syndrome, which can cause you to become insulin resistant, that promote weight gain. Ask your doctor if your symptoms indicate a possible link.
Anytime you are struggling to achieve a healthy weight, it’s smart to work with your doctor to find solutions that will help you live younger longer.
Q: I have noticed that my wife, who is 76, is not as sharp as she once was, and it worries me that she maybe developing dementia or some other neurological problem. What should I do? — Eric V., White Plains, New York
A: Around 7 million Americans had dementia in 2020. By 2040, it will be 40 million. Women are slightly more likely to have dementia than men. But, long before the diagnosis, there can be signs of neurodegenerative disorders that interfere with cognition, such as Alzheimer’s, frontotemporal dementia (it causes problems with language and behavior), dementia with Lewy bodies, and Parkinson’s. For example, according to a new study in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia, up to nine years before diagnosis, Alzheimer’s patients struggle with abstract thinking and problem solving, reaction time, and remembering to do things that were planned ahead of time. Falls are also precursors to a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
Another recent study published in Neurology shows that women who had nighttime hot flashes and sweats — vasomotor symptoms of menopause — may be at increased risk for dementia later in life because those symptoms cause brain lesions that have been linked with cognitive impairment.
Although there are no cures for Alzheimer’s or many other neurodegenerative disorders, symptoms can, sometimes, be slowed and cognition protected — at least for a while. With Parkinson’s, regular exercise has far-reaching positive effects. And with mild cognitive impairment (a possible precursor to dementia) there are 33 choices that protect the brain — from food choices such as extra virgin olive oil, blueberries, and coffee to maintaining social interaction and playing speed of processing games. Get the full list in my book “The Great Age Reboot.”
Encourage your wife to be active and engaged. You may also want to have her evaluated for any neurological problems. Plus, stay positive and make healthy choices yourself, so caregiving doesn’t take a toll. That will help both of you make the future as good as possible.
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2022-11-13T02:49:15Z
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Identifying weight-loss blockers; handling early signs of dementia | Health | unionleader.com
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A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighter collided and crashed at the Wings Over Dallas Airshow at Dallas Executive Airport at 1:20 p.m. Central time, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
Emergency crews were responding to the crash, airport officials said on Twitter. The show is described as the nation’s premiere World War II airshow. It was unclear how many people were aboard the two aircraft, the FAA said. Video clips posted on social media showed the two aircraft colliding and crashing on the ground shortly afterward, engulfed by flames.
Both the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board have launched investigations, with the latter taking the lead and providing updates, officials said.
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Two aircraft collide and crash at World War II airshow in Texas | National | unionleader.com
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ALDERMEN HAVE given the city’s planning department the go-ahead to accept a 48-month Lead Hazard Reduction/Healthy Homes Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for $5,367,825 to address pre-1978 properties with lead hazards and housing code deficiencies.
The funds include $4,667,825 from the Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration grant program for lead-based paint remediation and another $700,000 in supplemental funding from HUD’s Healthy Homes Program to address other housing hazards such as mold, radon and carbon monoxide found during lead remediation. Included in the total is a $350,000 city match, with $300,000 coming from participating property owners and $50,000 coming from uncommitted CDBG funds.
An additional $250,000 of city match will be required before the end of the grant period. It will come from future CDBG entitlement funding, city officials said.
“Manchester has a relatively old housing stock, and lead paint hazards pose a risk to families with young children,” Mayor Joyce Craig said in a statement. “This $5.4 million for lead abatement will have a significant impact on increasing the health of our community and making homes safer and more livable for generations to come.”
The Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration grant program funds the Lead Safe Manchester program in three-year increments. The program is overseen by the Department of Planning and Community Development.
The grant amount is 26% more than Manchester received in 2019.
Property owners of homes built in 1978 and earlier who rent to low-to-moderate income renters likely will qualify for the Lead Safe Manchester program.
Properties where a child was found with an elevated blood lead level, or that received a state order of lead hazard reduction, will receive highest enrollment priority. Properties where no children under age 6 live should call to ask about their prospects for funding before completing the entire program application.
Owner-occupied units must have children under 6 living in or visiting the home to qualify.
Using the funds, a minimum of 220 housing units will be tested for lead hazards and lead hazard control/healthy homes activities will be performed in a minimum of 200 housing units.
A maximum of $17,730/unit will be made available to remediate lead hazards and housing code deficiencies.
The subsidy available to Manchester property owners will be in the form of a loan that will be forgiven upon successful completion of a three-year compliance period.
“The Manchester Planning and Community Development Department is grateful for the award of more than $5 million to address lead and other health hazards in Manchester homes,” said Jeff Belanger, Director of Planning and Community Development, in a statement. “This is the largest such award in the city’s history, and it reflects a commitment at the local and federal levels of government to increase the safety and quality of housing in Manchester. We anticipate improving 200 dwelling units with these funds, which will give 200 families safer places to live.”
Possible traffic grant
Aldermen have given city traffic engineer Kristen Clarke permission to apply for a Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
A Stage 1 grant, the only phase open in this round, would provide up to $2,000,000 for planning and prototyping on data technology projects.
No local match is required for this phase.
Public Works officials want to submit an application to study the use of advanced signal technology on Maple Street, Beech Street, Pine Street and Chestnut Street south of Bridge Street.
“A majority of the signals on these corridors are pre-timed with no signal detection, so this study will demonstrate whether technology advancements will provide additional capacity to accommodate multi-modal opportunities,” Clarke wrote in a memo to aldermen.
Priorities of the program include improving safety and reliability, resiliency, equity and access, climate, partnerships and integration.
Wellington Hill development
Citing title issues, a request was approved to extend until Dec. 31 a purchase and sales agreement for 38 acres in the Wellington Hill neighborhood in the city’s northeast corner.
The buyer, a residential real estate development company, is looking to build about 300 apartments on the parcel.
Plans filed by developer Torrington Properties call for three buildings at the site, located north of Radburn Street and north and east of Fox Hollow Way. The parcel consists of three properties owned separately by the city, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester and the Kirk Group.
The buildings would contain 305 one- and two-bedroom apartment units with amenities like a swimming pool, clubhouse, walking trails and bike paths. The plan includes 615 parking spaces.
Front-facing buildings would have three stories, and rear-facing structures would be four stories high.
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City Hall: Board approves accepting lead hazard reduction grant | City Hall | unionleader.com
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Psychologist: Travel spontaneity makes you happy
By Laurie Baratti TravelPulse (TNS)
According to the study, 54% of respondents reported having previously booked a spontaneous trip and almost half (46%) of those said that it felt more exciting.
Skyscanner’s Global Travel Expert Laura Lindsay explained, “The impact of the pandemic and ever-evolving travel restrictions has reignited the appetite for spontaneous travel, with three-fourths of U.S. respondents saying that the events of the last two and a half years have made them want to be more spontaneous.”
Skyscanner also consulted with psychologist Emma Kenny to examine the psychology behind this new trend and the benefits of spontaneous travel. She explained, “One common stress is the decision-making involved in the holiday planning process. This is why forgoing the methodical organization that so often goes hand in hand with a planned holiday and instead choosing to enjoy an impromptu break can be so liberating.”
She added, “Nothing is quite as thrilling as seeing a new place for the first time, and the excitement and instant gratification that comes with that.
“Whilst it may seem scary to just pack a bag and hop on a plane to take a chance on an unknown destination, you will psychologically benefit, as this creates a ‘can do’ attitude and will remind you of the limitless possibilities that are out there,” Kenny continued. “And because you have no clear set agenda, or plans, every step you take will involve a sense of adventure, which is truly freeing.”
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NH colleges: UMass-Dartmouth tops Plymouth State in showdown
Dante Aviles threw for 316 yards and three touchdowns, leading UMass-Dartmouth to a 46-21 victory over host Plymouth State Saturday in what amounted to the MASCAC championship game.
The Corsairs improved to 9-1 overall, 8-0 in the MASCAC, and earned the conference’s automatic berth in the NCAA Division III tournament.
PSU dropped to 8-2, 6-2 in the MASCAC, and is hoping to play next weekend in the New England Bowl, a game for top New England teams that don’t make the NCAAs.
UMass-Dartmouth, which amassed 28 first downs to PSU’s 16, broke the game open by outscoring the Panthers 20-0 in the third quarter. Two of Aviles’ TD passes went to Angel Sanchez, who finished with 121 receiving yards.
Manny Sanchez rushed for 91 yards on 22 carries for the Panthers.
Cornell 17, Dartmouth 13: In Ithaca, New York, quarterback Nick Howard passed for 213 yards and a TD in the Big Green’s Ivy League loss. Dartmouth is 2-7 overall, 1-5 in the league entering its finale this coming Saturday at home against Brown.
Saint Anselm 27, American International College 20: In Springfield, Mass., quarterback George Karamanakis passed for 261 yards and a TD, leading the Hawks in their season finale. Anthony Brown rushed for 61 yards and score as Saint Anselm finished 6-4 overall, 3-5 in the Northeast-10. AIC finished 1-9 and 1-6.
Vermont 2, UNH 1, OT: Friday night in Burlington, Vermont, Andrei Buyalsky’s goal with one minute remaining in overtime lifted the Catamounts to the victory.
Morgan Winters scored a power-play goal at 4:34 of the first period to account for the Wildcats’ scoring. UVM’s Will Kapernick tied it 24 seconds later.
David Fessenden made 30 saves for UNH, to 21 for the Catamounts’ Gabe Carriere.
UNH took a 3-7-1 overall record (0-7-1 in Hockey East), Vermont a 3-6-1 mark (1-6-0) into Saturday’s second game of the weekend set at Gutterson Fieldhouse.
Pearson helps lift UConn: Nashua’s Justin Pearson scored the tying goal, on a power-play, with 3:42 remaining in regulation to help UConn to a 1-1 overtime tie at Providence on Friday night. The Huskies won the shootout.
Union 4, Dartmouth 1: Friday night in Schenectady, New York, Sean Chisholm scored for the Big Green (1-3-1 overall, 1-2-1 in the ECAC). Dartmouth played at RPI on Saturday night.
Manchester West grad Corinne Robitaille led the way for Dartmouth College with a ninth-place finish in Friday’s NCAA Northeast Regional cross country meet at Van Cortlandt Park in New York.
Robitaille posted a time of 20:39.7 for the Big Green, who finished sixth in a field of 37 teams.
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NH colleges: UMass-Dartmouth tops Plymouth State in showdown | College Sports | unionleader.com
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High school football playoffs: Bedford shuts out North to advance
NASHUA — On Monday, the Bedford High School football team will hold practice after school. There will be no practice at Nashua North.
Bedford ended North’s season by earning a 7-0 victory Friday night in the NHIAA Division I quarterfinals at Stellos Stadium.
Bedford, the No. 10 seed, scored in the second quarter on a 55-yard pass from quarterback Danny Black to Colby Snow and leaned on its defense after that. It was Bedford’s sixth shutout of the season. The Bulldogs have not allowed a point in their two playoff games.
“Moving on to play another week,” Bedford coach Zach Matthews said. “Like I said to the kids, we get to spend another week together. That’s what it’s about at this point.”
Bedford will visit sixth-seeded Timberlane (9-2) in next Saturday’s semifinals. The Owls beat Exeter 29-28 in a quarterfinal on Saturday.
Second-seeded North (9-1) was without defensive end/offensive tackle Toby Brown (knee), who is among the top players in the state. Then the Titans lost quarterback Derek Finlay (knee) and running back Amaury Almonte (hamstring) in the first half.
Finlay was hurt when he was tackled with 2:06 left in the first quarter. He sat out the rest of the first half, and played limited snaps in the third quarter before he went to the sideline for the remainder of the game.
“The pain was too much,” Nashua North coach Chad Zibolis said. “That kid will do anything to win a football game. We had to take his helmet away.
“Offensively and defensively, they beat us up in the trenches. Even at the beginning of the game, we weren’t able to move the ball against that ‘D.’ They played some really good ‘D.’”
Junior Gavin Flynn replaced Finlay and had the Titans in business after he completed a 21-yard pass to Nick DiGesse early in the fourth quarter. That play gave the Titans a first down on the Bedford 5-yard line, but after the Titans failed to score on three running plays, Evan Cibotti intercepted Flynn’s fourth-down pass in the end zone.
“He put us in a good spot,” Zibolis said. “We just couldn’t punch it in.
“I’m proud of the kids. They worked hard all week and we just didn’t come out on top. Bedford had a better game than us. Played better than us.”
North moved the ball to the Bedford 29 on its final possession, but Dom Tagliaferro intercepted a third-down pass with 1:37 to play.
“At that point, it’s all character and heart,” Matthews said. “This group of kids has stepped up all year when we’ve needed to.”
It was the second time the Titans and Bulldogs met this season. North prevailed 19-7 in Week 1.
“We just gave it all we got,” Snow said. “We played as all 11. You play as a team, you win as a team. That’s how we roll.”
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Londonderry’s Andrew Kullman, shown last season during the Division I championship, returned the opening kickoff for a TD in Saturday's state quarterfinal win for the Lancers.
High school football playoffs: Londonderry advances with ‘ugly, ugly win’
The statistics favored Merrimack. The final score favored Londonderry.
Despite being held to 129 yards of offense, top-seeded Londonderry advanced to the Division I semifinals by beating eighth-seeded Merrimack 21-7 Saturday in Londonderry.
Merrimack, which had 280 yards of offense, ran 71 offensive plays — 34 more than Londonderry. The Tomahawks (7-4) were 10 of 16 on third down, and had a 20-8 edge in first downs.
“It was an ugly, ugly win,” Londonderry coach Jimmy Lauzon said. “I haven’t been on this side of things very often. We usually have to play very well to win. All the credit to Merrimack, Kip Jackson and his staff. They were well-prepared.”
Londonderry’s Andrew Kullman returned the game’s opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown and Londonderry (9-1) led 7-0 at halftime. Trevor Weinman scored on a 4-yard run in the third quarter, and Anthony Amaro caught a 21-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Drew Heenan with 22 seconds left in the third.
Jack Drabik made each of his three point-after kicks. Weinman also had two interceptions.
Merrimack running back Reimello Hyde scored on a 16-yard run with 8:47 to play. Hyde carried the ball 36 times for 174 yards.
Merrimack quarterback Trent Jackson completed 14 of 28 passes for 111 yards. Heenan was 1 of 6 for 44 yards.
Londonderry will play fourth-seeded Pinkerton Academy in the semifinals.
Pinkerton advanced with a 14-12 victory over fifth-seeded Bishop Guertin on Friday night.
Londonderry beat Pinkerton 31-6 in Londonderry during the regular season. The semifinal matchup will also be played in Londonderry.
“They’ve been getting better, which is to be expected,” Lauzon said. “We’ll have to play well to win.”
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High school football playoffs: Pinkerton's defense bends but doesn’t break
DERRY — With his team trailing Pinkerton Academy by two touchdowns, Bishop Guertin quarterback Matt Santosuosso got rolling.
But the Astros defense came up with every big play when it had to.
Following a 13-yard touchdown pass from Santosuosso to Ronan Ballistreri on fourth down late in regulation, Pinkerton came up with its biggest stop of the night when it stuffed Charlie Bellavance on a 2-point conversion attempt that helped preserve a 14-12 Division I state quarterfinal victory.
“It really did come down to the defense. The defense really came through and was clutch today,” Pinkerton senior fullback/linebacker Cole Yennaco said. “That’s what we needed. We needed playoff defense and we’ve been waiting for that all season. We really came through and I’m really happy with that.”
Besides being a terror on the defensive side, Yennaco also rushed for 57 of Pinkerton’s 275 rushing yards, which included a 5-yard touchdown run that gave Pinkerton a 14-0 lead with 9:29 left in the second quarter. Yennaco also had three runs for a first down on the final drive of the game to help kill the clock.
Fourth-seeded Pinkerton (9-2) advanced to next Saturday’s semifinals at its rival, defending champion and top-seeded Londonderry. The Lancers advanced by beating Merrimack 21-7 in a quarterfinal on Saturday.
“We talked about it all week, about playoff football, we talked about how it’s going to come down to the last play,” Pinkerton coach Brian O’Reilly said. “It was a good job on defense tonight; it was the best job on defense we’ve done all year. And we worked hard on it this week. That’s a power running attack (BG).
Pinkerton’s rushing attack was led by sophomore Matt Morrison (10 carries, 117 yards) and Jake Albert (11 carries, 92 yards). The majority of Morrison’s yards came when he slipped outside and scampered down the sideline for an 87-yard touchdown run that put the Astros on the board. Craig Coventry’s PAT kick made it 7-0 with 4:52 left in the first quarter.
“In the huddle (Pinkerton quarterback Tim Hersom) said ‘let’s make up for it’, because I dropped a pass on the drive before,” Morrison said. “I got the ball, turned the edge, and all I saw was an open field. I just kept telling myself. ‘Just get to the end zone’. It was a great feeling.”
Fifth-seeded BG (8-3) got its running game going on a 15-play, 80-yard drive that chewed nearly nine minutes off the clock in the second quarter. Santosuosso (24 carries, 130 yards) finished off the drive with a 1-yard keeper. The extra-point attempt was blocked, leaving Pinkerton with a 14-6 lead with 40 seconds left in the first half.
The Cardinals got the ball first in the second half, and Bellavance (18 carries, 91 yards) immediately ripped off runs of 10 and 12 yards. Bellavance then ran for 19 yards before Pinkerton forced a fumble that Kaycee Dennis recovered on the Astros’ 38-yard line.
“I’ll be honest with you, (Bellavance) was really moving the ball,” O’Reilly said. “I looked at it and I said ‘This ain’t looking good’. He was finding some holes, but that’s the nature of the game.”
Pinkerton couldn’t take advantage after Coventry’s 37-yard field goal attempt bounced off the crossbar.
The Cardinals responded with another 15-play drive that included runs of 26 and 14 yards by Santosuosso. His 8-yard run set up a fourth-and-2 at Pinkerton’s 3, but he was stuffed a yard short to give Pinkerton the ball back early in the fourth quarter.
“They had some long drives, but we battled through and did well with that,” Yennaco said.
Pinkerton went three-and-out on the ensuing possession and a short punt gave Bishop Guertin the ball back at Pinkerton’s 29. The Cardinals were faced with a fourth-and-5 at the 13 when Santosuosso rolled out and found Ballistreri for the touchdown to bring the Cardinals to within 14-12 with 4:35 left in the fourth quarter.
Bellavance bounced out right in the 2-point conversion attempt, but the Astros were there to stop him.
“It’s a tough one,” Bishop Guertin coach John Trisiciani said. “It’s a really good football team and it comes down to a couple of plays. They hit us with a couple long runs early and we were able to make the adjustments, but sometimes the adjustments come a little too late. I’m just really happy with the effort and to be able to come up here and battle for four quarters.”
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High school football: Somersworth program earns 14th state title
Top-seeded Somersworth completed an unbeaten season by defeating second-seeded Newport 14-6 in Saturday’s Division IV championship game at Laconia High School.
The Hilltoppers (9-0) led 7-0 at halftime thanks to a 24-yard touchdown run by senior running back Calvin Lambert 46 seconds into the second quarter.
Somersworth’s second TD came on a 19-yard pass from quarterback Jeff DeKorne to Dante Guillory in the third quarter.
“Sometimes those closer battles mean more, and the kids rose to the challenge,” Somersworth coach Jeremy Lambert said. “We were not at our healthiest, but the kids battled through. Newport had a great game plan. They played fantastic.”
Quarterback Kyle Ashley scored Newport’s TD as time expired. The Tigers, who lost to Somersworth 35-7 earlier this year, completed their season with a 7-2 record.
Lambert entered the game with 1,015 yards on 48 carries this season. He also surpassed the 1,000-yard mark as a junior.
Somersworth, which also won last year’s Division IV title, outscored its opponents 393-47 this season. The Hilltoppers allowed more than seven points in a game once, a 49-14 victory over Mascoma.
It was the 16th championship for the Somersworth program.
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ON TUESDAY, across the country, the Republican Party failed to meet the gaudy expectations of a “red wave.” The less said about all that, the better. The debacle cannot be summed up any better than it was by Fox News analyst Marc Thiessen on election night. “We had the worst inflation in four decades, the worst collapse in real wages in 40 years, the worst crime wave since the 1990s, the worst border crisis in U.S. history” Thiessen said. “We have Joe Biden, who is the least popular president since Harry Truman … and there wasn’t a red wave. That is a searing indictment of the Republican Party.”
The long prophesied red wave of Hispanic voters failed to materialize. There was no red wave in the suburbs. No red wave among women voters. No red wave among independents.
Well, except Florida.
Close your eyes and try to think back to that awful night — to the moment you still believed the wave was coming. You saw those Florida results and thought, “this is it!”
Yeah, that was it.
But dang, it was something to behold.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defeated his Democratic opponent by 20 points in a state where the average margin of victory in the last three gubernatorial elections was less than a point. He won by double digits in heavily Hispanic Miami-Dade County. He won in Palm Beach County, a super Democrat stronghold. He won virtually every demographic except women 18-29, among whom he tied his Democratic challenger. His long coattails gave the Republican Party supermajorities in both chambers of the Florida legislature.
The Florida celebration was muted in one spot in Palm Beach called Mar-a-Lago, though. Throughout the last week of the election, former President Donald Trump taunted Gov. DeSantis, who he obviously sees as a politically existential threat, by calling him names and suggesting that if the Sunshine State governor were to run for president, Trump would tell us “things about him that won’t be very flattering.” By the end of the week, many high-profile Trump-backed candidates lost winnable races, including here in New Hampshire.
Four factors contributed to Gov. DeSantis’s triumph. The first has been his stewardship of the state’s economy. Florida had the fifth-fastest growing economy in the U.S. last year. The state is currently ranked ninth in new business growth. With no income tax, it ranks fourth overall in the Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index.
The second has been his leadership during crises. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the national press unflatteringly contrasted Gov. DeSantis’s leadership (some joined in on the “DeathSantis” smear) with that of now-disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s. Needless to say, he has been vindicated. Elsewhere, his leadership during Hurricane Ian was praised by local Democratic officials.
The third contributing factor are his high-profile victories over progressive enemies, exemplified by his skirmish with Disney over a state parental rights bill. Polls, to say nothing of election results, show Republicans can take on big, woke corporations and win. Today, Disney’s streaming platform is stagnant, and its parks business is struggling.
Finally, DeSantis’s reelection campaign shows he is an unparalleled political force. He raised over $200 million. He earned endorsements from Democrats. He expanded the map by winning all but two counties in the Sunshine State. He has transformed Florida into the Republican Party’s political center of gravity.
These four factors make DeSantis the blindingly obvious choice to be the Republican nominee for president of the United States in 2024. But first he would have to win the nomination, and there are several other high-quality prospective candidates considering a run. Meanwhile, Trump is promising “a very big announcement” this week. More than a dozen one-time presidential aspirants can tell you how difficult a task it is beating Donald Trump. Does DeSantis have something they didn’t?
Once again, the voters of New Hampshire will play an outsized role in this drama. The Democrats will shortly strip New Hampshire of its first-in-the-nation status, but New Hampshire will still hold the GOP’s first presidential primary election in 2024.
This New Hampshire Republican is hoping to see Ron DeSantis soon.
Patrick Hynes is president of Hynes Communications. He can be found on Twitter @patjhynes.
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The high school, according to losing U.S. Senate candidate Donald Bolduc, is one of several that stock kitty litter in their restrooms for students who identify as cats and act the part.
The retired Army brigadier general didn’t see this for himself, of course. But that’s what he was told by some people and the general believes some people.
He also heard from some people that our elections are tampered with by busloads of out-of-state students who are sent here to vote illegally.
He is also one of the candidates who said the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump then changed his story after winning the party primary and then went back to it a bit after Trumpists cried foul.
We don’t know where Gen. Bolduc stands now. We hope he finds something — anything — to do that doesn’t involve elective office. It is clearly not for him.
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Democrats have spent the past few years squeezing every globule of meaning from that word “democracy.” President Joe Biden delivered two historically divisive prime-time speeches arguing that the only way to save democracy was to implement one-party rule. If our doddering president didn’t look so ridiculous clenching his fists in front of a blood-red background, one might have found the spectacle semifascist. Today, Biden says that the election was a “good day for democracy.” He’s right, but not for the reasons he thinks.
As Elon Musk recently noted when recommending people vote for Republicans, “shared power curbs the worst excesses of both parties.” (Oh, the hysterics that comment sparked. If it’s not Putin or gerrymandering or “voter suppression” or “misinformation” sinking “democracy,” it’s Musk. No one who believes political discourse needs to be moderated and censored, and acts like voters have no agency, is a champion of American “democracy.”) Musk is right. Not only is it an excellent outlook for the independent-minded American but it has been the reflex of the electorate — a healthy, real democratic inclination. The inability of one party to monopolize power will either compel both to compromise, or, in times of deep division, shut down Washington and incentivize governors to take care of their own business — which is how our federalist system was meant to work.
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Karen M. Beerer
IN 2021, the New Hampshire Department of Education partnered with Discovery Education, one of the world’s leading ed tech companies. Through this collaboration, we have provided teachers and students across the state with a vast collection of high-quality, standards-aligned content, ready-to-use digital lessons, intuitive quiz and activity creation tools, and professional learning resources.
These resources — at no cost to them — are facilitating incredible modern learning experiences whether you are in a New Hampshire classroom or learning in a home education program, to the world beyond the proverbial schoolyard.
Discovery Education is taking New Hampshire children on virtual tours of Washington, D.C., which happens to be one of the most popular Discovery Education activities accessed in the Granite State, alongside an animal behavior video complete with a modern animal cam.
Whether it is participating in a virtual field trip to Manitoba to learn about polar bears, creating an online store by writing code from scratch, or engaging in a conversation with the NBA to see how math comes to life through the game of basketball, Discovery Education is sparking curiosity and igniting wonder.
To date, educators across the state have used nearly 500,000 Discovery Education interactives, activities, videos and more to unlock potential and engage students in their learning. When we review usage from last year compared with this year, the number of teachers incorporating these resources into their classroom (5,194) has grown by 77%, while the number of students introduced to the platform (23,290) has increased by 82%.
However, usage is only part of the story. Educators across the state report that their new digital resources are driving deeper student engagement in instruction and creating a passion to study and explore current events. The Merrimack School District is taking full advantage of the digital learning platform and has the highest number of teachers and students using Discovery Education content.
“These digital learning tools empower educators to create dynamic, immersive lessons that provide students the opportunity to see how what they are learning in the classroom connects to the outside world,” said Jessica Gott, a library media specialist at Merrimack High School and a frequent user of Discovery Education. “These resources have been game changers.”
A key to this initiative’s success has been our efforts to teach educators how to use these innovative resources. Since July of 2022, there have been 47 professional learning sessions offered throughout New Hampshire that have provided educators with in-depth training on how to use Discovery Education tools in the classroom. They are also exposing teachers to a new suite of instructional strategies that will serve our students well, now and in the future.
While Discovery Education is planning a special one-year celebration event this month in New Hampshire, it is our hope that more educators will be inspired to use its unique content and also participate in its professional learning geared to augment and improve student engagement.
Studying fossils, exploring the digestive system, or participating in the Young Scientist Challenge are a few of the ways Discovery Education is helping students statewide understand real world concepts and become effective learners. These digital resources and instructional materials that are being used daily by New Hampshire educators have become incredibly valuable to the state’s educational system by connecting youth to today and preparing them for tomorrow.
The New Hampshire Department of Education has put into place several initiatives that will not only recover lost learning from the pandemic, but drive and accelerate improved academic achievement and innovation statewide. Offering unlimited Discovery Education content to teachers and students is providing them another tool to assist their students.
Frank Edelblut is commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Education. Karen M. Beerer is senior vice president, teaching and learning, at Discovery Education.
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Maine man allegedly doubles speed limit on I-95, charged with being minor in possession of alcohol
On Sunday at about 2:46 a.m., Trooper Cameron Vetter, of the New Hampshire State Police, was on patrol when he observed a 2021 Nissan Armada traveling at a high rate of speed along Interstate 95 North in Greenland.
Trooper Vetter initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle and thereafter identified the operator of the vehicle as Darryl Germain, 20, of Portland, Maine.
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Brown sits, but hopes for quick return
The Boston Celtics were without three key players as Al Horford, Malcolm Brogdon and Jaylen Brown were all unavailable in Saturday night’s win over the Detroit Pistons.
Horford and Brogdon were somewhat expected. Horford hasn’t played in the second game of a back-to-back all season. Brogdon missed Friday’s win over Denver because of right hamstring tightness, though he’s considered to be day-to-day.
The Celtics’ next game is set for 7:30 p.m. Monday at TD Garden against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Considering Oklahoma City isn’t a contender, the Celtics could go conservative again with their star. Boston should have Horford back, and Brogdon could also make his return after missing the past two games.
The Celtics went on to beat the Pistons 117-108 as Jayson Tatum scored a season-high 43 points in 41 minutes. Tatum had 28 points in the second half as Boston picked up its sixth-straight win.
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Franklin Pierce men's soccer team advances
The No. 1-ranked Franklin Pierce University men’s soccer team earned a 6-2 win over No. 21 Notre Dame (Ohio) in the second round of the NCAA Championship Super Region 1 on Saturday night.
The Ravens scored four first-half goals to take control to advance to the third round.
Vicente Valor Martinez led Franklin Pierce with four points on a goal and two assists.
The Ravens are now 21-0-1 and will host the third and quarterfinal rounds of the NCAA Championship on Thursday and Saturday. Franklin Pierce will face Davis & Elkins in the third round on Thursday, while the other third-round matchup will feature Charleston (West Virginia) and Post University.
Also contributing to the Franklin Pierce win were Braudilio Rodrigues (goal), Jesus Gonzalez-Diaz (goal), Miguel Secades Rodriguez (goal), Rodrigo Parafita (goal), Jonas Cervera Anchel (two assists) and Javier Guiterrez (goal).
Franklin Pierce goaltender Kosta Maniatis finished with one save to record the win.
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“I was the first one to allow a projectile to come off of the stage and into the audience. And I kind of take responsibility for the mosh pit,” Gallagher said in a 2009 interview with the A.V. Club. “Major amusement parks now have splash rides — you don’t even have to be a participant in the ride to get splashed, you can be on a bridge. . . . And I’m, you know, somewhat at fault here. But at least it’s my job as an entertainer to do something different.”
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Gallagher, hammer-wielding comic whose routine was a smash, dies at 76 | Back Page | unionleader.com
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Documenting deficiencies
Worldwide deployment
“Consumers should never attempt to create their own test scenarios,” said National Highway Traffic Safety Administration spokeswoman Lucia Sanchez. O’Dowd’s view that software should be developed methodically, ensuring it’s fully secure before releasing it, is a stark contrast to the “move fast and break things” mantra that allowed companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon to become the behemoths they are today. Tesla has taken that mantra and applied it to public roads, he believes. O’Dowd’s critics allege his campaign against Tesla is self-serving: One of his customers — Intel-owned Mobileye — makes a computer chip that runs driver-assist and self-driving software.
Tesla cars have had a range of driver-assist features for years, like lane-keeping and automatic braking, called Autopilot. Millions of vehicles in the U.S. use advanced drive-assist features, and more than 60% of the cars sold in 2021 had lane-keeping, according to research firm Canalys. Data released by NHTSA in June showed that Tesla cars were involved in almost 70% of the 392 crashes involving advanced drive-assist features reported over the previous 11 months. NHTSA also recorded six deaths dating back to 2019 involving the features, five of which were tied to Teslas. The data set doesn’t account for how different automakers collect data, making direct comparisons with other manufacturers difficult.
But the company’s Full Self-Driving Beta program, which is currently available to about 160,000 drivers in the U.S. and Canada, goes further than anything else used by regular drivers on public roads.
make turns on its own while following a mapped route.
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Conservation officers say a 23-year-old man was seriously injured Sunday after he accidentally shot himself in a leg while target shooting in Shelburne.
Around 10:18 a.m. Sunday, state police notified New Hampshire Fish and Game conservation officers they received a call reporting a man had inadvertently shot himself in a leg.
A conservation officer, along with Gorham police, EMS, and state police responded to a sandpit off Larry Brook Rd. in Shelburne, where a man identified as Tristan Byrd, 23, was reportedly target shooting with some family members and “manipulating the pistol in his jacket pocket causing it to go off,” Fish and Game said in a statement.
The round went through his pocket and through a lower extremity, conservation officers said. Byrd’s father called 911 and met Gorham EMS nearby.
Byrd suffered a serious but non-life threatening injury, and was transported to Androscoggin Valley Hospital for treatment of his injury.
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UNH men's soccer wins America East title
The University of New Hampshire men’s soccer team defeated Albany on Sunday, 2-0, to win the America East championship at Wildcat Stadium in Durham.
With the win, UNH (14-4), secures an NCAA tournament appearance.
Junior forward Eli Goldman and graduate student Tola Showunmi scored for UNH, which captured its fourth America East title and sixth straight NCAA tournament berth.
UNH senior goalkeeper Jassem Koleilat was named the Tournament's Most Outstanding Player for recording two shutouts in America East tournament play
UNH took the lead in the 19th minute when Goldman scored off a rebound.
The Wildcats made it 2-0 just over two minutes later when Showunmi scored off a rebound.
The NCAA men’s soccer tournament Selection Show will be held Monday at 1 p.m., when the field for the tournament will be announced.
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Stay Work Play names three new members to board
Stay Work Play, a New Hampshire nonprofit whose mission is to attract and retain more young people in New Hampshire, appointed three new members to its board of directors.
Henniker resident Kamini Jorgensen, events manager for the Boys & Girls Club of Central New Hampshire, most recently served as Stay Work Play’s events coordinator.
Rochester resident Taja Sims-Harper is a doctoral student in the marine biology Ph.D. program at University of New Hampshire whose research focuses on microplastics in shellfish and other living and non-living resources in the Great Bay estuary.
Manchester resident Donald Stokes, a community relations specialist with Eversource Energy, has extensive experience in political campaigns and public policy advocacy.
BASC named one of top 500 surgical centers by Newsweek
The Bedford Ambulatory Surgical Center has been listed by Newsweek in the top 500 ambulatory surgical centers in the United States, the only surgical center in New Hampshire to make the list. The rankings, compiled in collaboration with market research firm Statista, are based on a survey of more than 4,000 medical professionals along with analysis of performance data from more than 5,000 ambulatory surgical centers. BASC was launched by former New Hampshire Health and Human Services Commissioner Nick Vailas.
Cabinta joins Bar Harbor Bank & Trust as vice president
Jessica Cabinta of Salem has joined Bar Harbor Bank & Trust as vice president, regional relationship manager. Cabinta began her banking career at Santander Bank, where she served as a senior small business relationship manager for nearly three years before assuming the role of assistant vice president, branch manager for Santander in Pelham. In 2014, Cabinta joined Eastern Bank as assistant vice president, business banker. Most recently, she served as vice president, commercial loan officer for Primary Bank.
Shaheen & Gordon adds two associates from internship
Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. has welcomed attorneys Madeline Blackburn and Simone Washington to the firm. Blackburn will be based out of the firm’s Dover office, and Washington will be based out of the Concord office.
Blackburn and Washington are both alumni of Shaheen & Gordon’s inaugural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion summer internship program in 2021. As interns, they spent five weeks working with attorneys and five weeks working at community organizations.
Blackburn graduated from William & Mary Law School in Virginia, where she served as editor-in-chief on the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal. She was also the publicity chair of the Equality Alliance and a founding member of the Disabled Students Alliance.
Washington graduated from Washington and Lee University in Virginia, where she spent a year as a student attorney in the university’s Criminal Justice Clinic representing indigent defendants. She also served as a staff writer and lead articles editor on the Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice.
Harbor Care announces new president, CEO
Harbor Care’s board of directors selected Henry Och as president and chief executive officer. He will assume the day-to-day leadership of the company, which provides housing, health care and other services to more than 5,000 New Hampshire residents statewide.
Before joining Harbor Care, Och served as chief of operations and chief information officer at the Lowell Community Health Center in Lowell, Mass. From 2010 to 2014 he also served as adjunct professor at the University of Massachusetts. While in the U.S. Army, Och served as an operations officer at ISAF Headquarters in Afghanistan in 2014. Och also served in Kosovo, where he worked with the Kosovo Police Services to identify and stop human trafficking operations.
Och succeeds Peter Kelleher, who retired at the end of October after 40 years of service with Harbor Care.
Shilling honored by Mass. Lawyers Weekly
The law firm of McLane Middleton recently announced that attorney Cameron G. Shilling was named to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s 2022 list of Go To Cybersecurity/Data Privacy lawyers. Massachusetts Go To Lawyers is a feature Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly debuted in 2020 to showcase leaders by practice area. The lawyers featured this year were all nominated by their colleagues and chosen by a panel from Lawyers Weekly.
Yeaton elected chair of Roger Williams Board of Trustees
Tim Yeaton – a former president and CEO of multinational software and technology management companies – has been named the chair of the Roger Williams University Board of Trustees. Yeaton is the second alumnus to serve as chair of the RWU Board of Trustees, following a term as a board vice-chair.
A resident of Nashua, Yeaton is former vice-president of Nashua-based Equallogic’s (now Dell) New Hampshire Technology Center, former vice president and general manager of Compaq and Digital Equipment Corporation UNIX and Systems Software Division in Nashua, and former owner of 13 years of Stonebridge Country Club in Goffstown. He most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Red Hat (now IBM).
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The fifth year of annual government reports on the outdoor industry showed continued growth in the sector in New Hampshire, though growth was faster in the other northern New England states.
Every year, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis tallies the impact of outdoor recreation on the economy, a broad category that includes everything from hiking and skiing, to gardening, to outdoor concerts. The report estimates New Hampshire saw $2.6 billion in value added from the whole outdoor recreation sector in 2021 — including money that comes directly from the outdoor industry, as well as other supporting industries.
The biggest piece of that value came from what the bureau termed “conventional” outdoor activities, like hiking, hunting, biking and boating. Skiing and other snow sports added more than $190 million, the report estimated.
Water parks and amusement parks added $38 million and another $14 million in economic value came from outdoor sports events and outdoor concerts.
Last year, New Hampshire saw slower growth in outdoor-industry employment than its northern New England neighbors.
While New Hampshire saw a 13% climb in outdoor recreation employment, Maine’s increased by almost 16% and Vermont’s increase was more than 17%.
The outdoor industry is also a slightly larger part of the job market for Maine and Vermont than for New Hampshire. The outdoor industry accounts for 4.9% of Maine’s total employment, 4.7% in Vermont, and 4.1% in New Hampshire.
The annual report was instituted following a 2016 bill introduced by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and former Sen. Cory Gardner, a Colorado Republican.
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On Sunday at about 2:46 a.m., Trooper Cameron Vetter of the New Hampshire State Police was on patrol when he observed a 2021 Nissan Armada traveling at a high rate of speed along Interstate 95 North in Greenland.
Trooper Vetter initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle and thereafter identified the operator as Darryl Germain, 20, of Portland, Maine.
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Marathoners start the race downtown at the Manchester City Marathon on Elm Street on Sunday.
Cindy McLaughlin of Merrimack encourages racers with a photo of her dog, Summit, during the Manchester City Marathon on Elm Street on Sunday.
Andrew Tuttle of Alton has dreams of one day running the Boston Marathon as an elite athlete.
On Sunday, he was first in the men’s division of the CMC Manchester City Marathon. Along with nearly 2,000 runners who participated in the marathon, half-marathon, 5K and relays, he had to battle pouring rain at times.
The 27-year-old finished in 2 hours, 35 minutes, and 33 seconds.
“I really didn’t expect to win,” he said. “I thought that there were going to be some good guys that would show up and do better than me.”
He also won a marathon in Sugarloaf, Maine, earlier this year.
Georgia Bromberg, 34, of Birmingham, Alabama, pumped her right fist as she broke the tape as the top women’s winner. She finished at 3:07:53.
“It was beautiful, but I would have liked to see more leaves on the trees,” she joked.
She has a goal of running a marathon in every state with New Hampshire being No. 23.
Barry Lewandowski, director of marketing for Millennium Running, said the race went smoothly even with the steady rain at times. Runners from 48 different states entered the 16th annual race.
The temperature, which was in the 50s, is ideal for a race and the rain didn’t hold many back, he said.
“I think once you’ve committed to this, you’re in it,” he said.
Outside City Hall Pub on Hanover Street, family members of Finn-Ann Cotton, 22, of Keene, came from New Jersey and New York to cheer for her in her first marathon. One held a sign, “Go Finn, run, run, run!” The group of five offered support to all the runners with loud whistles and cheers.
“I’m proud as hell,” said Cotton’s father, Chris, after she ran by with her arms in the air and stopped for a quick sip of a sports drink. “This is her first marathon and we are super excited for her.”
The family hunkered down in the pub for a bit as they waited.
“We were sitting inside nice and warm, laughing, and making jokes that we might miss her,” Chris Cotton said. “We were sitting right at the window, but we were able to get outside before she came.”
Many cheering on the runners found any shelter they could and stood under awnings or sat in places like the Bookery and the lobby of the City Hall Plaza tower.
Brandi-Ann Hall of Goffstown, however, braved the elements in a red rain jacket with the hood tightly wrapped around her face waiting for her son, Chase Hall, 17, to cross the finish line in the driving rain. She rang a cowbell as three of her other children sat under an umbrella.
“He has done a lot of preparing for this race, and he doesn’t mind running in the rain,” she said. “He is probably OK with this weather.”
Yuki Chorney, 50, of Mont Vernon, dressed as “Miss Queen City” ran with a sequin dress and tiara. She’s run 41 marathons, in which she tries to find a theme for her attire for each race. She ran the New York City Marathon a week ago dressed as the Statue of Liberty.
She felt the energy of the crowd cheering her on. She finished in 3:33:52.
“I am extremely happy and proud of this one,” she said.
“I ran the second half faster than the first half, which is always hard to do.”
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A former director of programs and services at the largest day shelter in Massachusetts has been hired as Manchester’s new director of homelessness initiatives, city officials confirmed this weekend.
Adrienne Beloin, who held the director’s position at St. Francis House in Boston, Mass., until this past July, will start her new job in the Queen City on Nov. 28, Manchester Fire Chief Ryan Cashin confirmed in a phone interview Saturday.
City aldermen were informed of the hire in an email late last week.
Beloin takes over for Schonna Green, who resigned her position as Manchester’s director of homeless initiatives in September. The position, which remains under the command of the city’s fire chief, carries a starting annual salary of $97,291.94, plus benefits. Duties include planning, overseeing and directing the city’s response to homelessness.
Cashin said he is happy with the hire.
“Her resume is amazing,” said Cashin. “Speaking with her she has a ton of experience working with homeless residents in Boston. She has a very good clinical background when it comes to mental health issues of homeless individuals. She understands sheltering, affordable housing. She’s ready to hit the ground running and she was by far the most enthusiastic candidate that we saw.”
Beloin served as director of programs and services at St. Francis House for a little over three years, after working as a program manager and access therapist at the Dimock Community Health Center, also in Boston for more than three years.
According to a copy of her resume, Beloin received a Masters in Social Work from the Simmons College School of Social Work in 2004, after graduating in 2000 with a Bachelor’s degree in sociology at Rutgers University.
At St. Francis House, Beloin directed around 100 employees, managers, and associate directors at a day shelter that serves 500 homeless adults per day, and about 6,000 per year.
As director, Beloin oversaw all service delivery, program development, operations, budgets, contract management, and personnel for multiple departments that worked with homeless individuals in the areas of behavioral health, income, and housing while providing basic refuge services, her resume shows.
On LinkedIn, Beloin posted she recently moved back to New Hampshire’s Seacoast area. Cashin said she is well aware of the issues facing the Queen City.
“Yes, 100%,” said Cashin. “The issues down in Boston are not really any different from here, it’s typically the same issue across the country. It’s just the scope of the issue. She’s dealt with a lot of these issues in Boston, where they have some affordable housing issues as well. Her first goal is to try and get as much affordable housing in as possible and try to help move that along, while also coordinating with all the city partners involved with homelessness.”
Cashin said when Beloin starts Nov. 28, the plan is to spend time with each city department for the first few weeks, starting with the fire department.
“We’re gonna do everything we can to help get her welcomed into the city acquainted with the fire department and its role in this, then sitting for several days with each department and meeting the partners the city works with like FIT (Families in Transition) and Waypoint, so she gets to know all the partners involved.”
In the months since Green resigned, city departments have divided up her responsibilities in the interim period until a new director was hired.
Encampment issues have been coordinated by the Neighborhood Enhancement Team (NET) coordinator. Residents can still use the ‘See Click Fix’ app or call 603- 792-3859 to report encampments.
The welfare office and community health workers assisted with connecting “housing insecure” residents with available resources like rental and heating assistance.
Green, 57, began her two-year term on April 18, 2021.
She came to Manchester from Port St. Lucie, Florida, where for 21 years she served as director of Florida’s M.I.S.S. Inc. of the Treasure Coast, which she started using a $7,000 grant.
Green submitted a one-sentence letter of resignation to Cashin that gave little insight into the reasons behind her decision.
“I am writing to inform you of my decision to resign as Director of Homelessness Initiatives for the City of Manchester, NH, effective immediately,” is all the letter said.
In the aftermath of Green’s resignation, city departments, nonprofits, and national partners huddled up to determine the best way to move forward.
Feedback was received from stakeholders on what’s working and what needs improvement.
Below are some of the comments received:
• Because of the demographics of those experiencing chronic homelessness in Manchester, the city needs a person with expertise in not only housing development, but substance use disorder and chronic homelessness. Overdoses are at their highest since 2017, and approximately 50% occur among those experiencing homelessness;
• There is a need for additional support to both address immediate needs within the community (encampments, winter sheltering, etc.) as well as long-term planning;
• The Fire Department is likely not the right department to being overseeing this work. They continue to be very involved in winter sheltering planning through Emergency Operations, and involved with encampment outreach through Squad 1, but don’t have the expertise in housing to provide necessary oversight or collaboration;
• The city needs to prioritize relationships with our nonprofit service providers, identify and fill gaps in services and housing, and implement long-term solutions.
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Members of Dallas Fire-Rescue and other officials stand near the wreckage of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra crash a day earlier at the Dallas Executive Airport on Sunday.
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Flowers are left along the fenceline of the Dallas Executive Airport on Sunday where a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra crash took place a day earlier.
Six people were dead after two vintage military planes collided midair on Saturday and crashed in flames before a crowd of thousands who came to see them fly at a World War II commemorative air show in Dallas, officials said on Sunday.
The crash involved World War II-era planes — a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighter — that were flying at the Wings Over Dallas Airshow at Dallas Executive Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement.
Hank Coates, the president and CEO of the Commemorative Air Force, a group dedicated to the preservation of World War II combat aircraft, said the B-17, a massive four-engine bomber, normally has a crew of four to five people.
Leah Block, the spokesperson for the Commemorative Air Force, which is dedicated to preserving World War II aircraft and hosts the air show, said told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that they are not sure why the accident occurred.
Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) started an investigation on Sunday.
Eleven people were killed and 74 people injured in Reno, Nevada, in 2011 air show when a P-51 Mustang crashed into onlookers, due to mechanical failure, the NTSB found. In 2019, a B-17 bomber crashed in Hartford, Connecticut, killing seven people due to pilot error and inadequate maintenance, the agency also found.
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A Massachusetts man was seriously injured Sunday after crashing an all-terrain vehicle head-on into a tree in Derry, conservation officers said.
Around 2:30 p.m. Sunday, New Hampshire Fish and Game received a report of an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) crash on a closed snowmobile trail in the Derry Town Forest.
Jose Deleon-Alicea, 34, of Haverhill, Mass., was operating an ATV on the trail when he attempted to navigate through a small waterhole and lost control before crashing head-on into a tree, conservation officers said in a release.
Deleon-Alicea was thrown from the ATV during the crash, causing serious but non-life threatening injuries, officials said. A member of his riding party called 911 to report the crash, and a conservation Officer and Derry police and fire personnel responded to the scene.
Derry fire personnel used a Utility Vehicle to transport Deleon-Alicea to the road to be transported to an area hospital via ambulance for treatment of his injuries.
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A home is being built in Farmington for Frank (Mikey) Galloway, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Several volunteers helped out on Veterans Day on Friday.
Provided by Southeast New Hampshire Habitat for Humanity
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Southeast New Hampshire Habitat for Humanity kicked off the 4th annual Rotarians Raise the Roof build in celebration of Veterans Day on Friday in Farmington.
SENH Habitat has joined forces with the Rotary Club of Portsmouth and Team Rubicon on this NH veteran family build.
The Rotary Club of Portsmouth’s William Cash Fund provided $5,000 in grant funding to purchase building materials for this project in addition to volunteering on Veterans Day.
SENH Habitat officially broke ground in August on this property at 35 Richards Way, which was donated by Candid Arcidy.
The team has been working hard on this veteran build alongside the family, volunteers, corporate sponsors, and supporters alike.
The home is for Frank (Mikey) Galloway, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, who proudly served as an Intel Analyst from 2009-2014.
Galloway spent most of his time in the service stationed in Southeast Asia. For two years, he was a part of a humanitarian assistance mission aboard the USNS Mercy hospital ship.
Many organizations have contributed, including the Rotary, Team Rubicon, Timberland, Norm Vetter Foundations, T.W. Excavating, Northwestern Mutual, Market Square Architects and the University of New Hampshire and more.
Veterans Build is Habitat for Humanity’s national initiative to provide housing solutions and volunteer opportunities to U.S. veterans, military service members and their families.
To learn more about Southeast NH Habitat for Humanity, go to www.senhhabitat.org.
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Nov 13, 2022; Orchard Park, New York, USA; Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson (18) makes a catch against Buffalo Bills cornerback Cam Lewis (39) during second half at Highmark Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports
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NFL roundup: Vikings outlast Bills in overtime
Patrick Peterson’s second interception for the Minnesota Vikings sealed a heart-stopping, 33-30 win in overtime against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday in Orchard Park, New York.
The play concluded a wild game in which both teams appeared to win in the final minute of regulation. Buffalo (6-3) seemingly won when it stuffed Minnesota’s Kirk Cousins short of the goal line on a fourth-down quarterback sneak.
Buffalo recovered with a quick-strike drive directed by Josh Allen. Five plays produced 69 yards to set up Tyler Bass’s third field goal of the game, a 29-yarder with two seconds left that sent the game to overtime.
Buccaneers 21, Seahawks 16: Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes and the Buccaneers held off a late rally in Munich, the NFL’s first game played in Germany.
The NFC South-leading Bucs (5-5), who entered last in the league with 61 yards rushing per game, exceeded that by 100. Rachaad White rushed for a career-high 105 yards on 22 carries and Leonard Fournette added 57 yards and a TD on 14 attempts.
The NFC West-leading Seahawks (6-4) had a four-game winning streak come to an end.
Dolphins 39, Browns 17: Jeff Wilson led a potent rushing attack with 119 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries to pace the Dolphins.
The Dolphins (7-3) head into their bye week atop the AFC East and on a four-game winning streak after shutting down one of the NFL’s best running games.
Chiefs 27, Jaguars 17: Patrick Mahomes threw four touchdown passes to four different receivers for the Chiefs.
Trevor Lawrence threw for 259 yards and a pair of touchdowns to Christian Kirk on 29-for-40 passing for the Jaguars (3-7), who have lost six of their past seven
Giants 24, Texans 16: Saquon Barkley rushed for 152 yards and a touchdown to lead the Giants 7-2).
Barkley capped a 12-play, 74-yard march with a 2-yard touchdown run that answered a Houston scoring drive that cut the deficit to 14-10 midway through the third quarter.
Davis Mills completed 22 of 37 passes for 319 yards for the Texans (1-7-1).
Steelers 20, Saints 10: Rookies Kenny Pickett and George Pickens each ran for a touchdown for the Steelers.
Pickett completed 18 of 30 passes for just 199 yards for the Steelers (3-6), whose two rushing touchdowns were all the scoring the team needed. Pittsburgh totaled 217 yards on the ground and shut out New Orleans in the second half.
Titans 17, Broncos 10: Ryan Tannehill was 19-of-36 passing for 255 yards and two touchdowns, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine had five receptions for 119 yards and two scores, and the Titans (6-3) rallied for the win.
Russell Wilson was 21-of-42 passing for 286 yards, a TD to rookie Jalen Virgil and an interception for Denver (3-6).
Lions 31, Bears 30: Jamaal Williams scored on a 1-yard plunge for the go-ahead score as the Lions rallied from a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit.
Jared Goff passed for 236 yards and a touchdown for Detroit (3-6) and Amon-Ra St. Brown had 10 receptions for 119 yards.
For Chicago (3-7), quarterback Justin Fields ran for 147 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries. He also passed for 167 yards and two touchdowns.
Colts 25, Raiders 20: Matt Ryan’s 35-yard touchdown pass to Parris Campbell with just over five minutes left rallied the visiting Colts.
Derek Carr went 24-for-38 passing for 248 yards and two touchdowns, while Davante Adams finished with nine receptions for 126 yards for the Raiders (2-7).
Cardinals 27, Rams 17: Backup quarterback Colt McCoy completed 26 of 37 passes for 238 yards and a touchdown for the Cardinals, with wide receivers DeAndre Hopkins catching 10 passes for 98 yards and Rondale Moore making nine receptions for 94 yards.
Rams backup quarterback John Wolford was 24 of 36 for 212 yards and a touchdown, with one interception. Wide receiver Cooper Kupp had only three receptions for minus-1 yard and suffered an ankle injury early in the fourth quarter.
Packers 31, Cowboys 28 (OT): Mason Crosby kicked a 28-yard field goal in overtime as the Packers rallied from a 14-point deficit.
Christian Watson led Green Bay (4-6) with four catches for 107 yards and three touchdowns, two of wich came in the fourth quarter to force overtime.
Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rogers threw for 224 yards and three toucdowns.
Dallas (6-3) built its lead thanks in part to wide receiver CeeDee Lamb’s 11 catches for 150 yards and two touchdowns.
Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott threw for 265 yards and two touchdowns .
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“It’s basically the third election in a row that Donald Trump has cost us the race,” Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “And it’s like, three strikes, you’re out.” Hogan said it would be a mistake to nominate Trump again as the party’s 2024 presidential candidate after Republicans failed to take control of the Senate and made far fewer gains in the House than predicted in the midterm elections.
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican, echoed Hogan’s comments on ABC’s “This Week,” calling Don Bolduc, the Republican nominee in his state, a “Republican extremist” and saying the results across the country amounted to “a rejection of that extremism.”
Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and Tom Cotton of Arkansas on “Face the Nation” said they were backing McConnell. Cotton noted that no one has yet challenged him. “The great wrestling champion Ric Flair used to say, ‘to be the man, you got to beat the man,’” Cotton said. “And so far, no one has had the nerve to step forward and challenge Sen. McConnell.”
President Joe Biden will meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in person on Monday for the first time since taking office, with U.S. concerns over Taiwan, Russia’s war in Ukraine and North Korea’s nuclear ambitions on top of his agenda.
KHERSON, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday accused Russian soldiers of committing war crimes and killing civilians in Kherson, parts of which were retaken by Ukraine’s army last week after Russia pulled out.
PHOENIX — Democrats held onto control of the U.S. Senate while limiting projected losses in the House, handing a major victory to President Joe Biden and extinguishing hopes of the “red wave” that Republicans had expected leading into the midterm elections.
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Patrick Murphy speaks with a reporter outside of his condo in Manchester on Wednesday.
A youth prepares to kick the door of Manchester resident Patrick Murphy in this security camera footage.
Patrick Murphy speaks with a reporter outside of his condo in Manchester on Nov. 9, 2022.
Mark Hayward's City Matters: The days of conversations and apologies have passed
SOMEONE NEEDS TO TELL Patrick Murphy that he’s out of touch.
Murphy, 66, is a retired software engineer and Air Force veteran. He clings to quaint, archaic notions that wrongdoers — even if they’re kids — should be held responsible for their actions.
He also thinks that cops shouldn’t work against victims of juvenile crime.
But neither appears to be the case.
Three times this past March, the front door of his Weston Road condo was kicked and damaged, apparently by kids on their way home from Southside Middle School, he said.
He helped cops ID the culprit, and he waited for the system to play out.
Here’s how it did: Cops have dropped charges against the juvenile. Murphy can’t get the kid’s name and address, which he appears to be entitled to under state law. And he’ll be out $500, the cost of the deductible on his homeowner’s insurance, to pay for the damage, he said.
“They (Manchester police) should follow the law,” Murphy said. He refers to a law that says the identity of juvenile lawbreakers, their age, address, gender, charge and custody status — information usually blanketed in secrecy — gets turned over to victims once the kid is either arraigned in juvenile court or placed into a diversion program.
But police, he said, have refused to do so and warned him not to try to track down the kid, he said.
“They set themselves up as judge and jury, and the only one convicted was me,” Murphy said.
Manchester police won’t say much about Murphy’s complaint.
In an email, spokeswoman Heather Hamel said the city solicitor’s office, which prosecutes juvenile crime, has provided Murphy with information he can use to file an insurance claim.
She wouldn’t talk about what the police department thinks about the state’s latest approach to juvenile justice, which encourages early diversion.
And when Murphy’s alderman, Edward Sapienza, asked Police Chief Allen Aldenberg about the case during a public meeting, the chief evaded questions about victim-witness advocates and offered to speak to Sapienza privately.
“The system’s stonewalling him because it involves juveniles, even though he’s the victim,” Sapienza told me. Sapienza wants Murphy to keep pursuing the matter.
In an interview, Murphy said he paid about $120 for video surveillance cameras after the first two rounds of damage. When a kid kicked his door the third time, a surveillance camera captured the act, which led to his arrest.
When confronted by the Southside principal, the kid confessed to his mom, according to Murphy.
Murphy said his initial frustration dealt with his inability to get a police report.
Without a report, he couldn’t submit a claim to his insurance company.
OK, he reasoned, have the parents pay for the door. Police told him that the parents can’t afford the $3,000 cost of replacing the door, but they’d pay $100 if he dropped the case, Murphy said. He refused, he said.
Cops said they’d have to charge the kid with a felony if he didn’t agree. Go ahead, he said.
Then last month, cops told him they dropped the case.
“We’ve got it on video, we’ve got a confession, and they’ve dropped all charges?” Murphy said.
Murphy still wants the kid’s name and an address. He wants to file small claims action to cover the $500 deductible.
Murphy said he realizes that kids will do stupid things. But he grew up in rural Ohio, where youth admitted to transgressions when they got caught.
There’s a couple of things to keep in mind here:
If the kid goes to Southside he is likely not a teenager.
The state has instituted a new approach to juvenile crime that calls for getting help to a kid before he ever goes to court. Part of the help is supposed to involve restoration, but nothing is required. The initiative started in Manchester on Oct. 1.
Murphy comes across as an intelligent, responsible guy. But he’s a champion at shooting pistols, and we live in times where anyone can load bullets of anger into an easily purchased weapon and kill wantonly. In these days, should cops turn over information about a kid to anyone?
Ideally, we’d live in times where they could. And Murphy could knock on the door where the kid’s family lives. He’d talk to parents, they’d be embarrassed, he’d get an apology and they’d work something out.
But those times no longer exist, something that even Murphy acknowledges.
“We’re raising people,” he said, “with no sense of honor nowadays. No sense of personal responsibility.”
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To the Editor: Fifty-five percent of New Hampshire’s electricity is produced by natural gas, much of it delivered by ship. As the price of natural gas fluctuates, so does the rate we pay for electricity.
The Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire (CPCNH) plans to do this. Currently, 23 cities and towns are members of the CPCNH, representing 20% of electric power used in the state. The utilities will continue to deliver the electricity, while providing billing and customer service. If all goes as planned Community Power will launch spring of 2023.
This launch of Community Power was a long time coming due to many efforts to derail the legislation and reduce its effectiveness. Ask your elected representatives to support the transition to community power.
TOM PFAU
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Diane M. Starkey: Slavery continues behind bars
WE SEEM to believe slavery is outlawed. It isn’t. The work of prisoners incarcerated for crimes when "leant out" to local government or businesses is unpaid. This is wrong. Re-imbursement to government for the expenses of incarcerating criminals by said persons once released is also wrong.
Then there are health risks and expenses to bearing and raising a child, which while a very personal decision is being horned in on by our government. There is slavery involved here; infliction of physical and psychological torture, financial theft, the revocation of the basic human and Constitutional right to freedom of association, cruel and unusual punishment, and child abuse. These are the reasons we passed laws against slavery.
Parting children from guardians must be done in some cases, i.e., criminals, those neglecting their responsibilities, physically, or emotionally unable to perform rationally.
However, compelling people to choose between poverty and giving up the responsibility of any child for whatever reason is another form of slavery -of the parent and the child. De-facto abuse of both.
To even begin to mitigate this alone, government must institute a parental stipend, health, housing, and nutritional guarantees – not just provisions. Absolutely not left to charity. (They may assist, but not impose upon the rights of clients.) Certainly, education must be rigorously improved, and none of these criteria left to the vagaries of politics.
We pay teachers because they prepared for the rigors of the vocation they chose. They must meet many requirements to be trusted with our children, no matter their age. Medical personnel, engineers, fire responders, police, and countless other jobs require training that must be paid for and experienced on the job with supervision until the worker is deemed competent.
Parents? They could be serial murderers and violent domestic abusers for all we care, until our noses are rubbed into it.
Adoptive and foster parents are screened, background checked, and under supervision in the case of the latter. Yet we still find abused and neglected children, which are then our collective responsibility to help. How much do we really help?
There is a phenomenon known as “compassion burnout.” When the persons being cared for are combative, have very little chance of becoming ‘better,’ especially when tools and training are inadequate, and supervision of the caretakers is also abusive or negligent, it is virtually guaranteed to happen. This leads to a shortage of workers, exacerbating the entire situation.
This is the challenge of modern life, in an overpopulated, crowded world where many individuals with power and ambition look out for themselves alone.
Yet now, those untrained and inexperienced in child or medical care want to force people to continue a pregnancy, regardless of personal circumstances. If this isn’t a crime on the part of politicians and others involved, it damn sure ought to be. Females, or simply human beings with wombs, are people too!
Diane M. Starkey lives in Rochester.
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Joe Bohunicky
Dan Splaine
But in the aftermath of this health crisis, challenges remain. The pandemic exacerbated long-standing workforce shortages in nursing homes across the country, including New Hampshire. While we struggle to hire workers, the Biden administration has proposed implementing a federal minimum staffing requirement for nursing homes that fails to fix the underlying issues of our labor crisis.
New Hampshire is ranked the sixth worst for staffing shortages. This has forced us to limit admissions, leaving our most vulnerable without access to the specialized care they need. In fact, more than half of the facilities throughout the state have paused resident admissions due to lack of staff over the past two years. Since we cannot admit beyond our capacity to care for residents, many of our facilities have extensive waitlists — some with more than 100 residents.
In our facility, we currently have 13 full-time and 14 part-time nurse’s aides and 10 full-time and six part-time nurse open positions. We are doing everything we can to hire more caregivers, offering flexible schedules, scholarship opportunities and more, but we are unable to fill these positions because the workers just aren’t there. We are competing with hospitals, home care and other health care providers for a limited number of qualified professionals.
Chronic Medicaid underfunding, increasing labor costs and rising inflation have put nursing home providers in an impossible financial situation. New Hampshire has one of the worst Medicaid reimbursement shortfalls in New England. On average, we lose $75 per resident per day. We are left with no other option but to seek help from staffing agencies that charge exorbitant prices for temporary staff. My facility alone has paid out $721,000 in the last six months. We are seeing the sale of almost all longtime, family-owned facilities.
The impact of staffing shortages reaches beyond the long-term care sector. Our hospitals are experiencing backlogs as they are unable to discharge patients to nursing homes because they are short staffed. Patients are staying in the hospital for days and weeks when they should be continuing their care in a nursing home.
The proposed federal minimum staffing requirement would cost nursing homes $10 billion per year and require hiring 187,000 nurses and nurse aides. Amid these circumstances, New Hampshire’s underfunded nursing homes cannot afford this mandate without substantial government resources. Expecting us to comply without giving us the corresponding funding is asking us to do the impossible.
Staffing minimums are focused on bodies rather than resident outcomes. We are calling on lawmakers to prioritize comprehensive solutions to this workforce issue instead of implementing an unfunded mandate. We need Medicaid reimbursement rates to cover the full cost of care, which will in turn help us invest in our workforce and build a pipeline of dedicated caregivers.
Caregivers in the Granite State have always prioritized the health and wellbeing of our residents, and we will continue to provide the best care no matter what challenges come our way. We ask lawmakers to partner with us in ensuring New Hampshire seniors have committed caregivers that will help them live long and healthy lives.
Joe Bohunicky is the administrator of Mt. Carmel Rehab and Nursing Center in Manchester.
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In the past year, home heating oil prices have nearly doubled. Some ratepayers in New Hampshire watched their electricity bills double this summer, and more price hikes are expected soon. Analysts predict that the perfect storm of low inventories, government policies, and maxed-out refineries will drive up the cost of heating your home this winter by at least 27%. Even before the year’s first snowstorm, the wholesalers have begun to ration the amount of oil we can purchase.
That’s something that Granite Staters can’t afford. They are already paying the highest electric rates in New England and need the cost to go down, not up. Some ratepayers in New Hampshire saw the price of electricity double this summer and it looks like there won’t be any relief this winter.
Many factors account for the ongoing pain New Hampshire families will feel in their wallets and pocketbooks, but governmental policy has played a significant role. From ending pipeline production to limiting oil drilling leases to permits and promoting Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) regulations that promote “green” energy over all other energy sources, politicians have driven long-term investment away from the oil industry. The businesses tasked with heating our homes have had no choice but to begin taking a more conservative approach to furthering their footprint in this industry, which would have otherwise increased the supply — and lowered energy prices — for all of us.
Thankfully, the New Hampshire State House, White House, Congress, and U.S. Department of Energy are now expressing concern about the overall cost of energy and the availability of home heating oil supplies. Fortunately, all they need to do to fix this issue for New Hampshire’s families is to promote energy production rather than discourage it.
Firstly, New Hampshire should pass the legislation introduced in the State House to ban financial institutions from using ESG scores — assessments of companies’ compliance with these “green” ESG standards — to determine whether companies get loans. ESG scores punish companies that invest in oil exploration, which limits oil’s availability in our state and drives up costs and inflation. There is no reason New Hampshire taxpayers, who need cheaper home heating oil, should be funding its demise. The State House should move this legislation without delay.
Secondly, Congress and the White House should scrap an unwarranted mandate that is needlessly increasing the cost of home heating oil here in New Hampshire. To curry favor with the agriculture lobby, Congress currently requires refineries to possess a minimum amount of Renewable Identification Number credits — a certification number the government generates to prove ethanol (a renewable fuel made from corn) was sufficiently blended into a gallon of gas. These credits increase cost for some independent refineries by nearly half a million dollars a day, which, in some cases, is more than double the price they paid to buy their entire businesses. Few policies are increasing New Hampshire’s energy costs more than this one is, so politicians should seriously consider implementing measures that will lower the price of these politically-motivated RINs credits.
Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, government leaders should eliminate the counterproductive rules that make it difficult at best and impossible at worst to construct pipelines in and around New Hampshire. The fewer pipelines we have, the less energy that’s available, and the higher prices go.
Yet some agencies, like the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, are trying to make it significantly harder to build new ones capable of transporting energy to and from our state. We need more pipelines, not less, and it’s up to our elected representatives (especially Sen. Maggie Hassan, who serves on the Energy subcommittee) to change this trajectory.
The energy struggles that New Hampshire families face didn’t come out of nowhere; they are the result of poor policy decisions that have limited American energy exploration and extraction. The good news, however, is that Congress and the State House can end these struggles tomorrow if they are willing to admit their shortcomings. Let’s not let pride get in the way of common sense and reason; let’s do what’s best for the hardworking people of this state before it’s too late.
Gilford’s Sean Moran is a former senior staff member at the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is interviewed by Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, in front of an audience at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, U.S., October 19, 2022.
Former vice president Mike Pence said Donald Trump's rhetoric during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol was "reckless" and that the former president's actions "endangered" members of the Pence family and those trapped inside the building that day.
"I mean, the president's words were reckless," Pence said in a preview clip of his interview with ABC's "World News Tonight" published Sunday. "It was clear he decided to be part of the problem."
Pence was referring to Trump's tweet, posted while the insurrection was unfolding, on Pence's refusal to reject the 2020 election results, which said that he "didn't have the courage to do what should have been done." Days earlier, Trump and his allies had publicly urged Pence to overturn the election results for Trump, even though the vice president had no legal right to do so.
Pence told ABC anchor David Muir he was "angered" when Trump published the tweet.
"I turned to my daughter, who was standing nearby, and I said, 'It doesn't take courage to break the law. It takes courage to uphold the law,' " he said.
Pence's comments to ABC appear to be the strongest he has given on Trump and the Capitol riot since tensions between the two men escalated in the last days of the Trump administration. Pence has been mentioned as a possible 2024 presidential candidate.
Five people died in or as a result of the Jan. 6 attack, and more than 100 police officers were assaulted when a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, breaking through security barriers and forcing lawmakers and aides to barricade themselves inside their offices as they feared for their lives. Police rushed other members of Congress, including the House and Senate leadership, to secure locations
In surreal scenes that rocked the United States and stunned the world, the crowds descended on the Capitol, many chanting "stop the steal," as they echoed Trump's unfounded allegations of massive voter fraud in the 2020 election. Many also chanted "hang Mike Pence."
A Washington Post investigation into the attack noted a string of failures that took place before, during and after Jan. 6 and how Trump's social media statements fueled anger and political unrest in the months leading up to the insurrection.
"Big protest in D.C. on January 6th," Trump tweeted in December 2021. "Be there, will be wild!"
The investigation found that Trump received direct warnings of the risks on Jan. 6, but stood by for 187 minutes before calling on his supporters to go home. Law enforcement officials also did not respond with urgency to warnings of violence, and first responders are struggling with deep trauma as a result of the attack, The Post study found.
As the riot unfolded, Twitter suspended Trump and removed three of his tweets, saying they were inciting violence and amplifying baseless conspiracy theories about the election. Facebook followed suit. Both companies later permanently barred Trump from their platforms.
More than 840 suspects have been charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, The Post reported in July, citing court filings, case documents and other public information. The House impeached Trump on a charge of inciting an insurrection, but the Senate voted to acquit the president after a days-long trial.
Last month, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack issued a subpoena for testimony and documents from Trump himself, demanding he testify under oath - a move Trump has attempted to block. Last week, the former president filed a lawsuit against the committee, arguing that the subpoena is invalid because it lacks a "valid legislative purpose."
The Republican Party failed to take over the Senate and made smaller-than-expected gains in last week's midterm elections, prompting many Republicans to look beyond Trump as a presidential candidate in the 2024 election. Control of the House of Representatives remains undecided.
Pence, meanwhile, has hinted he might launch his own bid for the White House and take on Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination. Trump is expected to announce his third bid for president on Tuesday.
"There might be somebody else I'd prefer more," Pence told an audience at Georgetown University when asked last month if he would back Trump for president in the 2024 election. "I'll keep you posted."
Pence's ABC interview is set to be aired in full Monday evening.
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Work on the Eastern Trail in southern Maine could expand rapidly in the coming decade
Jon Kachmar is working on the ultimate conservation juggling act: Getting three significant new sections built on the Eastern Trail in southern Maine.
Expansion of the trail — envisioned as a 50-mile, off-road trail upon completion — has stalled in the past decade, but Kachmar believes the Eastern Trail Alliance has a shot at completing another 15.7 miles of the trail in the next 10 years. That would extend it to 37 miles, and connect three different existing sections.
"There will definitely be momentum moving forward," said Kachmar, executive director of the Eastern Trail Alliance. "There's no doubt about it. It is a unique time. Right now there is an unprecedented amount of federal money for infrastructure for things that will benefit the public. We fit a lot of those qualifications for that money. I'm pretty optimistic."
The Eastern Trail is the southern Maine section of the proposed 3,000-mile East Coast Greenway envisioned to link Key West, Florida, to Calais via off-road trails. In the past 20 years, 20.9 miles of the trail have been built in Maine across three sections from South Portland to West Kennebunk.
Next on tap is "The Gap" section that would connect the Scarborough Marsh and South Portland sections with a 1.6-mile stretch that has been held up since 2017 because of negotiations on an easement on private land, Kachmar said. He believes the negotiations are close to reaching a conclusion.
Construction could begin as early as next spring on the long-awaited connector, Kachmar said. Four years ago Maine Department of Transportation allocated $5 million for the section between Black Point Road in Scarborough and Wainwright Field off Highland Avenue in South Portland.
Federal money allocated specifically for bicycle and pedestrian projects has increased significantly from about $2 million in fiscal year 2021 to more than $4 million this fiscal year, according to the Maine DOT. The increase in federal funding is directly related to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal that was signed into law in November 2021, said Paul Merrill, director of communications for MDOT.
The increase in federal funds comes at a time where there's high energy around building trails in Maine.
A recent study released by the Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission conducted by Camoin Associates showed that the outdoor recreation industry is responsible for attracting 5.5 million visitors to southern Maine and contributing $105 million to the regional gross domestic product. The report cited among other high-ticket amenities: the Eastern Trail.
In May, the Eastern Trail Alliance received $700,000 in federal funds to pay for 80 percent of a feasibility study to help design the next 11 miles of the trail from Kennebunk to North Berwick. With the $210,000 match the Alliance already raised, that study will be done in 2023. The $910,000 feasibility study soon will be put out to bid by Kachmar.
Then the Alliance will shift into fundraising mode to build that section. Any federal funds for the trail require a 20% match of private money. That project is estimated at $14 million for the engineering design and construction.
But Kachmar remains optimistic this section will go quicker than The Gap section, despite the fact it's seven times longer. That's because it's nearly all on land owned by Unitil gas company, so there's no need to negotiate easements with private landowners.
"In the best-case scenario, I think we could build it in five years," he said. "Hopefully in the next couple of years we will build four to five miles of it."
The Alliance recently received an anonymous donation for $130,000 to help complete two feasibility studies for the far-southern section from North Berwick to Kittery that would span roughly 16 to 19 miles, depending on the route it takes.
In addition, there is the proposed Biddeford-Saco section of the trail — a 3-mile path last estimated at about $10-12 million for the engineering design and construction. It's a big price tag for a short section, but the off-road trail there runs through an urban setting and over the Saco River. It would connect two long sections of the trail that already exist. Here again the trail likely would use the gas line corridor, as well as municipal city properties, all of which makes the easements easier to line up, Kachmar said.
The trail has not been expanded in 10 years, yet in the coming decade much of the rest of the trail could be built.
"I think 10 years is a good goal, if things line up," said Kachmar. "Ironically, the pandemic helped to bring the value of these trails to the forefront. People clearly have not forgotten that. We have seen record use of our trails. That was a silver lining (to the pandemic) for sure."
It's good news to the roughly quarter of a million people who use the trail annually — because building it has gone in fits and starts.
"I've been following it for 20 years," said Meg MacLeod of South Portland as she and her husband, Dan, prepared to bike the trail on a warm Saturday in October. "Absolutely I would ride the (Kennebunk section south). I used to ride over the Scarborough Marsh before the trail was built there. We ride 20 miles, or 30 miles on a good day."
John and Lisa Lloyd, who recently moved from New Hampshire to South Berwick, had the exact same response.
"Oh absolutely," John Lloyd said. "We came up here to ride the trail today for the first time to try it. We rode the rail trails in New Hampshire when we lived there."
"We don't like to ride on the roads. We feel too exposed," Lisa Lloyd added.
Whitney Petit was surprised but excited to learn about the trail's expected growth, which she considered as she pushed her baby in a stroller along the trail in Arundel.
"This section is always so busy in the summer," Petit said. "I probably wouldn't go all the way to North Berwick but I would use it in Wells."
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Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid vehicles at the company's dealership in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on Feb. 5, 2022.
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Even though the gas-sipping hatchback -- with its combined combustion engine, electric motor and battery powertrain -- paved the way for Teslas and other fully electric vehicles, it's the less-hip option these days.
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Peter Cameron, an ammunition specialist in the New Hampshire National Guard, sacrificed a spot in a specialized air assault school after a fellow soldier suffered a medical emergency during a ruck march.
He rendered aid, called 911 and alerted on-site medical personnel during the timed exercise in August, according to the National Guard. His actions may have saved the soldier's life and “made a lasting impression on his fellow artillerymen.” He joined in April of last year and was assigned to Bravo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 197th Field Artillery Regiment
Cameron died in the early morning hours of Nov. 6 in a single-car crash in his hometown of Nashua. He was 22.
Police were called to the rollover crash around 2 a.m. in the area of 427 Main Dunstable Road near the Massachusetts border. Cameron was pronounced dead at the scene. No new information was available on the crash Monday afternoon.
Cameron lived the Army values in and out of uniform, N.H. Adjutant Gen. David Mikolaities said in a statement.
"We are deeply saddened by his loss,” he said. “He was a dedicated soldier with a promising future.”
Besides the National Guard, Cameron worked as a production technician at Gate City Church, a barista at Bonhoeffer’s Cafe and Espresso and occasionally worked as a contractor’s assistant.
According to his obituary, Cameron loved every minute of life, including impromptu concerts, Shakespearean plays, the 4,000 footers of the White Mountains, tide pools of Maine, skydiving, camping, shooting ranges and Army drills.
He is survived by his parents, John and Carole Cameron; siblings Sydney Zemke and Joseph Cameron, and a hedgehog named Po.
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A KC-46A tanker refuels a F-15.
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By Seth Robson Stars and Stripes
A two-year phased withdrawal of two squadrons flying the supersonic aircraft from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, began Nov. 1, soon after the release of the new U.S. National Defense Strategy highlighting China as the American military's "pacing" challenge.
"You can look at it (removal of the F-15s) as the USAF coming to grips with the reality that nothing on the first island chain, especially not Kadena, will be survivable in a conflict with China," Steve Ganyard, a former deputy assistant secretary of state, told Stars and Stripes in an email Friday.
China's massive military build-up includes an expanding arsenal of missiles with many of the weapons presumed to be aimed at U.S. bases in Japan. A 2017 report by Navy Cmdr. Thomas Shugart, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, for example, includes satellite imagery of Chinese missile test sites that appear to mimic Yokota, Kadena and Misawa air bases.
Around a dozen F-22 Raptor jets arrived on Okinawa Nov. 4 from the 3rd Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to start a six-month rotation while the F-15s head home. The Air Force described the Raptors as "backfill" for the retiring F-15s while the Defense Department decides on a long-term plan to fulfill its obligations to Japan.
"Better to have rotational forces that might preserve an option to be redeployed, at least far more easily than permanently based forces with their families," Ganyard said.
The Air Force is deployed with a focus on potential conflict in North Korea, a scenario in which its rear bases are presumed secure, he said.
"China changes that and puts everything south of Kagoshima (in southern Japan) particularly at risk," he said. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, south of Hiroshima, and Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo may also be targeted, he said, "if things get really tough."
The Air Force in recent years has been training to deploy aircraft, support personnel and equipment to remote locations to operate far from comfortable home bases, a doctrine called agile combat employment.
The Navy and Marines have rotated forces through the Far East for decades, Ganyard said.
"That's a change for the [Air Force] but if air capability improves then maybe they should have considered it earlier," he said.
Fighter pilots on Okinawa see themselves as "on the tip of the sword," Jay Burton, 70, of Rapid City, S.D., who flew over 1,000 hours in F-15s including at Kadena in the early 1980s, said in an email Thursday.
"We were, and had to be, prepared for combat usually associated with North Korea," he said.
The aircraft is designed for air-to-air combat using missiles and a 20mm gun. Its primary mission is to defend against intruders entering friendly air space, but the aircraft can also protect other aircraft striking enemy territory, he said.
The Chinese will welcome the F-15s' removal from Okinawa, retired Marine Col. Grant Newsham, a senior researcher with the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies in Tokyo said in a Friday email.
"There is simply a matter of perceptions," he said. "When you withdraw forces from the 'front' it suggests weakness, confusion, etc. And sometimes just the 'suggestion' is enough."
Newsham's concerns echo those expressed by a group of Republican Party lawmakers who wrote to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Nov. 1 asking to be briefed on the aircraft moves.
The U.S. plan to replace the F-15s strengthens, not weakens, the deterrence quotient on Okinawa, a spokesman for the Japanese Defense Ministry said Oct. 28. Government spokespeople in Japan customarily speak to the media on condition of anonymity as a requirement of their position.
However, inwardly, the Japanese are unhappy about the F-15s removal, Newsham said. They have no plans of their own to replace them, he said.
"They don't really have the resources even if they wanted to do so," he said.
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President Joe Biden greets Indonesia’s Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno during his arrival for the G20 Summit at Ngurah Rai International airport in Bali, Indonesia November 13, 2022.
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday told Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping they were both responsible for preventing their superpower competition from turning into conflict, in rare talks aimed at thawing ties that are at their worst in decades.
However, Biden brought up a number of difficult topics during the three hour meeting, according to a White House readout, including raising U.S. objections to China's "coercive and increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan," Beijing's "non-market economic practices," and practices in "Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, and human rights more broadly."
However, Bali Governor I Wayan Koster told Reuters Lavrov had briefly visited a local hospital for a "check-up," and the Russian was in good health.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told reporters in Bali earlier that the meeting was "intended to stabilize the relationship between the United States and China, and to create a more certain atmosphere for U.S. businesses."
G20 summit host President Joko Widodo of Indonesia said he hoped the gathering on Tuesday could "deliver concrete partnerships that can help the world in its economic recovery."
However, one of the main topics at the G20 will be Russia's war in Ukraine and Biden will be "unapologetic" in his defense of the European nation, U.S. officials said last week.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang emphasized the "irresponsibility" of nuclear threats during the summit in Cambodia, suggesting China was uncomfortable with strategic partner Russia's nuclear rhetoric, the Biden administration official said.
Russia's Lavrov said on Sunday the West was "militarizing" Southeast Asia in a bid to contain Russian and Chinese interests.
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away another challenge to a federal ban imposed under former President Donald Trump on devices called "bump stocks" that enable a semi-automatic weapon to fire like a machine gun.
Trump's administration moved to reclassify bump stocks as machine guns, which are forbidden under U.S. law, in a rare firearms control measure prompted by a 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas.
The Supreme Court in 2019 declined to block the ban from going into effect. The justices last month rejected appeals by a Utah gun lobbyist and firearms rights groups of lower court rulings upholding the ban as a reasonable interpretation of a federal law prohibiting machine gun possession.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), a Justice Department agency, reversed a previous conclusion and classified bump stocks as machine guns under a 1934 U.S. law called the National Firearms Act. The policy took effect in 2019.
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Peter Cameron, an ammunition specialist in the New Hampshire National Guard, is being remembered as a "dedicated soldier" after being killed in a single-car crash in Nashua last week.
Cameron was pronounced dead after police were called to the rollover crash around 2 a.m. in the area of 427 Main Dunstable Road near the Massachusetts border. He was 22.
Speed is believed to be a factor in the crash, but investigators are awaiting toxicology reports, which can take months, Nashua police said Monday afternoon.
Cameron sacrificed a spot in a specialized air assault school after a fellow soldier suffered a medical emergency during a ruck march, according to the National Guard. He rendered aid, called 911 and alerted on-site medical personnel during the timed exercise in August.
His actions may have saved the soldier's life and “made a lasting impression on his fellow artillerymen.” He joined in April of last year and was assigned to Bravo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 197th Field Artillery Regiment.
Cameron lived the Army values both in and out of uniform, New Hampshire Adjutant Gen. David Mikolaities said in a statement.
"We are deeply saddened by his loss,” Mikolaities said. “He was a dedicated soldier with a promising future.”
Besides the National Guard, Cameron worked as a production technician at Gate City Church, as a barista at Bonhoeffer’s Cafe and Espresso and occasionally worked as a contractor’s assistant.
According to his obituary, Cameron loved every minute of life, including impromptu concerts, Shakespearean plays, the 4,000-footers of the White Mountains, tide pools of Maine, skydiving, camping, shooting ranges and Army drills.
He is survived by his parents, John and Carole Cameron; siblings Sydney Zemke and Joseph Cameron; and a hedgehog named Po.
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With moderator Kent Finemore presiding, voters raise orange cards to show their preference on a procedural question during a special meeting Saturday of the Tilton-Northfield Fire District.
TILTON -- For the second time in less than two years and in an action that will likely return the matter to court, the electors of the Tilton-Northfield Fire District on Saturday rejected a contract with the Tilton-Northfield Water District to pressurize hydrants.
In a secret ballot during a special fire district meeting that was signed off on recently by a judge in Belknap County Superior Court, 15 voters said “yes” to the proposed contract, while 41 said “no.”
Had it passed by a simple majority, the contract would have authorized the Fire District to raise and appropriate a total of $523,322, of which $130,000 would be used to pay six quarters worth of money owed to the Water District. The balance would pay to supply water to the Fire District’s fire hydrants from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025.
Held at Winnisquam Regional High School, the special meeting was the product of a legal process that began after the Water District earlier this year temporarily shut off water to the Fire District’s Park Street substation in Northfield for non-payment.
The Fire District, according to court documents, had expected that voters would ratify a new contract with the Water District at the Fire District Meeting in March 2021. But by two votes, however, that didn’t happen.
After the Water District shut off water to the Park Street substation, the Fire District obtained an order to restore service and to submit the dispute to mediation.
At a mediation session in June, the districts agreed upon the proposed contract and to present it to voters at a special Fire District meeting.
On Saturday, Fire District Commissioner Jon Cilley called the proposed contract a “known cost,” cautioning that if the contract went before a jury, the jury might find that there was, in fact, no contract, and could order a resolution that might cost more than the contract, but possibly less, too.
“At this point, I don’t know where this is going,” said Cilley, adding that what he had considered to be a done deal “at the point of mediation” was seemingly not, because the Water District, under a Right-to-Know request, has asked the Fire District for a variety of information.
About 10 voters spoke at the special meeting Saturday, with many questioning the underlying financial assumptions behind the contract.
Water District Chairman Sean Chandler said the water district, which, according to its website was formed in 2005 to purchase the Tilton and Northfield Aqueduct Co. -- had not raised rates since then.
In 2019, the Water District released a report by Raftelis Financial Consultants, which determined that the Water District’s rates were “dangerously low,” said Chandler, given the district’s own future capital improvements as well as financial impositions on it by the federal government.
A 4% annual increase, as called for in the proposed contract with the Fire District, is not especially onerous, said Chandler, warning that there was the risk that if the Water District wasn’t able to sustain itself financially, it could become acquired by a “big conglomerate” from outside the area.
Qualifying that he was speaking only for himself, not the Fire District commission, Cilley said the fire district should be billed for the actual water it uses from hydrants as well as an annual maintenance fee for them.
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The old police station on Chestnut Streets in Manchester will be torn down to make way for a five-story apartment complex with up to 110 units.
11/11/2022 Thomas Roy/Union Leader The lot across from the old police station on Merrimack and Chestnut Streets in Manchester.
The lot across from the old police station at Merrimack and Chestnut Streets in Manchester will be the site of a 4-story building with up to 50 apartments.
A California-based firm specializing in affordable housing projects returns to the Manchester Planning Board later this week in hopes of securing approval for the third and final piece of plans that will bring nearly 200 units of affordable housing to the Queen City.
Lincoln Avenue Capital plans to tear down the old police station at 351 Chestnut St. and put up a five-story building with up to 110 apartments and a parking garage. A four-story building with up to 50 units will be built across Merrimack Street in what is currently a parking lot, and another building is planned for 80 Merrimack St.
“That whole block will be transformed, providing affordable housing, which is exactly what the city needs,” said Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig.
The buildings will include units for tenant receiving project-based Section 8 vouchers, providing housing to those considered “extremely low income” -- earning up to 30% of the area median income, said Scott Shaw, Lincoln Avenue Capital’s vice president and regional project partner for New England.
“Right now, we’ve achieved zoning and planning board approval on two lots and the third, 80 Merrimack, we'll hear from the planning board on Thursday,” said Shaw. “We’re hopeful that we’ll be conditionally approved. In terms of readiness, we’re very fortunate we have the support of the city and the mayor.”
Shaw said the number of units expected to be generated by all three projects currently sits at 192, after developers agreed to add an extra floor onto the 80 Merrimack St. building. That’s 192 units of studio, one and two bedroom apartments.
“What's unique about this project, and why I support it, is 100% of the units will be affordable,” Craig said. “While we know we need to support all housing, all ranges of housing throughout the city and throughout the state, by providing almost 200 affordable units, that will make a huge difference in the city of Manchester. I’m really pleased with the work Scott and his team have done, that they believe in Manchester. We’re thrilled to have him here and developing this. It’s a corner area of the city, and it’s really exciting.”
The affordable units will accommodate individuals earning up to $37,560 annually and three- or four-person households earning up to $53,580, according to Shaw.
Lincoln Avenue will make use of a variety of state and federal funding sources. In October, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to approve $3 million in federal funds to increase the number of affordable housing units in Manchester through these three projects.
The vote followed a similar Request for Proposal for $4.7 million from 2021, which funded upgrades to 101 units of housing at the NeighborWorks Elm Street Brownstones, 48 new affordable housing units at Kelley Falls through Manchester Housing and Redevelopment Authority, and the creation of 15 new supportive housing units through Waypoint and the Helping Hands Outreach Center.
Shaw said the relationship between his company and the city began with initial discussions with former director of homelessness initiatives Schonna Green.
“There’s obviously an overwhelming need for affordable housing,” Shaw said. “This is going to hit $18K to $59K income ranges. The teamwork with the city … I’ve been doing affordable development for 22 years, and I can’t speak highly enough of the cross-collaborative effort that’s there.”
In the face of product supply and cost issues, Craig said, “we’re not seeing a lot of developers who are proactively developing affordable units.”
“We’re tremendously grateful for what Scott and his team are doing,” Craig said. “This is what their expertise is. They understand the market, they understand what they are doing -- they are building quality units effectively and efficiently. There’s tremendous need, and so them coming in and doing this is a win for our community.”
Shaw said if all goes to plan, his firm plans to close on all three properties simultaneously in May 2023. A request for proposals for contractors is expected to be issued in the next 30 to 40 days.
Current timelines call for at least one of the buildings to possibly open by summer 2024, with all three coming online by early 2025.
“I think this is going to be a great opportunity,” Shaw said. “Affordable housing revitalizes communities.”
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Britain’s King Charles stands beside an ancient oak tree in Windsor Great Park to mark his appointment as Ranger of the Park, in Windsor, Britain, Friday.
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Charles is an ardent, lifelong conservationist who has been warning about the looming threat of climate change and species extinction for decades. As a young prince, his first public address was about the dangers of pollution.
It is not yet known whether Charles will, like his predecessors on the throne, claim a separate official birthday date in a more temperature month.
It is too early to know what kind of monarch Charles will be. An eco-king? Or a more muffled activist, now that he sits on the throne?
Some of his biographers have wondered how much the new king will be able to dial back his public advocacy. Maybe this photo is Charles saying he intends to stay in the game.
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Three UVa football players slain in campus shooting
By Brendan O’Brien and Tyler Clifford Reuters
A suspect in a shooting at the University of Virginia that left three members of the university’s football team dead was in custody on Monday, hours after he allegedly opened fire on a bus full of students returning from a field trip.
University police said during a news conference that the suspect, student Christopher Darnell Jones, 22, was arrested hours after the shooting that unfolded at 10:30 p.m. on Sunday at the school in Charlottesville, Virginia, attended by 25,000 students.
Minutes after the shooting, university officials issued alerts on social media telling students and staff to shelter in place, with one tweet saying to “RUN HIDE FIGHT.” The sprawling campus remained on alert throughout the night and morning as law enforcement officers conducted a massive manhunt for Jones.
Chandler and Perry died at the scene, while Davis died of his wounds at a hospital. Two other students were wounded and taken to UVA Medical Center, where one is in good condition and another in critical condition, University Police Chief Tim Longo said.
The shooting unfolded on a bus full of students after it pulled into a parking garage on campus, Ryan said. The students had just returned from a class field trip to see a play in Washington.
Jones, who was listed as a player on the football team in 2018, came to the attention of the university’s threat assessment team this fall, according to Longo. In September, the Office of Student Affairs reported to the team that it received information Jones had made a comment about possessing a gun to a person that was unaffiliated with the university, though no threat was made.
During an investigation, the person said they never saw the gun, and Jones’s roommate reported that he never saw the presence of a weapon.
The shooting was the latest episode of gun violence on U.S. college and high school campuses.
A 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, about 150 miles southwest of Charlottesville, left 33 people dead, including the shooter, and 23 injured in one of the deadliest college mass shootings in U.S. history.
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As investors, observers and government officials sort through this week's stunning implosion of FTX, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, the Miami Heat on Friday announced plans to end its relationship with the firm and rename its home venue, FTX Arena.
"Miami-Dade County and the Miami Heat are immediately taking action to terminate our business relationships with FTX, and we will be working together to find a new naming rights partner for the arena," the team said in a statement, calling reports of FTX's demise "extremely disappointing."
Sports fans may recognize FTX from its logo on MLB umpires' shirts or the wing of Lewis Hamilton's Formula One Mercedes. The Golden State Warriors have a deal for FTX to be the club's official cryptocurrency platform and NFT marketplace, and the firm was less than two years into its 19-year, $135 million arena naming rights deal with the Heat.
Such efforts, meant to boost consumers' faith in the crypto industry, have become increasingly prevalent in the sports world.
FTX also has partnerships with athletes, including NFL star Tom Brady, who appeared in ads for the platform. FTX in March inked tennis star Naomi Osaka to a long-term deal in a bid to draw more women onto its crypto platform. MLB star Shohei Ohtani is almost a full year into his FTX partnership, which called for the company to make annual contributions to Ohtani's preferred charities.
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By Frances Stead Sellers The Washington Post
Nearly three years into the coronavirus pandemic, the long-lasting consequences of COVID-19 are becoming more evident. What we don’t know: the exact causes of long COVID. What we don’t have: a test to diagnose the condition.
Most people who develop COVID recover quickly, but a subset suffer new or ongoing health problems that are first identified at least four weeks after infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Researchers — including from the National Institutes of Health, which was awarded more than $1 billion over four years to support research, and groups of patient-researchers — are working to develop a better understanding of the prolonged health consequences of infection with the virus.
“So many of the questions don’t yet have good answers,” said Harlan Krumholz, a professor of medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine, who has been studying long COVID.
How big a problem is long COVID?
U.S. government estimates suggest that between 7 million and 23 million Americans — including 1 million who can no longer work — are suffering from the long-term effects of infection with the virus that causes COVID. Those numbers are expected to rise as COVID becomes an endemic disease.
A large Scottish study published this week in Nature Communications found that between six and 18 months after infection, 1 in 20 people had not recovered and 42 percent reported partial recovery. That study found that the risk of long COVID was greater among women, older people and those who live in economically disadvantaged communities.
The results of that study are compelling because it is so large. It included more than 33,000 people with laboratory-confirmed infections, along with 62,957 never-infected individuals.
Even people with mild infections can develop long COVID, but experts say it is more common among people who are the sickest during the period of acute infection. People who have preexisting physical and mental health problems, such as respiratory disease and depression, are also more prone to long COVID.
Many experts see long COVID as a growing public health crisis.
Long-hauler symptoms range widely from person to person. In the Scottish study, the most commonly reported symptoms were cardiovascular, including palpitations and chest pain; breathlessness; and “brain fog,” or reduced mental acuity.
Some people report lingering fatigue, tinnitus or ringing in their ears, and tremors that can be debilitating. Others, including Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), report recurrent pins-and-needles feelings.
Since July 2021, long COVID can be considered a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Long COVID can also strip away the equivalent of a decades’ worth of aerobic fitness, according to a large-scale new scientific review of long COVID patients and exercise.
What are the big unanswered questions about long COVID?
There are many unanswered questions, including understanding the mechanism that causes these debilitating conditions. That is key to diagnosis and treatments.
Researchers do not know why only some people are affected — and whether there is a chance to reduce the risk of developing long-term problems.
Because the coronavirus has been with us for less than three years, researchers can’t yet tell how long the symptoms of long COVID will persist. Researchers in the Scottish study were able to follow up with participants six, 12 and 18 months after infection. Among them, 13% of people with long COVID showed improvement between six and 18 months after infection, and investigators are trying to figure out the factors associated with that change
Another big outstanding question is how much protection vaccination offers. The Scottish study offers some optimistic data. But David Putrino, director of rehabilitation innovation for the Mount Sinai Health System in New York, said recent studies show that even though vaccination reduces the chance of developing long COVID, the protective effect was not as much as previously believed.
“That is one of the most important things we need to understand next,” Putrino said.
Are there promising treatments?
Researchers are considering many potential drugs and other strategies for treating long COVID. But developing effective therapies depends on understanding the mechanism that causes it.
Some of these treatments seek to eradicate any persistence of the virus, others seek to modulate the immune system, others are designed to mitigate certain symptoms.
“The key is to start testing these approaches with rigorous methods so that we can determine if there are benefits and to define any risks,” Krumholz said. “Trials will be starting soon.”
Those trials will test whether specific interventions can improve people’s health and even restore their function and feeling to pre-infection days.
“They need to be done well,” Krumholz said, “because right now, so many people are trying novel therapies with very little evidence.”
The Washington Post’s Gretchen Reynolds contributed to this report.
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Actor Richard Roundtree, who starred as Shaft in the 1971 movie, was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 51. A double mastectomy and chemo saved his life.
Peter Criss, the KISS drummer, was 62 when he was diagnosed in 2014. “You don’t need boobs to get breast cancer,” is his message to other guys.
And 84-year-old former NFL star Ernie Green was diagnosed at age 67 — when he went for a second opinion, after his regular doctor dismissed his concerns about a lump in his breast.
They’re all lucky to have survived, because male breast cancer is usually diagnosed late — when it is more dangerous. Around 2,350 men are diagnosed in the U.S. with breast cancer annually, and 440 die from the disease.
At Cedars-Sinai’s cancer center, the specialists recommend any man with a family history of early-onset female breast cancer, with more than one family member who has had female breast cancer, or if he is of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry get a genetic test to check if he is BRCA2 positive.
So should guys who have had metastatic, high- or very high-risk prostate cancer or who have already had breast cancer. Being BRCA2+ raises the risk of a man developing breast cancer from 0.1% to 7% — and boosts the risk for prostate and pancreatic cancer.
And, if you have a painless lump, nipple discharge and/or an inverted or sore nipple, see an oncologist. Don’t assume, like Roundtree did initially, “women die from this, not men. How could I possibly have that?”
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By Julia Carmel Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — On a Wednesday morning, nearly a dozen women gathered on Santa Monica beach.
“(Groundswell was) talking about mental health in a way that felt, for me, very emotional,” Leah said. “In my community, we’re not necessarily focused on emotions — it’s more tough love. And so I was very intrigued. I was like, ‘Hmm. What if I started seeing myself with more compassion and treating people around me with more compassion?”
But the benefits of getting into the water, she said, often outweigh people’s initial fears.
“As a woman who’s 60 now and on the autism spectrum, it was different when I was a kid,” McKuen said. “I really didn’t get the opportunity (to dance) because the kids were pretty mean.”
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The therapist will see you now — on a hike or a surfboard | Health | unionleader.com
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The Plymouth State football team will visit Husson in Bangor, Maine, on Saturday at noon in the New England Bowl.
PSU earned the bid from the New England Football Committee by going 8-2, including 6-2 in the MASCAC. The Panthers fell to UMass-Dartmouth in the regular-season finale last Saturday in what amounted to a MASCAC championship game. With the win, UMass-Dartmouth advanced to the NCAA Division III tournament.
The contest is one of two games in the New England Bowl series. In the other contest on Saturday, the MASCAC’s Bridgewater State will host Catholic University.
Saint Anselm’s Santino earns NE10 Rookie of the Week
Anthony Santino, a sophomore quarterback at Saint Anselm College, on Monday was chosen as the Northeast-10 Conference football Rookie of the Week. In the Hawks’ 27-20 win over AIC, Santino, of Woodbridge, New Jersey, was 27-for-34 for 261 yards and a TD.
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Concord’s Chris Pinkham moves past a defender during action earlier this season. Pinkham, a graduate student, has been a veteran influence on the NCAA tournament-bound Wildcats.
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UNH men's soccer team in the NCAAs, to host Seton Hall on Thursday
DURHAM — The University of New Hampshire men’s soccer team developed its biggest strength during its difficult opening to the season.
UNH junior back Adi Hicks said the Wildcats came together over their 2-3-0 out-of-conference start. He and teammate Chris Pinkham both credited that unity for the program’s sixth straight and seventh overall NCAA Division I tournament appearance.
UNH (14-4-0), which won both the America East Conference tournament and its fourth consecutive regular-season league crown, will host Seton Hall (7-3-7) in the first round of the 48-team NCAA tournament on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Wildcat Stadium.
The winner will advance to play at 10th-seeded Florida International University in the second round Sunday.
“I think this team atmosphere is the best team atmosphere I’ve ever been a part of,” Hicks, a Derry resident, said after watching the NCAA selection show with his team on Monday at Wildcat Stadium. “I’ve never seen anything better than it.”
The Wildcats defeated American Athletic Conference champion FIU, 3-0, in Durham on Sept. 10 as part of their 2-3-0 start. UNH also beat Virginia Commonwealth University, 1-0, and fell to then-No. 20 Maryland (2-1), Boston University (1-0), and Providence College (1-0) over its first five games.
Hicks, a Pinkerton Academy graduate, said he and his teammates held player-only meetings and worked with the coaching staff to figure out what needed to be fixed during that stretch. The FIU game is when UNH came together as a team, he said.
Pinkham, a graduate student midfielder/back from Concord, said each of the Wildcats’ losses taught them valuable lessons like how to play under pressure that will help in the NCAA tournament.
“Sure, you lose a couple of games, but it’s what you learn from it and I think that it’s going to help us, especially in these next couple games,” said Pinkham, a Concord High School graduate. “To make a run, you need those lessons in your pocket to know how to play in these certain situations. We understand, we learn from our mistakes and we’re ready.”
After its loss to Providence on Sept. 13, UNH won nine straight games and 10 of its last 11. The Wildcats’ lone blemish the rest of the way was a 2-1 loss at then-No. 20 Vermont on Oct. 28.
UNH secured its fourth AEC title with a 2-0 home victory over Albany on Sunday after advancing to the conference final with a 3-0 semifinal home triumph over Binghamton.
Wildcats leading scorer Eli Goldman (eight goals, one assist) notched the game’s first goal in both tournament bouts, scoring in the 19th minute against Albany and in the second minute against Binghamton.
Pinkham has five assists this season and ranks fifth on the team with 1,314 minutes played.
“We’ve overcome the stuff that we’ve seen in ourselves that have been holding us back and ultimately got us to win our conference,” Hicks said. “It gives us a bit of confidence going into the national tournament.”
UNH is 3-6-1 all-time in the NCAA tournament. The Wildcats have twice made the Round of 16 (2017, 2021), both times under eighth-year coach and Durham native Marc Hubbard.
“It’s obviously a great feeling to win the regular-season and the tournament championship,” Hubbard said. “You always want to do that. Now that that’s behind us, we can kind of take steps to do what we haven’t done before and get as far as we can in the national tournament — hopefully be in a position to be down in the College Cup, where anything can happen.”
The Wildcats, Hubbard said, are still working on putting together complete performances. He got those kind of games in the Binghamton semifinal win and the regular-season triumph over FIU, Hubbard said.
UNH has outscored its opponents, 34-9, posted 11 shutouts and owns a 9-1 home record as it prepares to host Seton Hall.
The Pirates fell, 6-0, to Creighton in the Big East tournament semifinals last Thursday and own a 4-2-3 road record.
Hubbard said the only familiarity he has with Seton Hall is with its head coach, Andreas Lindberg. Hubbard and Lindberg previously coached against each other at the Division II level, when Hubbard was leading Southern New Hampshire University and Lindberg was at LIU Post.
When UNH’s players learned FIU will face the winner of their first-round game, they cheered just as loud as when they saw UNH’s name appear on the bracket.
“We’re going to try and make some history,” Pinkham said.
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Dave Dion, left, shares racing memories with Brad Leighton in Loudon on Sunday.
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Former fierce rivals Dion, Leighton get together again
The New England Racing Museum honored five of the greatest regional short track stock car drivers of all-time in a Sunday “Legends Day” ceremony held on the grounds of New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon.
Dave Dion of Hudson, Brad Leighton of Center Harbor, Kelly Moore of Maine, plus Vermont brothers Beaver and Bobby Dragon were honored at the sold-out celebration.
All five had New England short track racing careers that spanned multiple decades and included NASCAR Touring Series championships. Following a nearly two-hour open discussion among the honored drivers, a banner unveiling put the five drivers into permanent history at the museum.
“When they put this together for Late Model cars and they told me that my team was one of them, I was like, ‘Wow,’” Dion said. “It means everything to me, to be remembered in a good way, and seeing the fans here today. It’s an honor.
“New England has more rabid race fans than almost anywhere in the country. They are passionate up here. I am a board member with the Living Legends of Auto Racing in Daytona (Florida) and it’s a struggle for us down there to get the support we need. It’s just different up here.”
The rivalry between Dion and Leighton over a 10-year span at the turn of the century became heated at times as they competed for victories. On Sunday, now 20 years later, Dion and Leighton were able to remember the rivalry and bring laughs for attendees.
“Definitely nice to reminisce about the old times,” Leighton admitted. “It brings back old memories here at Loudon. Eight career wins here. Pretty blessed with the career I had. Amazed to have that banner up there with the rest of these NASCAR Busch North drivers. It is certainly an honor.
“I don’t think we really knew what we had when we had it, going through the late 1980s, the ’90s and early 2000s,” said Leighton. “I certainly didn’t, but I do appreciate everything that everybody here has done for this day. You are so focused on doing the best you can while racing, but after the fact this is really all we have. Trophies and memories.”
Leighton’s career included four NHMS track championships, 24 NASCAR Busch North wins and two titles. Dion earned 118 victories in his career at 20 different race tracks, including a 1992 Oxford 250 win. Interestingly, while Dion and both Beaver and Bobby Dragon still follow auto racing, and Moore continues to race on a limited basis, Leighton’s interest has waned.
“I have to confess that I don’t,” Leighton admitted. “I think I just turned the switch off and that was it. I keep busy working, but I certainly miss the people. The competitiveness is gone out of me. Maybe that is why I don’t miss racing as much as I probably should, but I certainly wouldn’t change any of it.”
Leighton still resides in the Meredith area, where he works at a couple of family-owned businesses. He is able to work with his wife and son every day, and he is also enjoying time as a grandfather now. The 1995 ACT Tour champion admits that whenever he drives by NHMS, which is less than 30 minutes from home, special memories return.
Now at the age of 78, retired and living in Florida, Dion remains as energized about racing as he was 40 years ago. He was a fierce competitor, which a time or two got him into some trouble.
“Brad and I were bitter enemies,” he noted. “NASCAR had to just about throw us both out one time. Actually they were going to throw me out. Bob Bahre (former NHMS track owner) actually saved my career. He went to bat for me with NASCAR. He was bigger than life.
“You go from a fellow competitor’s enemy to now seeing the individual. Once you retire, you see that they are good people. Racing people are all good people. It has been proven and proven. Despite the way that we sometimes act on the race track, we will always help each other.”
The New England Racing Museum is home to auto racing memorabilia, race cars and motorcycles, with many historic New England racing artifacts, photos, trophies and historical writings, including an auto racing library of information. It is open most Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, shown during the team’s loss to the Bears on Oct. 24, is all about managing time.
Patriots focused on Jets, but are aware of tough schedule ahead
The New England Patriots will be on overdrive, having to face three teams in less than two weeks, with the New York Jets, Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Bills all on tap.
First up is the Jets in the first of two AFC East showdowns on Sunday, followed by the Vikings on Thanksgiving night, with the Bills the following Thursday.
During his videoconference with reporters Monday, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said while the focus was on the Jets, the other games would be addressed in some fashion. So there would be a bit of a juggling act.
“We’ll have to manage our time the best we can,” said Belichick. “We know what the schedule is. Certainly, the Jets are the highest priority, but we have to get ready for the rest of the schedule as well.
“We have different people in the organization working on different things, so hopefully we’ll be prepared for each of our opponents for the remainder of the season, but the Jets are a big priority right now.”
The Patriots played the Jets three weeks ago at the Meadowlands, beating Robert Saleh’s team, 22-17.
Both teams are coming off a bye, with the Jets (6-3) currently tied with the Bills in second place in the AFC East behind the Miami Dolphins (7-3) with the Patriots (5-4) at the rear.
Asked if it helped having played the Jets recently in terms of this week’s preparation, Belichick acknowledged it would, but both teams would likely tweak their respective game plans.
“I think it has some relevance,” Belichick said. “I’m sure that both teams, with the extra time we’ve had, will make some adjustments. And we’ll see how that turns out.”
During an appearance on WEEI radio on Monday, Belichick didn’t draw many parallels to the first game. He said the Patriots would still be starting all over when it comes to prepping for the Jets.
“It’s going back and studying for another final exam,” said Belichick. “I’m sure they’ll do some things differently. They’ve had some time to do that. We’ve had some time to make some adjustments and changes. So we’ll see how this game plays out. I’m sure it’ll play out differently than the last time we played them, just the way the plays match up ... we’ll see what happens.
“Any time you play a team twice, three times in the division during the year, each game takes on its own personality and specific circumstances.”
Belichick had the Patriots back on the field for a rare Monday practice, with four practices scheduled this week instead of three.
With the upcoming short week, along with whatever post-bye corrections needed to be made, Belichick felt it necessary to get the work in.
“It’s a combination of things (for why the added practice),” said Belichick, “but we’ll try and put some things together that we think will help our team.”
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I have told Kayleigh things in confidence, but she’s thrown them in my face, which made me feel insecure and small. I no longer talk to her about these issues because sometimes she brings it up with a jab. I can’t be friends with someone who acts this way. I have stopped talking to her, but now I’m having a hard time not feeling guilty.
My wife and I feel betrayed and hurt by what our friends did, and we told them how we felt. Their reaction was that they thought they didn’t “have” to wash their dirty linens. Were we at fault for not doing a better job explaining our expectations?
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DEAR HELOISE: I read your daily hints in the Lima News, and occasionally, people suggest cutting open toothpaste tubes to get every little bit out of the tube. That can be messy, and really is not necessary. When the toothpaste tube is near the end, all you need is something flat, like the back of a comb. Lay the tube of toothpaste down on a flat surface, take the comb, press down on the bottom of the tube and drag it to the top using pressure. This will push every last drop of the toothpaste out of the tube. Thank you for all of your handy hints and tips. I look forward to reading them every day!
-- Ken Drexler, Wapakoneta, Ohio
DEAR HELOISE: In response to the lady in Moreno, California, that re-uses plastic newspaper sleeves for dog droppings and packing material. Several years ago, my carrier told me that they have to buy the sleeves from the newspaper. After that, I began saving my sleeves for her to reuse. I have since returned hundreds of sleeves, saving her many dollars. Every morning, she will go up my driveway to leave my paper on the front porch. On occasion, I will leave her a thank you note with a gift card to Dunkin Donuts or McDonald's. I enjoy reading your column in the Lima News.
-- Jack Bevilockway, Lima, Ohio
DEAR HELOISE: 'Tis the season to change the batteries in our fire alarms. However, it is not easy if you are a senior or have a disability. Climbing up in a ladder, trying to read the small print on how to open it, then trying to dislodge and replace the batteries is quite daunting. I can certainly understand why batteries aren't replaced or devices don't get updated. Manufacturers, there must be a better way. Please make it so.
-- P.K., Springfield, Illinois
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Cloudy with rain and snow. Low 32F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precip 90%.
Poor leadership and Republican losses
To the Editor: The poor performance of the Republican Party has its own name. His attitude against Republican candidates who criticized his corrupt style was also quite awful.
A leader who is not able to lead his party to victory in an administration as chaotic as President Joe Biden’s shows that he is not competent or that he is committed to the vicious circles of the deep state that swims in the mud of corruption. Senator Mitch McConnell needs to go away as a leader of the Republican Party in the U.S. Senate.
A complete transformation of Republican leadership is necessary, in the House of Representatives as in the Senate.
It was not catastrophic in the end because the presence and leadership of Donald J. Trump did not allow it; more than 200 candidates that he supported triumphed compared to 20 candidates who lost, and the latter thanks to the lack of logistical and financial support from the Turtle, which seems more like a vulture, circulating the carrion that eats away Washington and of which he is a part.
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Darla Thyng
I WAS taken aback when I saw a TV commercial for Governor Chris Sununu touting offshore wind energy. Most of the news I see regarding our present New Hampshire government displays Governor Sununu and our legislature in a negative light in regards to its policies on renewable energy and emphasis on cost regardless of energy source.
I really had the impression that our state was continuing to place strong importance on fossil fuels as a necessary source of energy to drive our electric grid. Indeed, any enlightened discussion of clean energy seemed only popular among one political party in our last election.
I wondered if I am alone in thinking that New Hampshire is a pariah state, strongly resisting the renewable energy development growing popular in Maine, Vermont and Massachusetts.
After seeing the TV ad of Sununu touting offshore wind energy, I took some time to look into it and was quite surprised. On Dec. 3, 2019, Sununu issued executive order 2019-06 preparing New Hampshire for future offshore wind development. He requested the Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to establish an intergovernmental task force in conjunction with our state, Massachusetts and Maine. During the 2020 session, the state legislature passed and Governor Sununu signed House Bill 1245, which established a commission on Offshore Wind and Port development. Sununu then amended and reaffirmed the executive order 2019-06 on March 1, 2021 after delays associated with the COVID pandemic prevented the commission from supplying the needed information. This information included reports on potential greenhouse gas emissions reduction potential of offshore wind as well as New Hampshire’s existing infrastructure and its ability to attract and handle offshore wind energy supply chain operations.
In February 2022, the state Department of Energy, Department of Environmental Services and Department of Business and Economic Affairs published the requested information in a report called “Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Infrastructure and Supply Chain Opportunities as it relates to the Deployment of Offshore Wind in the Gulf of Maine”. This report is not as boring as it sounds and looking through it I was impressed by a letter from Governor Sununu. In it, Sununu discusses that an option to achieve public policy goals is deployment of offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine, which has the potential to be an abundant source of renewable energy. He said New Hampshire is uniquely situated to benefit from this new industry.
This report outlines a summary of existing wind farms in the New England area to include Block Island Wind Farm in Rhode Island and Vineyard Wind 1 in Massachusetts. The summary shows that since its inception in 2016, the Block Island wind farm reduced energy costs on Block Island by 40% and reduced CO2 emissions by 40,000 tons annually (which is approximately the emissions produced by 150,000 vehicles). The Vineyard Wind 1 farm is projected to save 3.7 billion in energy-related costs over its lifetime and reduce CO2 emissions by up to 1.68 million tons annually. Other wind farms listed had similar statistics.
The report talks about how New Hampshire has reduced greenhouse gas emissions further and faster since 2005 than almost every other state in the nation. But that is due to several factors:
New Hampshire transitioned from coal to natural gas as its main supplier of electrical energy. Natural gas produces about half the carbon emissions of coal.
The report gives a nod to the other New England states as contributors to our state’s being able to lower greenhouse emissions. Since we share an electricity grid with neighboring states, the investments in renewable energy sources in other states have helped to reduce the net CO2 emissions from New Hampshire.
Our state has not generally supported renewable energy sources to the extent that Vermont, Massachusetts, and Maine have. I am thrilled that we are a leader in reducing carbon emissions overall, however, continuing to burn natural gas as a long-term solution, while better than coal, remains a contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.
I want to give a nod out to our governor for exploring wind power as an excellent source of energy that has essentially zero carbon emissions and will save us money on our electric bills. I want to be able to discuss this report and the ongoing development of offshore wind energy with both parties. I would like to know that politicians from both sides of the aisle are as excited about this as I am.
I want to hear from our local politicians about their thoughts on the development of offshore wind energy in New Hampshire. I feel certain that Sununu’s interest in offshore wind energy and intergovernmental cooperation with our neighbors to produce this energy will change our state’s reputation to that of being a leader in renewable clean energy sources.
Dr. Darla Thyng is a practicing family physician. She lives in Hollis.
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The public school policy of recognizing a girl as a boy if she identifies as such, using her chosen name and pronouns, and keeping a stash of clothes while keeping this secret from their parents is consistent with the gender affirmative care (GAC) model. A child can be born in the wrong body and know this “almost from birth,” according to Jeremi Carswell, the director of gender multispecialty services at Boston Children’s Hospital in a video. If your toddler daughter tries to pee standing up, your son doesn’t want to get a haircut or plays with opposite-gender toys, you have a trans child who needs treatment, according to Carswell.
Advocates of GAC promise children they can become their “authentic selves” through chemicals and surgeries. The process begins with social transitions — new clothes, names, and pronouns — then children are led down a path of puberty blockers, opposite-sex hormones, double mastectomies, and what’s euphemistically called “bottom surgery.”
GAC has been a boon to the medical industry, with the number of gender clinics increasing from zero to more than 100 in 15 years, but there’s little evidence that the benefits outweigh the harm. There’s nothing scientific about children diagnosing themselves. But doesn’t gender affirming care save lives? Some studies have shown positive correlations between receiving hormones and improved mental health, but these gains tend to be modest and there’s no way to know whether they’re due to hormones or other factors like psychotherapy. Other studies show no or even negative correlations between hormones and mental health.
Although many clinicians claim that puberty blockers such as Lupron are a safe, reversible “pause button,” they aren’t FDA approved for this use. Lupron is approved for prostate cancer and endometriosis. Women are advised not to take it for more than six months because of its side effects. Lupron was once used to chemically castrate sex offenders until this practice was considered inhumane. Children who take puberty blockers early in life and later take opposite-sex hormones (and almost all do) will be sterile and never have any sexual functioning, according to Marci Bowers, president of the World Professional Association of Transgender Health.
Finland, Sweden, and England have dropped the GAC model practiced in New Hampshire. A memo from Sweden’s Astrid Lindgren Children’s hospital warns that “these treatments are potentially fraught with extensive and irreversible adverse consequences such as cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, infertility, increased cancer risk, and thrombosis.”
In addition to strictly regulating puberty blockers, England’s National Health Service’s new policies recognize that prepubescent children usually outgrow, and that often autism and emotional distress are at the root of gender confusion and must be thoroughly treated before social or medical transition.
More than a third of children who identify as trans have autism. NHS England’s guidelines also state that social transitioning may have significant effects on the child or young person in terms of their psychological functioning. England and Sweden both recognize that children can’t understand the long-term consequences of puberty blockers and opposite-sex hormones and might not be mature enough to give informed consent to these treatments.
There are thousands of detransitioners, young people who previously identified as trans or non-binary but then “de-transition” to reclaim their sexual identities, often after medical or surgical transitions, who are telling their stories. In October, a Florida Medical Board committee voted to disallow the use of puberty blockers, surgeries, and cross-sex hormones for treatment of gender dysphoria after reviewing the research and hearing the testimony of detransitioners.
“I unknowingly gave my mind and eventually my body to an anti-science movement that reduces women to long hair, Barbie dolls, dresses, and false self-perceptions,” said Chloe Cole, who started puberty blockers at 13 and had a double mastectomy at 15. “I want to be a mother someday, and yet I can never naturally feed my future children. My breasts were beautiful and now they’ve been incinerated for nothing.”
“Between my carved-up body and the physical complications, I often question if there’s anything on the other side,” said detransitioner Camille Kiefel, who is suffering from complications from a double mastectomy. “You know what keeps me going? Stopping this from happening to someone else.”
How many more children need to be hurt before we stop treating emotional distress by damaging healthy bodies? Let’s start by removing the affirmative care model from our state laws, regulating the medical treatment of children with gender incongruence, and stopping schools from secretly affirming gender-confused children’s identities at a time they need their parents most.
Stephen Scaer of Nashua was the Republican candidate for state Senate in District 13.
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Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, and owner of The Washington Post, introduces the newly developed lunar lander “Blue Moon” at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington in 2019.
Bezos has a net worth of $124 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. In an interview with CNN's Chloe Melas, the world's fourth-richest man said that he and his partner Lauren Sanchez were "building the capacity to be able to give away this money."
And the hard part is figuring out how to do it in a levered way," he said in the interview from his Washington, D.C., home. "It's not easy. Building Amazon was not easy. It took a lot of hard work, a bunch of very smart teammates, and I'm finding -- and I think Lauren is finding the same thing -- that philanthropy is very similar."
Bezos has been criticized in the past for not signing the Giving Pledge, a movement that requires signatories to give away most of their wealth during their lifetimes or in their wills. Warren Buffett, Mike Bloomberg, Bill Gates and Bezos' ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, have all signed it.
Bezos touted Parton's "civility and kindness" in his CNN interview.
"She's a unifier," he said. "You know, we have big problems in the world. And the way to get big problems done is you have to work together."
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Dystopian reality returns to Netflix
NETFLIX IMPORTS “Run for the Money,” a hit in Japan since 2004. Celebrities, other up-and-comers and semi-famous people engage in an elaborate game of tag, running away from black-clad “hunters” in a race to see who emerges last with a cash prize.
It remains to be seen if this Asian import will catch on like South Korea’s “Squid Game,” a hugely popular and critical hit for Netflix.
Ideas for dystopian reality shows have been around for decades, long before “Survivor,” “Big Brother” and other fare arrived at the turn of this century.
Among my favorite “Survivor” inspirations is “The Tenth Victim,” a 1965 Italian fantasy directed by Elio Petri. Set in a stylized future of modernist architecture and peculiar religious cults, it follows players of a TV series called “The Big Hunt,” designed to engage viewers so completely that the TV show replaces murder, societal violence and even war.
These TV players don’t merely strive to survive, they must kill their competitors to advance. The last warm body left standing wins. Look for Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress as beautiful, deadly rivals.
In one scene, Andress sports a machine gun bra that clearly inspired “Austin Powers.” It’s a surreal and intermittently prescient glance at the future from the 1960s, featuring an intriguing score by Piero Piccioni. “The Tenth Victim” can be streamed for free on ad-supported services, including Tubi, Vudu and Plex.
• Peacock streams the six-part documentary series “Once Upon a Time in Londongrad.” Directed by Jed Rothstein (“WeWork”), it explores the large and influential community of Russian exiles, spies and oligarchs in London.
Their presence and vast wealth have complicated and compromised the U.K.’s relations with Vladimir Putin’s regime. London and its environs have also become the scene of terror and the murder of tycoons and others who have fallen out of Putin’s favor.
• For corruption closer to home, “American Greed” (10 p.m., CNBC, TV-PG) profiles Chris Epps, who used his position at the top of the Mississippi Department of Corrections to create a fiefdom of payoffs and bribes totaling nearly a billion dollars.
• “American Experience” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-MA, check local listings) concludes its two-part series “Taken Hostage,” recalling the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-81. The ongoing saga would inspire nightly coverage on ABC, where “Nightline” emerged midway through the standoff, to cover incidents with fresh installments every 24 hours.
This steady drumbeat would not only give ABC its first real ratings winner against Johnny Carson’s “The Tonight Show,” it turned the “America Held Hostage” meme into a stain on the nation’s honor. Just four years removed from the sad end of the Vietnam War, Americans were expressing a patriotic rage that mirrored the wounded feelings of the Iranian hostage-takers.
President Jimmy Carter would initially turn events to his advantage. He enjoyed a brief surge in support as people rallied around the hostages and their president. But as days turned into weeks and months with little action, Carter seemed as much a hostage as the American diplomats.
• Maggie returns from medical leave on “FBI” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-14).
• Missing in action in Crete on “FBI: International” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14).
• Escaping an emotional sinkhole on “La Brea” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).
• “The Curse of Oak Island” (9 p.m., History, TV-14) returns for a 10th season.
• Lost in a psychedelic underground on “FBI: Most Wanted” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).
• Max discovers an off-the-books business with a shady provenance on “New Amsterdam” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).
• A missing scientist may be linked to a dirty bomb on “The Rookie: Feds” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14).
Director Pier Paolo Pasolini offered a modern take on the New Testament with his 1964 film “The Gospel According to St. Matthew” (10 p.m., TCM). Shot in the documentary style of Italian neorealism, the film employed mostly unknown actors to recall Jesus’ story. The film was recognized as an instant classic, winning the top prize at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for three Academy Awards. In 2015, the Vatican’s official newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, declared it the best movie ever made about the life of Christ.
“The Voice” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) ... A mysterious pill puts a teen into a coma on “The Resident” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14) ... “Bachelor in Paradise” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-14) ... Belling the Catt on “Monarch” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14).
Jimmy Fallon welcomes Seth Rogen, Jeremy Pope and Bruce Springsteen on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) ... Quentin Tarantino, Seth Reiss, Will Tracy and Arjuna Contreras visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC).
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Actor Christina Applegate poses with her daughter during her star unveiling ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Monday.
"Life started as being a little girl waiting in line to see the first 'Star Wars' on this very street, at that very theater [Grauman's Chinese Theatre], looking at these [stars]," she said on Monday. "'Who are these people? What did they do? Did they do something right? Did they do something wrong? Whatever it is, I want one.'"
Decades after making her television debut in "Days of Our Lives" in the '70s, then winning over audiences as Kelly Bundy on "Married... With Children" in the '80s, Applegate said Monday's star ceremony "means more to me than you could possibly imagine."
Presented by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, the event for the "Up All Night" actor was supposed to happen two years ago. But like everything else in 2020, her Walk of Fame celebration was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, Applegate has gone public with major changes in her personal life.
In August 2021, the Emmy-winning actor, 50, announced she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, saying in a tweet that she faces "a tough road." Applegate has kept a low profile since then, but in October she tweeted that she had a "very important ceremony coming up."
"This will be my first time out since diagnosed with MS. Walking sticks are now part of my new normal," she said, sharing a photo of several canes. "Stay tuned to see which ones make the cut for a week of stuff."
On Monday, the Emmy winner accessorized her black pantsuit ensemble with a clear and black crystal walking stick. In her first "new normal" appearance, Applegate found support in her "Married... With Children" mother Katey Sagal, who held onto her as she addressed scores of loyal viewers and Hollywood passersby. Shoeless.
"Oh, by the way, I have a disease. Did you not notice?" Applegate cheekily reminded the audience gathered around her star at 7007 Hollywood Blvd. "I'm not even wearing shoes. Anywho, you're supposed to laugh at that."
At security guards' behest, curious spectators — including Mickey Mouse and Wonder Woman impersonators — crammed into the entrance of the La La Land souvenir shop to catch a glimpse of the television star. Pedestrians jaywalked across Hollywood Boulevard, and tour buses crept to a slow roll to do the same.
Monday's event marked not just one reunion for Applegate, but two. Helping celebrate her Hollywood landmark were her "Married... With Children" co-stars Sagal and David Faustino and her "Dead to Me" collaborators Linda Cardellini and Liz Feldman.
Her "Married... With Children" colleagues kicked off the tributes.
"Christina and I are truly like brother and sister even to this day," said Faustino, who played Applegate's on-screen sibling, Bud Bundy, in the '80s sitcom. "I learned so much from my cast mates ... however, Christina's fearlessness was a huge part of that learning curve."
Faustino remembered the trips he took with the "Samantha Who?" star and spoke about how she "introduced me to my spiritual community, which helped me go from negative to positive and helped me transform my life."
"Rebel" star Sagal lauded her former co-star — "you are so effing famous" — for her strength, courage and perseverance.
"I've seen you the high highs of love and enormous success, coupled with extreme challenges, but you came in with those shoulders and you bear the weight and you bend and you don't break," Sagal said.
Next up was the "Dead to Me" crew.
"A lioness for her crew, her fellow actors and for her showrunner. A den mother to us all — someone willing to draw from her enormous strength to put the work in but always looking out for everyone involved," she said. "What more could you want."
Days before the final season of "Dead to Me" drops on Netflix on Thursday, Cardellini channeled Judy and Jen's ride-or-die spirit in her tribute to the Tony nominee.
"If you are lucky enough to have her in your life, you know that you're supported to no end. And that she will anything in her power for you," Cardellini said.
Also in the audience were actors Selma Blair and Amanda Bearse, the latter of whom was another of Applegate's former "Married ... With Children" co-stars. They sat alongside Applegate's team and loved ones in a closed-off portion of the sidewalk.
Among Applegate's fans who attended the ceremony, Alex Dwyer arrived wearing a "Married …With Children" shirt. The Studio City resident joined fellow "Dead to Me" devotees Kirsten Straccamoro and Kallie Larsen to celebrate Applegate's big moment.
"I can't not go. It's like not going to my son's baseball game," Straccamoro, who was visiting from New Hampshire, told The Times Monday.
The trio were already familiar with Applegate's roles in the movies "The Sweetest Thing" and "Anchorman" and the sitcom "Friends," but said they were most struck by the actor's performance on "Dead to Me."
"She's crying one minute and being so funny the next. She just has, I think, the best comedic timing in the industry," Dwyer said. "I think she's the funniest person."
The Applegate fans said that they are "really proud" of the actor for her Hollywood landmark, especially considering her diagnosis.
"I'm also disabled and have a difficult time getting out and doing things sometimes," said Larsen. "And also my mom was just diagnosed with ALS, which is also a motor neuron [disease] ... It's just nice to see her accepting this incredible honor for something so historic.
"It's always going to be on the Walk of Fame, everyone will walk by and see it, people will spill their coffee on it, but it's there and she's cemented literally as a part of that history."
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The co-owners insisted they'd cooked the pork shoulder plenty, barbecuing it "low and slow" in a smoker for 12 hours at about 250 degrees. The woman disagreed and, when she couldn't convince the co-owners to cook it some more or give her a refund, sought redress elsewhere.
"I had ordered some food from there, and the barbecue was pink," she told the dispatcher, according to audio of the 911 call obtained by The Washington Post.
In the weeks since Raleigh police worked the case of the pink meat, Clyde Cooper's Barbeque has defended its pulled pork, even marketing itself as the home of the "infamous pink bbq" and creating "PinkBBQ" merchandise. Others agree that customers shouldn't be frightened by pink-colored barbecue - what aficionados call the "smoke ring" - even if it can at times alarm the uninitiated.
Dana Hanson, a North Carolina State University associate professor and an expert in meat science, said myoglobin, a protein that supplies oxygen to the muscles of nearly all mammals, is at the root of what happened at Clyde Cooper's. In non-barbecue cooking, heat "denatures" myoglobin in fresh meat, turning it from red to pink and then brown to hockey puck.
"That's the whole premise of when you order a steak at varying degrees of doneness, from rare to medium-rare to well-done," Hanson said. "That's the myoglobin pigment going through this normal denaturation during cooking."
But barbecuing can mess with meat's straightforward transformation along that color scale, Hanson added. Barbecuers often smoke their meats, usually doing so by burning wood that contains thousands of chemicals. One of those, nitric oxide, binds to myoglobin in the presence of heat to lock in the red or pink color - no matter how long the meat cooks.
Once upon a time, that "smoke ring" was a "badge of honor" for barbecuers and a signal to savvy customers, Hanson said.
"It's the visual cue to know that that product is true barbecue and has been exposed to smoke," he added. "There was a time that that was a measure of quality."
Safe to say, the Clyde Cooper's customer who tried to return her lunch of barbecued pork didn't think so.
Ashley Jessup, co-owner and manager of the downtown Raleigh institution, said the woman ordered, paid for and received a plate of barbecued pork shoulder toward the tail end of the lunch rush on Nov. 1. About 10 minutes later, she returned to the register, telling Jessup's mother and fellow co-owner, Debbie Holt, that her meat was undercooked.
"She snickered a little bit, and she said, 'Honey, that's because it's smoked. It's smoked pork, and it turns pink whenever it's cooking,' " Jessup said.
Undeterred, the woman insisted the meat hadn't been cooked enough, even as other customers interjected, backing up Holt. Jessup, who had been working on the restaurant's catering orders, stepped in, allowing her mother to serve other customers. Jessup said she googled images of "smoked barbecue" on her phone in a vain effort to convince the woman that the pink coloring was a byproduct of the smoking process. Because of that, the meat would remain pink no matter how long they cooked it.
The woman went outside. Although they denied her a refund, as a consolation, Jessup and Holt dispatched a server to give the woman some chicken she'd requested. They thought the matter was settled.
About 10 minutes later, Jessup saw an officer pull up and worried about what mayhem had brought him to her door. After getting out of his cruiser, he talked with the "pink barbecue" customer.
"Wait, it can't be," she recalled thinking.
When the officer asked Jessup what had happened, she gave him the short version. He didn't say much in response, Jessup said, adding that he was inside the restaurant for less than a minute. Then "he walked out - kind of has a little smirk on his face."
But hours later, the woman left a Google review of the restaurant. One out of five stars. "Worst customer service I ever had in my life. Barbecue was very pink and had lots of fat in it."
Jessup took to Clyde Cooper's Facebook page to defend her restaurant. The customer's review has since been taken down, but the woman told WRAL she didn't regret calling the police and is considering filing a lawsuit against Clyde Cooper's.
For now, Jessup and her customers are embracing the "pink bbq" fame. Patrons are dropping off gifts: pink flowers, a bottle of Pepto Bismol and a pink pig stuffed animal. Nearly all of Clyde Cooper's social media posts contain the #pinkbbq hashtag.
"You kind of have to be like, 'Well doggone, this is the best publicity we're going to get, so let's keep on with it,' " Jessup said.
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Doug Mastriano, a GOP gubernatorial nominee who rejected the results of the 2020 election, attends a rally Nov. 5 in Latrobe, Pa. He was among the election deniers who lost in the midterms.
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And in Arizona, Kari Lake, among the most ardent messengers of false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, was projected on Monday to have lost the race for governor to Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs. In Colorado, Rep. Lauren Boebert, who has made Islamophobic comments and has been a staunch defender of rioters in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, clung to a razor-thin lead in a surprisingly tight race.
Across the country, many Republicans who ran in this year's midterms promoting far-right platforms on issues such as abortion, elections, LGBTQ rights and other topics lost their races, even in some unexpected places where the GOP was favored to win. Many were elevated by former president Donald Trump and associated themselves with his combative movement.
In post-election interviews, Democrats and many Republicans said they view these results as a decisive rejection of political extremism on the right, propelled by Trump. In the eyes of some in the GOP, this is an alarming development in a year the party expected to make large gains because of inflation, President Joe Biden's low approval rating and historical trends. Now, the party is reckoning with the results as it eyes future elections and policy debates.
"In any environment when the electorate is unhappy, it should be winnable, but Republicans fell short and couldn't capitalize on that because Donald Trump promoted candidates through the primary that weren't viewed favorably by a general election population," said Kevin Madden, a longtime GOP operative. "There were a lot of missed opportunities."
In the primaries, the former president backed far-right candidates, propelling them past more-moderate alternatives, who then lost in the general election. In other cases, he joined their side later in the campaign. A representative for Trump did not respond to a request for comment.
National exit polls showed an electorate concerned about the future of democracy, with 68 percent of voters saying it was being threatened. Nearly 8 in 10 voters said they felt confident that elections were conducted fairly and accurately in their state, and 61 percent said Biden was legitimately elected. Only 10 percent of voters said abortions should be illegal in all cases.
Democrats held on to the U.S. Senate majority, and in the House they held their ground in many competitive races. While the House majority was up for grabs Monday, it was clear the massive wipeout some Republicans had hoped to see in the lower chamber of Congress had not materialized.
In key state races, voters also rejected Republicans who ran on far-right platforms. Voters in the six major battlegrounds where Trump tried to reverse his 2020 defeat rejected election-denying candidates running to control their state's election systems. These included GOP candidates such as Jim Marchant in Nevada and Mark Finchem in Arizona, who embraced false claims about the 2020 presidential election.
In Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer easily beat Republican Tudor Dixon. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers defeated the GOP's Tim Michels, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz prevailed against Republican Scott Jensen. All three Republicans had denied or questioned the outcome of the last presidential election.
Michael Stratton, a longtime Democratic operative in Denver, said many voters rejected "the lack of civility" often displayed by Boebert and her allies. "Regular rank-and-file people have been embarrassed by her conduct," he said, adding that voters were looking for a viable alternative in that district.
Stratton said "people made a conscious decision to think about the value of democracy and women's choice, and that is extraordinary that they are paying more for bread, more for gas, more for milk, but democracy is still worth it for them."
Speaking of the election on a national scale, Matt Bennett, president of Third Way, a centrist political think tank, said it was "very clear the electorate wants mainstream and not extreme." He added that "the attack on democracy sent a message about where that candidate stood on a range of issues; it was a defining attribute. It wasn't just about democracy; it's that this person can't be trusted because they are so far-out."
Some Democrats took a gamble during the primaries that voters would rebuff far-right candidates in the general election, promoting them over more-mainstream GOP alternatives. That bet paid off in key races, from Michigan's 3rd Congressional District, where Gibbs lost to Democrat Hillary Scholten, to New Hampshire, where Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan beat back a challenge from Republican Don Bolduc, who had baselessly raised doubts that Biden won the 2020 election, to the governor's race in Pennsylvania.
In the latter contest, Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro spent much of the last year warning that Mastriano was the most extreme and dangerous candidate running in the country. He spoke specifically about the freedoms he said were under attack by the right. On Election Day, Shapiro's landslide win stood in contrast to the narrow victories won in the swing state by Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020.
"We all basically joined together behind three simple truths. Three simple truths that have sustained our nation over these last 246 years. We value our freedom, we cherish our democracy, and we love this country - and these three truths, these three truths, and your votes, well, that stood up to the extremism that has taken root in some parts of our society," Shapiro said in his victory speech on election night.
In Washington's 3rd Congressional District, where Trump won by just over four points in 2020, Kent, with Trump's backing, eliminated Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, one of the few Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in the all-party primary. In the general election, he lost to Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a Democrat, in a district the GOP had hoped to hold.
In Ohio, Republican J.R. Majewski, who had been associated with QAnon conspiracy theories, lost by 13 points to Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur in a battleground U.S. House district that had been redrawn in redistricting from a deep-blue seat to one Trump would have won by more than four points.
Reflecting on the races across the country, former Republican congressman Charlie Dent, a centrist who left Congress in disgust over the party's embrace of Trump's brand, said that "voters called out crazy."
"A lot of the more extreme candidates lost; this is all on Trump because Trump was responsible for nominating a lot of these problematic candidates," Dent said. "Bottom line is, I never felt there was a future in this angry populism, this isolationism, nativism that defines Trumpism. I don't think it works, not in the long term."
One Republican operative, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to be more frank about the party's future, said that many of the races had unique factors but that it was undeniable that "Democrats were able to turn out their people with the issue of abortion and to an extent the issue of democracy or the election denialism - Trump, you could say for short."
The Washington Post's Amy Gardner contributed to this report.
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The expected announcement in Florida at his Mar-a-Lago Club comes in a moment of political vulnerability for Trump as voters resoundingly rejected his endorsed candidates in last week's midterm elections. Since then, elected Republicans have been unusually forthright in blaming Trump for the party's underperformance and potential rivals are already openly challenging Trump for the nomination.
Advisers spent much of the year lobbying Trump to hold off announcing until after the midterms, arguing that he might motivate Democratic voters or get drowned out by election news. He finally agreed to promise a "very big announcement" for Tuesday, and stuck with that plan despite further efforts to convince him to wait until after next month's runoff between Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (D-Ga.) and GOP candidate Herschel Walker.
"President Trump is going to announce on Tuesday that he's running for president," longtime spokesman Jason Miller said last Friday on former strategist Stephen K. Bannon's podcast.
Miller said Trump told him: "There doesn't need to be any question. Of course I'm running. I'm going to do this, and I want to make sure people know I'm fired up and we've got to get the country back on track. . . . Everyone knows I'm going to run so let's go get started."
Trump's urgency to announce also comes in part from wanting to get ahead of a potential indictment in any of the several ongoing criminal investigations into his conduct. He and close associates are under multiple criminal investigations: by the Justice Department in the effort to submit phony electors claiming Trump won key states in the 2020 election; in the mishandling of classified documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago; and by an Atlanta-area prosecutor in the pressuring of Georgia officials to overturn that state's election results. His company is also in the middle of a trial for criminal tax fraud and the New York attorney general filed a lawsuit that could freeze the company's operations, already winning the appointment of an independent monitor.
The GOP's disappointing midterm results - which included Democrats holding the Senate and less-than-expected margins in the House - have heightened efforts within the party to move on from Trump. On Monday, the president of the Club for Growth, a well-funded conservative group, said their research showed that Trump's attacks on other Republicans are taking a toll on his support and joined calls for him to delay his announcement until after the Georgia runoff.
Trump has already begun attacking his likely GOP rivals, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Trump views DeSantis especially as a threat, according to his advisers, even before the governor's landslide reelection last Tuesday buttressed his esteem with many of the party's top donors and campaign professionals. DeSantis is scheduled to speak this week at meetings of the Republican Governors Association and the Republican Jewish Coalition.
Trump's campaign will be led by Florida operative Susie Wiles, veteran strategist Chris LaCivita, and former White House political aide Brian Jack. His son Donald Trump Jr. is increasingly involved in the political operation, whereas daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, have drifted away since leaving the White House. Trump also frequently speaks with loyalist Boris Epshteyn, who is expected to be a senior adviser, but many of Trump's other advisers, lawyers and consultants say they talk to him less often than they once did. Some of the people familiar with the situation spoke about the campaign structure on the condition of anonymity to reveal internal deliberations.
The new operation is expected to have a smaller staff and budget than Trump's failed 2020 campaign and to be based in South Florida, as Trump has told people he wants to recapture the underdog feel of his 2016 bid. Assisting the campaign, pollster Tony Fabrizio and spokesman Taylor Budowich will move to an outside super PAC.
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By Caitlin McCurdy of McLane Middleton
A: There has been commentary this year about whether (depending on the results of the midterm elections) there would be any action in Congress to lower the applicable exclusion amount before 2025. As a reminder, federal law provides that an individual can transfer assets free of estate and gift tax as long as the transfers are under a certain amount.
In 2022, this amount is $12,060,000 per person. The applicable exclusion amount is indexed annually for inflation, and the IRS has confirmed that in 2023 the amount will be $12,920,000 per person. Additionally, the rules allow for “portability”, which means a married couple can combine their individual applicable exclusion amounts. Only assets in excess of the applicable exclusion amount in effect at the time a person passes away are subject to the federal estate tax, which is currently set at 40%.
However, the current applicable exclusion amount will sunset in 2025 and automatically reduce to $5 million per person, indexed for inflation. There was legislation introduced last September that would have accelerated the sunset so that the exclusion amount would have been reduced as of Jan. 1, 2022. The legislation (as introduced) did not pass, but it has caused people to monitor whether similar legislation might be introduced again. While the results of the midterm election are still being finalized, it does not appear that these tax issues will be a priority for Congress this year.
If you are concerned that you may have a taxable estate under the post-2025 lower exclusion amount, you might consider making gifts sooner rather than later. Notably, the IRS has issued anti-claw back regulations stating that gifts made while the current exclusion amount is in effect will still be honored and not “clawed-back” into the estate if a person passes away when the amount is lower.
There are many gifting strategies that can be employed to maximize flexibility and yet make a completed gift and use your applicable exclusion amount. This analysis is specific to each person and family and should be undertaken with your estate planning goals and core capital needs in mind.
(Please note, this answer is only addressing the federal estate and gift tax laws. New Hampshire does not have a state estate or gift tax, but other New England states do. Massachusetts, for example, imposes an estate tax on estates over $1 million.)
Know the Law is a bi-weekly column sponsored by McLane Middleton. Questions and ideas for future columns should be emailed to knowthelaw@mclane.com. Know the Law provides general legal information, not legal advice. We recommend that you consult a lawyer for guidance specific to your particular situation.
Caitlin McCurdy can be reached at caitlin.mccurdy@mclane.com.
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Jennifer Harris sued FedEx after she was fired for what she alleged was retaliation for complaining to HR about racial discrimination. A jury recently awarded her $366 million in damages.
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So when her supervisor suggested she take a demotion in March 2019, she was frustrated and caught off-guard. When she didn’t step down, the Fort Worth woman said her workplace of 12 years turned discriminatory and then retaliatory.
“That is just when the harassment and different treatment from my peers really escalated and went to the next level,” said Harris, who won what’s been described as the largest-ever jury verdict for a worker suing over racial bias and retaliation.
The Memphis-based company said it strongly disagrees with the verdict and plans to ask a federal judge to throw out or reduce the jury award.
“FedEx does not engage in or tolerate retaliation,” the company told The Dallas Morning News in an e-mailed statement. “We followed our protocols for performance management with Ms. Harris and are confident that we acted properly regarding her termination.”
“I believe the verdict that the jury made signifies the issue at hand with discrimination and retaliation in the workplace,” Harris said. “... They need to reevaluate how they investigate complaints moving forward. They need to make sure that their HR professionals, as well as anyone in leadership, are trained properly on the right ways to identify red flags of discrimination and retaliation, and not ignore them.”
“They wanted to punish them,” Sanford said. “And so they picked 49% of [the subsidiary’s] net worth.”
“... Where does it stop, if it doesn’t start with FedEx?” she asked.
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Black woman awarded $366 million over firing calls FedEx racial bias ‘next level’ | Courts | unionleader.com
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By Ellen Francis The Washington Post
While working at the state-owned utility, "Mr. Wang allegedly obtained trade secrets to benefit the People's Republic of China, to the detriment of Canada's economic interests," the police statement said Monday.
Canadian police said foreign espionage attempts were a top concern. RCMP Inspector David Beaudoin told reporters this was the first time the trade secrets charge, which carries a maximum jail sentence of 10 years, has been laid under the Security of Information Act in Canada. He said interference by foreign actors that could affect national security has "recently been gaining a lot of traction" in police operations. "We are more and more active in that sphere," he added.
The inspector said Wang, who is from a Montreal suburb, had allegedly used information without the knowledge of his employer in crimes that took place between 2018 and October this year. He said the employee had "used his position to conduct research" for a Chinese university and research centers in China - a dominant supplier in the global electric vehicle battery market.
Hydro-Québec said Wang had worked at its Center of Excellence in Transportation Electrification and Energy Storage, a research unit that develops battery materials for electric vehicles and energy storage systems. The center has previously teamed up with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. Police said a complaint from the company's security branch had sparked an investigation in August.
A statement from the utility company described him as a researcher whose "work related to battery materials" but did not have access to Hydro-Québec's "core mission," without providing further details. It said his access at work was revoked once the suspicions emerged and that he had since been fired.
"No organization is safe from a situation like this one, which is why we must always remain vigilant and transparent," Senior Corporate Security Director Dominic Roy said.
Canada's public broadcaster reported that Wang had worked at the power utility since 2016 and that officers had arrested him Monday at his home.
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Canadian police charge Hydro-Québec researcher with spying for China | World | unionleader.com
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By Julia Harte Reuters
The closely fought governor's race between Lake and Democrat Katie Hobbs was one of the most significant in the general election because Arizona is a battleground state and will likely play a pivotal role in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
The Democratic victories in a swath of gubernatorial, congressional and statehouse elections defied expectations that voters would punish them for inflation, including high gas and food prices. Instead, Democrats were able to curb their losses, in part by mobilizing voters angry over the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion.
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Election denier Lake loses governor's race in battleground Arizona | National | unionleader.com
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady waves to the fans after defeating the Seattle Seahawks after an International Series game at Allianz Arena in Munich on Sunday.
By Nick O'Malley masslive.com (TNS)
Brady’s Bucs got the win, leading to a scene after the game that the former New England Patriots quarterback said was “epic” when he witnessed the crowd at Allianz Stadium in Munich singing “Sweet Caroline.”
Overall, Brady was bullish on the first NFL game in Germany and made sure to thank the Bucs’ hosts — as well as the fans who made it out.
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“The recall was initiated after it was discovered by Whole Foods Market team member that the pecan-containing product was distributed in packaging that did not include pecans in the ingredient list,” the Boston Baking-written, FDA-posted recall alert states.
If you don’t have a pecan allergy, this isn’t a problem. On the other hand, the notice states, “People who have allergies to pecans run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.”
This food allergy recall involves Boston Baking Mini Cinnamon Crumb Cakes, UPC No. (01)00238543000007(3904)0019900, with a packed on date from 10/17/22 to 11/10/22 and with a sell by date of 10/22/22 to 11/15/22. They went to Whole Foods Market stores in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire.
If you have one of these and there’s any chance it’ll be eaten by someone with a pecan allergy, return it to the Whole Foods where you bought it for a full refund. If you have questions, call Boston Baking Inc. at 888-224-3548, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern time.
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An MBTA spokesperson said the data does not mean that all the employees were found falling asleep as the agency does not have a category specific to sleeping on duty. The spokesperson said the 17 employees were disciplined under the MBTA’s “attention to duty rule.”
“Into this category falls any employee who was deemed to not be giving proper attention to the job duties required for their positions,” the spokesperson said.
The MBTA spokesperson said that determining whether any of the employees were actually found sleeping or if failure to comply with the “attention to duty rule” happened while they were on overtime would “require going through each person’s personnel file, and reviewing notes and comments provided during the disciplinary process.”
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MBTA employees suspended for not paying attention on the job | Transportation | unionleader.com
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The 2.2% rate in September rose to 2.4% in October, Employment Security reported Tuesday. The rate had remained at record lows for three straight months.
The October 2021 seasonally adjusted rate was 3.1%.
The number of unemployed residents increased by 1,740 in October and 1,070 in September. The total number of unemployed was 18,340 in October, according to a news release.
Seasonally adjusted estimates for October placed the number of employed residents at 753,660, a decrease of 490 from the previous month and an increase of 22,630 from October 2021.
From September 2022 to October 2022, the total labor force increased by 1,250 to 772,000. This was an increase of 17,640 New Hampshire residents from October 2021, according to the news release.
Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October was 3.7%, an increase of 0.2% from the September rate, the state said.
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Unemployment rate in NH jumps to 2.4% | Business | unionleader.com
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Manchester health officials say a community health needs assessment recommends reconvening a leadership council of community stakeholders to set long-term health improvement goals.
The 2022 Greater Manchester Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) also recommends establishing an Urban Health Research Institute with academic partners; using technology to expand the reach of public health through real-time surveillance, program management and communication; and forming a funding hub with health care charitable trusts, banks and funding agencies to improve neighborhood health.
The 2022 Greater Manchester CHNA is completed every three years as required by the Affordable Care Act. The assessment was developed by Manchester’s Health Department, in partnership with Catholic Medical Center, Dartmouth Health and Elliot Health System.
JSI Research and Training Institute collected data from nearly 20 health care providers and community leaders in the city and conducted more than 200 resident surveys to compile the 125-page report.
“The assessment should serve as a call to action by the community, including the residents who make Manchester or its region their home, to build neighborhoods of opportunity and resilience,” said Manchester Public Health Director Anna Thomas. “From this assessment, we will build a community health improvement plan to address the health priorities identified. I am hopeful this will lead to the development of a detailed roadmap toward the goal of a healthier citizenry.”
Mayor Joyce Craig thanked city health officials and healthcare partners for their work in determining “our community's current health status, needs, and opportunities.”
“This collective approach, including significant community engagement, will enable us to better address the root causes of issues and ensure that everyone has an opportunity to thrive,” Craig said in a statement. “Manchester is, and always has been a resilient community, and I look forward to the work ahead in developing the community health improvement plan and building a healthier community.”
The 2022 Greater Manchester CHNA assessed residents’ health behaviors, access to clinical care, food security, trauma and health outcomes and goals for creating healthy homes and neighborhoods.
Health officials say results show the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated and/or highlighted inequities among city residents associated with housing, food security, technology access for education and other domains, and substance misuse.
Despite these impacts, over 1/3 of Manchester residents scored as “thriving” in the wellness assessment, with only 10.5% scoring in the lowest “suffering” range. Manchester residents rated their overall physical and mental health as positive, with few reporting health-related limitations on their daily activities.
Housing was highlighted as the highest priority for action in Manchester, with education, health care, trauma and substance misuse also among the top priorities for residents.
Some highlights of the CHNA report include:
• Rates of suspected opioid overdose are consistently two to three times higher in Manchester compared with Nashua, the city with the next highest rate of opioid overdoses in New Hampshire. There were 161 more suspected opioid overdoses in Manchester in 2021 compared with 2020 -- a 39% increase. Individuals with suspected opioid overdoses in Manchester were three times more likely to be men than women (77% versus 23%, respectively), and had an average age of 39 years old.
Across both Manchester and Nashua, nearly half (49%) of all opioid overdoses were labeled as repeat encounters by first responders.
• Suspected opioid overdose deaths also increased in Manchester and Nashua between 2020 and 2021, marking an end to the steady decline in opioid-related deaths in both cities that occurred in the four previous years. Between 2020 and 2021, the number of suspected opioid deaths increased by 31% in Manchester and 36% in Nashua. Notably, from 2019 to 2020 in Manchester there was a 28% decrease in opioid overdoses and a 32% decrease in opioid overdose deaths. Additionally, from 2017 to 2019 there was a 34% decrease in opioid overdoses, and a 15% decrease in opioid overdose deaths in Manchester.
• The percentage of Manchester high school students reporting use of illegal and prescription drugs has declined steadily in the past decade. Between 2011 and 2019, the proportion of high school students reporting heroin use dropped by more than 40%, from 3.7% to 2.2%. The decline in reported methamphetamine use was similar, at 37% during the same period.
• Overall, 63.1% of Manchester residents had limited access to healthy food in 2019, down almost 20% from 77.4% of residents in 2015. Manchester residents are less likely to have limited access to healthy food than Nashua residents, 73.5% of whom had limited access.
• In 2019, nearly one-third of Manchester high school students reported that a dating partner had “purposely tried to control them or emotionally hurt them” in the past year, according to the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey, a figure 11% higher than reported by high school students across the state as a whole (26.5%).
“While only two years of data are available on this outcome measure, it appears that emotional dating violence is on the rise in both Manchester and the state,” the report said.
More than 8% of students reported having been victims of physical dating violence in Manchester in 2019, compared with 7% of high school students across the state, a 12.5% difference. The proportion of students reporting having experienced sexual dating violence in the past year was slightly higher, at 8.2% in Manchester and 7.8% in the state (5% difference).
Reports of physical and sexual dating violence decreased in both Manchester and the state as a whole between 2013, with rates dropping by 30% and 36%, respectively, in Manchester.
To read the full 2022 Greater Manchester CHNA, go to: https://www.manchesternh.gov/Departments/Health/Public-Health-Data
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By Flint McColgan Boston Herald (TNS)
“You will hear from me at the end of the investigation, irrespective of outcome,” she continued. “Our ultimate goal is to ensure that policing in Worcester is constitutional, safe and effective all while the civil rights of their residents remain intact.”
The investigation also will look into the department’s “systems of accountability,” which includes how it handles complaints of misconduct and discipline, according to the announcement.
The earlier 2018 investigation into the Springfield Police Department was resolved by a consent decree in 2022, according to the DOJ.
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Feds announce investigation of Worcester Police Department | Public Safety | unionleader.com
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Leith Sukkar was convicted of dealing firearms without a license, and making false statements during the acquisition of firearms, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s office, which is prosecuting the case.
“Sukkar falsely represented that he was the actual purchaser of the firearms when, in fact, he was purchasing the firearms for other people,” the news release said.
Authorities said Sukkar, who does not have a license to sell or deal in firearms, made false statements when he bought guns from Shooter’s Outpost in Hooksett on two occasions. Investigators learned that he was charging $900 for the guns, and accepted drugs as payment for at least one weapon.
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Merrimack man pleads guilty to federal gun charges | Nashua | unionleader.com
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Jay-Z, left, and Beyoncè attend the European premiere of “The Lion King” at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, London in 2019.
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By Christi Carras Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Jay-Z previously held the title of most Grammy-nominated artist, with 83 nominations. Beyoncé’s tally includes her early work as a member of girl group Destiny’s Child.
In 2021, Beyoncé set a new record for the most Grammys ever won by a female artist with 28 awards. If she wins four or more of the nine prizes she is up for at next year’s awards, she will break the all-time record of 31 held by the late conductor Georg Solti.
Beyoncé’s latest Grammys achievement comes several months after she released her seventh studio album, “Renaissance,” which has drawn rave reviews from critics and fans. At a Los Angeles auction last month, it was revealed that the singer will embark on a Renaissance world tour, the dates for which have yet to be announced.
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Principal Jennifer Briggs welcomes students back for the first day of school at Smyth Road School in Manchester.
Data released by the New Hampshire Department of Education (DOE) for the fall of 2022 show there are 161,755 students enrolled in public schools in the Granite State, compared to 163,600 in 2021-2022 and 163,288 in 2020-2021.
Pre-pandemic, student enrollment was at 171,866 during the 2019-2020 school year, state officials said in a news release.
Frank Edelblut, commissioner of education, said in a statement that while the pandemic accelerated declines in the fall of 2020 with a 5% drop, there was a slight uptick of enrollment in 2021 reflecting a COVID rebound, followed by a more typical decrease of 1.1% in 2022.
“Other factors such as lower birth rates and an aging population have all impacted student enrollment throughout the past 20 years,” said Edelblut. “It is important for school leaders to understand how declining enrollment numbers may be impacting their districts and how to plan accordingly for the future.”
New Hampshire’s birth rate is currently the second lowest in the country at 8.8 per 1,000 population. Other New England states, including Vermont, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, are among the top six states with the lowest birth rates in the nation.
The fastest growing age group in the Granite State is 55 and older, which represents 34 percent of the state’s population, according to Census data.
Since 2002, student enrollment in New Hampshire public schools has dipped steadily from 207,684 students, a loss of nearly 46,000 students.
Manchester remains the largest school district in the state with 12,016 students, followed by Nashua with 9,915 students, Bedford with 4,159 students, Londonderry with 4,093 students and Concord with 4,025 students.
On Tuesday, the DOE also published its fiscal year 2024 adequate education grant estimates, calculated using enrollment counts submitted to NHED for the current school year.
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Manchester Police Sgt. Morgan Lovejoy points out evidence of drug use at Victory Park in October 2021. He’s a member of the Community Response Unit, an outreach program of the Manchester police and health departments to connect people who have recently had drug overdoses with available services.
The number of suspected overdoses in New Hampshire’s two largest cities was down in October compared to recent months, but both remain on pace for the highest number of opioid-related deaths in half a decade.
According to American Medical Response (AMR), the ambulance service for Manchester and Nashua, there were 56 suspected opioid overdoses in Nashua and Manchester during August, bringing the total for this year to 804.
“That is the lowest monthly suspected opioid overdose number since February 2021,” said Chris Stawasz, regional director of American Medical Response. “Last month there were 56 suspected opioid OD’s just in Manchester, so this drop is welcome news. October showed a significant drop in the number of overdoses, however the number of fatalities did not significantly decline.”
AMR medics responded to 34 suspected opioid overdoses in Manchester last month, and 22 in Nashua. That’s a decrease from September of 22, or 40%, in the Queen City, while Nashua increased by 1.
According to Stawasz, preliminary data shows Nashua has experienced 35 suspected opioid related deaths through October — five more than during all of 2021. The Gate City remains on pace to have close to one of the highest numbers of suspected deaths from opioids in a one-year period since the opioid epidemic began in 2015.
Manchester is still on pace to have the highest number of suspected opioid related deaths in a one-year period since 2016, Stawasz said.
According to AMR, of the 804 suspected opioid overdoses reported this year in Manchester and Nashua, 40% occurred in a home or residence, 23% happened in a public building or area, and 19% in a vehicle or roadway.
Just 6% took place in a hotel or motel.
In 31% of the overdoses, a bystander or member of the public administered Narcan prior to EMS personnel arriving on scene.
Year to date, 36% of individuals involved in suspected opioid overdoses in both cities gave no fixed address or said they were homeless. Thirty-two percent gave Manchester as their home address, 18% said Nashua.
Of the 804 overdose victims, 74% were male, 26% female, with an average age of 41. Seventy-six percent of overdose victims reported their ethnicity as Caucasian, with 5% reporting as Black and 4% as Hispanic or Latino. Fifteen percent reported their ethnicity as ‘unknown.’
“AMR medics continue to see and listen to reports from suspected opioid overdose patients who believed they were not specifically using opioids and were surprised that they overdosed on an opioid,” said Stawasz. “Methamphetamine use, which is not currently tracked and not included in this report, continues to be seen mixed with opioid use. Meth is a particularly dangerous drug for both users and first responders as it can cause extreme excited delirium and alarmingly unpredictable behavior in users.”
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine.
“There is no safe illicit drug,” Stawasz said in an email. “Users should bear in mind that it is highly likely there is some quantity of synthetic Fentanyl in virtually any substance that they are using.”
Users should not use alone, should have Narcan readily available, and in New Hampshire they can seek addiction treatment to prevent death by accessing the N.H. Doorway program. The N.H. Doorway program can be accessed by calling 2-1-1 at any time of the day or night.
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The data come on the heels of a smaller-than-expected monthly increase in the October consumer price index, which investors and Wall Street welcomed as a sign that the fastest price increases in decades are finally starting to ebb.
- “We’re certainly not going to try and raise prices during this time. But certainly, we’ve demonstrated, over the last 12 months or so, that we’ve got almost 6% price increases and we haven’t seen the loyalty and the transactions abate.” — Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks Corp.
- “By the end of the year, we will recover all raw material inflation. And before the end of the first quarter, we will cover all total inflation.” — Michael McGarry, CEO of PPG Industries Inc.
- “We continue to face elevated input cost inflation, especially in the areas of energy, transportation, packaging, wheat, dairy & edible oils. To offset these challenges, we have implemented appropriate price increases across key markets.” — Dirk Van de Put, CEO of Mondelez International Inc.
“Price gains for final-demand goods and services decelerated in October’s PPI print, suggesting demand and supply factors are coming into better balance, particularly in goods sectors,” economist Eliza Winger wrote in a note for Bloomberg Economics.
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Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics in Merrimack.
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The New Hampshire Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday about whether Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics can be forced to pay the cost of monitoring residents near its plants for health ailments.
Two companies continue to fight a class-action lawsuit that would require medical monitoring of those who have been significantly exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid, a man-made chemical often found in coating products.
Kevin Brown of Litchfield and other residents near the Saint-Gobain plant in Merrimack seek to recover any damages caused by PFOA contamination of wells. The lawsuit is on behalf of residents within a two-mile radius of the plant.
The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in June 2016. The case remains open, but the Supreme Court was asked to weigh in on the medical monitoring aspect.
Another company, Textiles Coated International, is facing a similar lawsuit in Hillsborough County Superior Court which also seeks medical monitoring.
Attorney Kevin Hannon for the plaintiffs spoke of the benefits of early detection of major health issues.
“What the defendant asked you to do is have the common law turn a blind eye to those suffering tortiously caused toxic exposure,” he said. “They say defendants can tortiously expose people to proven hazardous substances and have no responsibility for remedying the harm.”
Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald spoke of measures taken by the state Legislature against medical monitoring.
“This is a complex area with lots of competitive considerations against what the Legislature hasn’t done,” he said. “Why should we do this?”
Hannon spoke of the harm caused by significant exposure and increased risk of disease.
90 years’ testing sought
Bruce Felmly, an attorney representing Saint-Gobain, said 95% of people would test positive for the chemicals. The plaintiffs want 90 years of testing for medical diseases, he said.
“This is a ubiquitous amount of product that is used in so many different ways, not just in Saint-Gobain or TCI’s products,” he said. He questioned what the results of testing would show for the cost — an estimated $780 million for Saint-Gobain.
The monitoring is estimated to have $71 million of liability for TCI, said John Galvin, an attorney for that company, “despite the fact that there is not a single person who alleges a single injury for exposure to PFOA.”
He said medical monitoring is not the right solution for a public health issue.
“Right now, if you look at the science, the plaintiffs and their claim haven’t even alleged causation here,” he said. “The science, the medicine is not out there in regards to PFAS compounds — and PFOA in particular — that show causation of a disease.”
The monitoring issue could prevent someone from seeking damages in the future when health issues arise, Galvin said.
Hannon said the plaintiffs will carry the risks of the PFOAs exposure for decades.
An evidentiary hearing in the Saint-Gobain case is set for Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 before Judge Joseph Laplante.
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Former president Donald Trump attends a rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on the eve of the midterm election last week.
A trio of longtime Republican operatives will lead Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, which the former president was expected to announce Tuesday night at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., according to five people familiar with the staffing decisions.
LaCivita is expected to take the leading role, but practically speaking duties will likely be split between him and Wiles, a top campaign adviser said. The group of top advisers also includes Brian Jack, who served as a senior political aide in the White House and has advised Trump and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., since 2021.
Wiles — the daughter of the late football player and television sportscaster Pat Summerall — helped lead Trump’s Florida team to victory in 2016 and 2020. She is a polite yet steely grandmother who has managed to command the respect of Trump’s fractious orbit and speaks frequently with Trump, having led his PAC for the past year. Trump has told others he trusts her political instincts after she helped him win Florida twice. She has deep ties in Florida politics, and an acrimonious relationship with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential Trump foe in 2024. She ran DeSantis’s campaign in 2018 for governor and has previously worked for Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott of Florida.
LaCivita, a Virginia-based political consultant, helped lead the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth campaign against John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee. During the 2020 campaign, he ran Preserve America PAC — a group that spent over $100 million to support Trump and was funded almost entirely by entities linked to Sheldon Adelson, the late Las Vegas casino magnate.
More recently, in 2022, LaCivita worked on the successful reelection campaign for Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and served as the senior strategist for the Trump-backed outside group, Make America Great Again Inc., which can raise unlimited sums of money.
Jack, a veteran of Trump’s 2016 campaign, went on to work in the White House political office for four years. He later joined McCarthy’s team, managing his national political operation where the two men worked to counsel Trump on his involvement in the 2022 midterm contests.
Steven Cheung is also expected to join the campaign in a top communications role, according to three people familiar with the decision. Cheung worked on Trump’s 2016 campaign as director of rapid response and then joined his White House, staying for two years. He also previously worked as the communications director for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Donald Trump Jr., Trump’s eldest son, is likely to play a role similar to the ones he played in his father’s previous bids — campaigning for him in states where he can be helpful and offering advice when asked — but will not take on the role previously occupied by Kushner, a person familiar said.
Boris Epshteyn — a pugilistic communications consultant who helped encourage Trump’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen — is expected to be a senior adviser. Sergio Gor, a former aide to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and a former Trump fundraiser, is also expected to take on an advisory role. And Gary Coby, a longtime Republican digital and Trump strategist, is expected to continue to do digital work for the campaign.
The announcement could provide Trump with an opportunity to move past the midterms, and onto what he hopes will be a winning presidential effort.
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Former President Donald Trump announces that he will once again run for president in the 2024 election during an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday night.
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PALM BEACH, Fla. - Donald Trump, who has mounted relentless attacks on the integrity of U.S. voting since his 2020 election defeat, on Tuesday launched a bid to regain the presidency in 2024, aiming to pre-empt potential Republican rivals.
In a speech broadcast live on television, Trump spoke to hundreds of supporters in a ballroom decorated with several chandeliers and lined with dozens of American flags.
Trump's announcement comes earlier than usual even in a country known for protracted presidential campaigns and signals his interest in discouraging other possible contenders such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis or his own former vice president, Mike Pence, from making a bid for the Republican Party's 2024 presidential nomination.
DeSantis handily won reelection as governor during the midterms. Pence, while promoting his new book, has sought to distance himself from Trump. Other potential Republican presidential hopefuls include Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
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Boston Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery instructs his team during practice at Warrior Arena in September.
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Team president Cam Neely has apologized for the Bruins signing prospect Mitchell Miller to an entry-level contract.
By Steve Conroy Boston Herald (TNS)
Bruins’ even-strength scoring must improve
On the ice, the Bruins are cruising along at 14-2 and enjoy a three-day break from game action. But while nothing is rarely as bad as it seems for slumping teams, the converse can be true for teams that are on a heater. And if you look closely enough, the cracks show up before those inevitable losses do.
For the B’s, one of those cracks right now is 5-on-5 scoring. It’s not exactly a crisis, mind you. They’re tied for sixth in 5-on-5 scoring with 37 goals in 16 games while they’re second in 5-on-5 goals against with 24. But those even-strength strikes haven’t come nearly as easily lately.
The issues started with their 2-1 loss in Toronto back on November, when they were shut out at even strength. In their next game, they managed just one – Trent Frederic’s late insurance goal – in the 3-1 victory over St. Louis. In the 3-1 win over Calgary, Charlie McAvoy’s game-winner late in the second period came four seconds after a Flames’ penalty expired and then David Pastrnak sealed it with an empty-netter. They then got a couple of 5-on-5 goals late to eke out a 3-1 win over Buffalo in a game the Sabres outplayed them for most of the first 40 minutes. Finally, in the 5-2 win over a hapless Vancouver team, they created more chances but still scored just one 5-on-5 goal.
“That’s part of the deal, right?” he said. “You wan to have that respect from teams and then ultimately we’re going to get teams’ best every night and they’re going to defend as hard as they can against us knowing that we have a lot of firepower and a lot of depth throughout our lineup. But that’s no excuse and we’re going to have to find ways to improve, because if our scoring continues to dry up, we can’t rely on our goaltending to make these saves and play as well as they have. We want to be a team that consistently scores no matter what the situation is.”
Swayman eyes return
“I was on the train back to Boston from New York the next day (after the injury) and he texted me for my address. He said ‘My wife made you a ton of food and she’s going to drop it off,’” said Swayman. “And I couldn’t believe it. There was this huge bag of a gallon and a half of homemade chicken soup, 30 turkey meatballs and bunch of peppers and cookies and stuff. It brought me to tears almost. It was really amazing. The character he has, that’s something I’m going to always remember and definitely pass it along my whole career because that’s something I’ll never forget.” . . .
Derek Forbort, recovering from surgery on a broken finger he also suffered in that Nov. 1 game, skated before practice but Montgomery said he’s still a long way from playing. . . .
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New Hampshire quarterback Max Brosmer takes the field with his Wildcat teammates prior to last month’s game against Elon at Wildcat Stadium in Durham. Brosmer and the Wildcats have a lot on the line with this weekend’s game at Maine.
State of Sports: Multiple possibilities for UNH
There’s a lot to unpack when it comes to Saturday’s Colonial Athletic Association football game between the University of Maine and the University of New Hampshire that will be played in frosty Orono, Maine.
You’ll hear a lot about the Brice-Cowell Musket this week, which symbolizes supremacy in the annual border war between these programs. The musket is currently in Maine’s possession, since the Black Bears came to Durham and earned a 33-20 victory at this time last season.
Wins haven’t come easy for the Black Bears this year. They’re 2-8 overall and 2-5 in the CAA entering this game, so, as they say, this is their Super Bowl.
“I feel fortunate, and I think our players do and everyone here, to be a part of a rivalry, trophy game,” Maine coach Jordan Stevens said. “When you look around at the landscape of college football, to be part of a rivalry is a grateful position to be in. Within that, playing for the musket is a huge motivation for our program. It’s something that I always believed as a player (at Maine) and as a coach here, as an assistant and now in this position, it’s something that we want to make a big deal of. We make it important for our players.
“With that all being said it comes down to the preparation. The focus is on getting ready for New Hampshire, which is probably one of the best teams we’ve faced all year. They’re a complete team on each side of the ball and on special teams.
“With this rivalry, no matter how the season’s going, you have something to play for. … I’m anticipating a great environment on Saturday.”
UNH (7-3, 6-1) would like nothing more than to regain control of the musket because a lot would come with it.
For starters, UNH is one of three teams still vying for the CAA championship. UNH, William & Mary (9-1, 6-1) and Richmond (8-2, 6-1) all have the same record within the conference. William & Mary plays at Richmond on Saturday.
The CAA champion will receive an automatic berth to the FCS playoffs, which begin Nov. 26.
Here are the CAA tiebreakers that could come into play:
• If UNH and Richmond finish tied for first at 7-1, Richmond would receive the automatic bid because it beat UNH during the regular season.
• If UNH and William & Mary finish tied for first at 7-1, the head-to-head result wouldn’t break the tie because the Wildcats and Tribe did not meet during the regular season. It would come down to point differential in conference games (the CAA has a 21-point per game maximum differential). Entering Saturday’s action William & Mary is plus-67 and UNH is plus-61. If the point differential is the same the tie would be broken by each team’s ranking in points scored and points allowed in conference games. So if UNH finished fifth in points scored and third in points allowed it would have a ranking of 8. That would then be compared to William & Mary’s ranking.
UNH coach Rick Santos gave the following answer when he was asked what the message to his team was this week:
“Stay in the moment. Prepare like we have all year. As the games go along and they seem to have more importance it’s easy to get ahead of yourself. It’s easy to start thinking about things that are out of our control. You have to prepare the right way.”
Of course UNH is hoping it has to figure out one of those tiebreakers because that would mean the Wildcats prevailed at Maine. Even if UNH doesn’t earn the automatic FCS postseason berth, an 8-3 record should be good enough to get the Wildcats into the 24-team playoff field.
If UNH loses at Maine and finishes 7-4, it might be time to start looking ahead to next season.
Santos said Maine’s 2-8 record isn’t indicative of how good a team Maine is. That sounds like obligatory coach speak, but it may also be true. Two of Maine’s losses came against FBS opponents (Boston College and New Mexico), and the Black Bears lost five other games by no more than seven points. Four of those losses were by four points or less.
“Been part of this rivalry when we were No. 1 in the country and they took us to overtime and been part of this rivalry when both teams had playoff implications on the line,” Santos said. “It’s going to be a battle. It’s going to be contested. It’s going to be chippy. There’s no love lost here and we know that.
“For us we need to find a way to put a spirited effort together and get a win in one of the toughest environments to play in the country.”
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Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona watches batting practice before the start of game three of the ALDS against the New York Yankees.
Francona named AL Manager of the Year for the third time
By Paul Hoynes cleveland.com (TNS)
CLEVELAND — In an unexpected season for the Cleveland Guardians, Terry Francona might have been the only thing that was expected.
With that in mind, it is not that big of a surprise that Francona was voted American League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America for the third time in his 10 years as Guardians manager.
“This is a huge honor,” said Francona, on MLB TV. “But this should be viewed as an organizational award.”
He also won the award in 2013 and 2016.
In 2013 Cleveland made the AL wild card with 92 wins after losing 94 games the year before, which led to the firing of Manny Acta.
This time around Francona did it with a roster straight out of day care. It was the youngest in the big leagues at the start of the season and held the title to the final out. Seventeen rookies made their big-league debuts.
Cleveland, which endured an MLB-high 11 doubleheaders because of bad weather and COVID, took control of the Central down the stretch. Not only did they win 24 of their last 34 regular season games, they eliminated their nearest competition in the process.
Francona won the award with 112 points. He received 17 first place votes and nine second place votes. Hyde finished second with 79 points (nine first place votes, nine second place votes and seven third place votes). Servais finished third with 41 points (one first place vote, eight second places votes and 14 third place votes).
Francona is the ninth manager to win the award three or more times from the BBWAA. Hall of Famers Bobby Box and Tony La Russa lead the way with four wins each.
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Our second anniversary is approaching, but she has been interacting with other men. She takes her daughter with another man on play-dates along with his daughter, and goes to the park with another man for three hours. (He was a single dad having a BBQ.)
The third one is a guy she goes with to the park, splash pads, public swimming pool and a water-slide park. They text each other often. One guy is a married stay-at-home dad. He has cheated on his wife before.
Am I wrong to think this is unacceptable for a married woman?
Any advice would be absolutely appreciated.
DEAR BEWILDERED: It’s time for joint counseling, with a new therapist for you and your wife. I can’t think of a better way to drive her away than continuing to obsess about what she “may” be doing on these outings.
It is hard to envision her carrying on flagrantly with a child in tow; the activities you describe seem distinctly family-oriented to me.
I feel like I’m being cheated on, as silly as that sounds. I’m struggling with my body image because of this. I feel like I’m never going to be adequate enough for him to focus on our sex life.
How do I compete with porn?
If he’s in love with you and willing to work on the problem, there are resources available to him. (Twelve-step programs come immediately to mind.)
If he isn’t, however, accept that this has NOTHING to do with your level of attractiveness, and move on.
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Dear Abby: Husband feels powerless amid marriage struggles | Human Interest | unionleader.com
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I WENT to a play on Broadway this week, a matinee, and was impressed by the usher in our aisle downstairs who was elaborately kind to everyone, managing a stream of elderly customers confused by row numbers, pointing them to seats while maintaining pleasant small talk, reminding them to turn off their phones, directing them to washrooms (downstairs) or to the counter that offers hearing devices, handing out programs — his competence was stunning and dramatic — and he did it against the clock and never was caustic though he had a right to be, dealing with the dither.
The rest of the crowd was working hard to appreciate the play because, though dull, it was rather dark and so people around me watched intensely as if this were Drama 101 and afterward we’d divide up into discussion groups and they wanted to think up intelligent things to say about the threat of fascism in our own time, and not just “I didn’t care for it” but I felt no need to be the smartest person in the audience, failure holds no fear for me, I’ve been there repeatedly, so I checked out of the play and thought about Mozart.
The night before the play, I’d gone to a concert with a Mozart violin concerto in it and found it astounding, the lightness and gaiety, the brilliance of the playing, the sheer beauty Mozart put in the hands of the soloist, and all this in the 18th century when a cruel aristocracy sat on thrones, abysmal poverty was the rule, men were hanged for thievery, and people perished miserably from the ignorance of infection and antiseptics.
Mozart was sick for a great deal of his life, suffering smallpox, pneumonia, rheumatism, typhoid fever, his wife Constanze agonizing over him, and died at 35 but it was his gift to create beauty and to entertain. People are still laughing at the jokes in The Marriage of Figaro. The violin concerto I heard was joyful and the violinist made it clear that he loved it too. He was finding expressive freedom within a strict form, the best of the 18th century brought to the 21st.
The play ended and the audience gave it a standing ovation of course and I put on my coat. The usher stood by the door, thanking people for coming, wishing them a pleasant day, and also pointing out a treacherous step and preventing them from falling and crashing headfirst into the brick wall and suffering a hematoma and winding up in the ER with drunks and lunatics. I don’t remember much of the play but I remember his kindness. I wonder if he’s maybe an unemployed actor who’s thrown himself into the ushering role and found his true calling.
Mozart had a right to share his suffering with us by writing music that makes us sick but instead he was an usher, directing us into a joyful realm of playfulness in which we become happier than we had intended to be. And he gave that violinist the chance to be so brilliant, we brought him back for three bows. Then we got a cab and resumed the struggle. I went home and worked on my stand-up act for New Jersey Saturday night and did 90 minutes and everyone left happy. Me, too.
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Garrison Keillor: What Mozart did for me last week. Thanks, Amadeus | Columnists | unionleader.com
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Once “America’s mayor” for his fine efforts in New York City, including post-911 confusion and distress, Giuliani has soiled his name and abandoned his political principles in the name of Donald Trump’s election lies.
Giuliani is now little more than a political punchline. His groundless claims have been rejected repeatedly by the nation’s courts. They also contributed to the post-election mob violence that threatened Mike Pence and senators and congressmen at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His law license has been suspended.
It is fine and noble to offer space for sharp differences of opinion on all manner of things political. But politics is debased and abused by the dangerous nonsense promoted by Giuliani.
Institute of Politics Director Neil Levesque put it well.
“We chose not to provide a platform for an individual who has actively worked to undermine the integrity of our elections.”
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2022-11-16T06:55:01Z
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Go away, Rudy: IOP’s correct call | Editorials | unionleader.com
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To the Editor: With the midterms in the rear view mirror, the “Oh my God, I can’t believe they voted for that candidate!” and the “Ha, ha, I told you so!” comments are flooding the media.
People on the far right and far left continue to believe that they are the prescient ones concerning 2024 now. Those on the right are saying Gov. Ron DeSantis is the new leader of the GOP and can’t lose in 2024. Those on the left are saying that California Gov. Gavin Newsom is the obvious choice for the Democrats and can’t lose in 2024. Well, it wasn’t so long ago, way back in 2015, that Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, with his $100-million war chest and number 1 choice of most Republicans, was to be the slam-dunk winning candidate. And back in 2004, John Kerry, the number one choice of Democrats with his military resume, dashing good looks and billion dollar personal fortune was the slam-dunk winning candidate.
Hillary Clinton was up 8% on election eve and a shoo-in to win in 2016.
How’d those all work out? The recent midterms proved to me once again that the independents — those people who either don’t have time to follow politics or just don’t care to — are the difference makers. The data consistently proves that the party that convinces the independents to vote for them wins every time. The parties ignore this at their peril!
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Letter: Winning party courts the independent voter | Letters to the Editor | unionleader.com
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By Mitchell Willetts The Charlotte Observer
Officials are warning residents in northwest Ohio to be on the lookout after tens of thousands of mink were released from a facility in Van Wert County.
There was a break-in at Lion Farms USA Mink Farm, in Hoaglin, overnight on Nov. 15, the Van Wert sheriff’s office said in a news release.
The culprits destroyed fencing at the facility and freed between 25,000 to 40,000 mink from their cages, the sheriff’s office said.
While mink are small, they are predatory animals. Such a large number suddenly released into the area could cause significant problems.
“As a result, they can be a bothersome pest for homeowners, livestock owners, and property managers,” the release said. “Minks have proven to be especially costly and problematic for poultry ranchers as well as homeowners with ornamental ponds filled with koi and other fish.”
The sheriff’s office is investigating along with several other agencies including the Ohio State Patrol.
Anyone with information about the break-in is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at 419-238-3866.
Generally, mink are farmed for their fur and slaughtered in late fall when their coats are of optimal thickness and quality, National Geographic reported.
Animal rights groups across the globe have long spoken out against mink farming, lambasting their killing and the conditions they’re kept in. However, investigators did not say whether that was the motive behind the break-in.
Mink are semi-aquatic and found most often in the wild near streams and creeks, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
They are territorial animals but also very vocal, communicating their mood to other mink by screeching, barking, hissing, as well as purring when pleased.
“The mink is prized by the trapper both for its pelt and for the great skill required to capture it,” according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. “To the wildlife enthusiast, the sight of this elusive furbearer is a thrilling surprise that must be experienced quickly, before the dynamic creature can scurry away to a place of concealment.”
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40,000 mink are running loose after someone broke into their facility, Ohio cops say | Animals | unionleader.com
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Artemis I, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the unmanned Orion spacecraft aboard blasts off from Launch Pad 39B on Nov. 16, 2022.
Jonathan Newton/Washington Post
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA took a significant step toward returning astronauts to the lunar surface early Wednesday, launching its massive Space Launch System rocket and lofting the first spacecraft designed for to fly humans to the moon since the Apollo era.
"It's a great day," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said after the launch.
The flight marked the first launch of the SLS rocket, a towering 322-foot tall beast in development for a decade, and propelled a capsule, known as Orion, through the atmosphere toward the moon as part of its Artemis program. Because the mission is a test flight - a rehearsal for future missions - no astronauts were onboard, and the spacecraft won't land on the moon. Rather, Orion is to stay in lunar orbit in a flight that is expected to last up to 25 and-a-half days and demonstrate, NASA hopes, that the rocket and spacecraft are capable of flying safely.
If all goes well, NASA plans another flight, called Artemis II, with astronauts that will orbit the moon in 2024. A lunar landing is scheduled for 2025 but many think it will be later. To get astronauts to the surface, NASA intends to use a separate spacecraft being developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
While a lunar landing may still be years away, the successful launch of Artemis I marked a significant milestone for the space agency. NASA has not sent an astronaut beyond low Earth orbit since the last of the Apollo missions, in 1972, when astronaut Eugene Cernan vowed "we shall return" in a short speech before he climbed back into the lunar module for the return trip to Earth.
In the 50 years since, NASA's on-and-off attempts to fulfill that pledge have been unsuccessful, and its human spaceflight missions have been confined to the neighborhood just outside of Earth's atmosphere, where the International Space Station flies, just 240 miles up.
While various presidential administrations over the years have directed NASA to varying targets - the moon, then Mars and an asteroid - NASA has been able to maintain real momentum only with its Artemis program, an attempt to create a permanent presence on and around the moon that started during the Trump administration and was embraced by President Biden.
The flight comes as China is also looking to land crews on the moon and is building its own space station in Earth's orbit. Both China and the United States are aiming for the moon's south pole, where there is water in the form of ice in the permanently shadowed craters.
NASA has struggled for years to get its SLS rocket off the ground, and briefly during the countdown to Wednesday's launch there was concern about another setback when NASA detected a leak of liquid hydrogen, the same kind of malfunction that had scuttled two previous launch attempts. But NASA dispatched a pair of engineers, along with a safety officer, to the launch pad to tighten some bolts, which successfully stopped the leak, allowing the allowing the countdown to continue.
After the launch, Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, the Artemis I launch director congratulated her team. "You have earned your place in this room," she told them. "You have earned this moment. You have earned your place in history. You are part of a first. It doesn't come along very often. The first step in returning our country to the moon and on to Mars. What you have done today will inspire generations to come. So thank you. Thank you for your resilience."
Born from a compromise with Congress in 2010, the SLS rocket has been in development for years and suffered so many technical delays and management challenges that some wondered if it would ever fly. It had been derided by critics as the Senate Launch System for doing more to provide jobs in key congressional districts than explore outer space, and has been the subject of a series of scathing reports by government watchdogs who criticized NASA's poor management and the lackluster performance of Boeing, the rocket's prime contractor.
In recent years, however, NASA and Boeing made a concerted effort to get the program back on track, and the launch Wednesday was a major milestone - and a relief for NASA's leadership. The liftoff sent a deafening roar across Florida as it climbed higher and higher. A couple minutes after liftoff, its side-mounted solid rocket boosters eparated. Then the core stage fell away. Then the rocket's second stage fired its engines for nearly 18 minutes, putting Orion on course for the moon.
Bob Cabana, NASA's associate administrator and a former astronaut, stressed earlier this year that the mission was a test flight designed to ferret out problems before NASA puts humans on board. The mission could encounter some challenges, he said, "that can cause us to come home early, and that's okay. We have contingencies in place."
One of the biggest challenges will be testing Orion's heat shield. As it returns from the moon it will be traveling 24,500 m.p.h., or Mach 32, and generate temperatures, a NASA official said, that will reach "half as high as the sun."
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NASA begins U.S. return to the moon as its huge SLS rocket finally flies | Back Page | unionleader.com
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By Emily Rauhala The Washington Post
BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that there is no evidence that the explosion in Poland Tuesday was caused by a deliberate Russian attack.
The remark, made following a meeting of NATO ambassadors in Brussels, came after Western leaders urged calm and tried to curtail speculation about the risk of direct hostilities between Russia and NATO.
"This is not Ukraine's fault, Russia bears the ultimate responsibility," Stoltenberg said at a press conference at the alliance's Brussels headquarters. He said the blast was most likely due to a Ukrainian antiaircraft missile defending against a Russian cruise missile.
At the Group of 20 summit in Indonesia, President Biden met with top U.S. allies to discuss what happened. Emerging from the meeting, Biden said that there was "plenty of evidence," including from its trajectory, to suggest that the missile was not fired from Russia, which for its part has denied responsibility.
The mere possibility of a hit on a NATO member state reverberated quickly around the world, underscoring fears that the conflict could spread beyond Ukraine's borders.
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NATO: No evidence that Poland explosion was deliberate Russian attack | Military | unionleader.com
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The Mormon Church said Tuesday that it supported federal legislation seeking to protect same-sex marriage rights, but it cautioned that the church's doctrine stating marriage should be between a man and a woman remained unchanged.
The church said it believes the Respect for Marriage Act is "the way forward." The bill would require same-sex and interracial marriages to be recognized across the United States as long as the marriage was valid in the state in which it was performed. It faces a procedural vote in the Senate on Wednesday.
A bipartisan group of senators announced Monday an amendment to the bill protecting religious liberties, including a provision confirming that religious organizations would retain the right to deny "services, facilities or goods" for weddings if they so choose.
The church said it was "grateful for the continuing efforts" to ensure that the legislation included such provisions "while respecting the law and preserving the rights of our LGBTQ brothers and sisters."
It added: "As we work together to preserve the principles and practices of religious freedom together with the rights of LGBTQ individuals, much can be accomplished to heal relationships and foster greater understanding."
The statement follows other shifts from the church in recent years, including support for state anti-discrimination legislation and a 2019 reversal of its policy not to baptize the children of LGBTQ parents. In 2015, when the policy sparked uproar among LGBTQ Mormons, the church said "our concern with respect to children is their current and future well-being and the harmony of their home environment."
In 2008, the church also backed Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California. It told California Mormons at the time: "We ask that you do all you can to support the proposed constitutional amendment by donating of your means and time to assure that marriage in California is legally defined as being between a man and a woman. Our best efforts are required to preserve the sacred institution of marriage."
Taylor Petrey, a religion professor at Kalamazoo College in Michigan, said the church's "shift to supporting same-sex marriage as a legal matter is a reversal of decades of official policy and teaching, though it reflects the direction that the general membership of the church has been trending over the past decade."
The church says on its website that, while the law may evolve, any such changes "do not, indeed cannot, change the moral law that God has established." It also says that "consistent with our fundamental beliefs, Church officers will not employ their ecclesiastical authority to perform marriages between two people of the same sex, and the Church does not permit its meetinghouses or other properties to be used for ceremonies, receptions, or other activities associated with same-sex marriages."
The Washington Post's Michelle Boorstein contributed to this report.
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Mormon Church voices support for U.S. same-sex marriage bill | National | unionleader.com
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Cans of Budweiser brand beer move down a conveyor belt at the Anheuser-Busch Budweiser bottling facility in St. Louis on July 8, 2021.
By Neil Callanan and Priscila Azevedo Rocha Bloomberg
Anheuser-Busch InBev will spend as much as $3.5 billion buying back dollar and pound denominated notes through Dec. 14. The Belgian brewer of Budweiser and Stella Artois has been trying to reduce its debt since it took on a loan to fund its acquisition of SAB Miller in 2016. Its net debt stood at $76 billion as of the end of June.
Companies in Europe are trying to reduce their debt burdens as borrowing costs soar. German real estate company Vonovia this week offered €1.5 billion ($1.56 billion) in social and green bonds to repay existing indebtedness, while pharma firm GlaxoSmithKline Capital also undertook a tender offer, stating its goal as managing its balance sheet.
Today's offering is the latest in a series of steps the brewer has taken, including the listing of Budweiser Brewing Company APAC Ltd. in Hong Kong and the sale of Budweiser Brewing's Australian unit to Japan's Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.
AB Inbev's £900 million bond due in 2037 rose 3.3 pence to 81.75 at 2:21 p.m. in London. Trading in the firm's bonds surged ahead of the debt tender. At one stage on Tuesday, the volume in New York was more than three times the average for that time of day.
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Budweiser maker is buying back $3.5 billion bonds to cut huge debt pile | Business | unionleader.com
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