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Does The NRL Want To Expand, Or Does It Just Want To Have More Teams? | MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 30: Brandon Smith of the Storm celebrates with team mates after ... [+] scoring a try during the round eight NRL match between the Melbourne Storm and the Cronulla Sharks at AAMI Park on April 30, 2021, in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) Getty Images The size of the National Rugby League (NRL) is something that never seems to be off the agenda. While I am the #NRLOutsider, its hardly an issue that Im unaware of, because its also never really off the agenda in the UK either, where we expand and contract like an accordion. The NRL, however, seems to have a slightly different problem: it expands, but it doesnt get bigger. Since Melbourne Storm joined the competition in 1998, it hasnt made any concerted effort to actually increase the footprint of the sport, and given that league supremo Peter VLandys seems principally concerned with adding another team in Brisbane, it doesnt seem likely that anything is going to change soon in that regard. VLandys confirmed in February that a second Brisbane team would be added to the competition in the very near future, and was bullish about the prospects of putting another outfit to catch the increasing population of South East Queensland. Given that there is already a huge NRL team in the Brisbane area, plus another one down the road on the Gold Coast, this doesnt seem to make much sense. The best option, looking at the existing proposals, is that the successful bid is the one from the Ipswich Jets, who could feasibly host an NRL team that doesnt tread on the Broncos, and could grow in tune with the population, which is slated to double from 200,000 to 400,000 in the next decade or so. That would take the NRL to 17 teams, and open the door for an 18th to even up the numbers. At this stage, that team might be in Perth, the South Island of New Zealand, Wellington, Adelaide, the Central Coast of New South Wales, Papua New Guinea, Fiji or somewhere else in Queensland. All is contingent on the 2022 TV deal, which could potentially fund any expansion. The frontrunners, according to some in the media, would be the Central Coast Bears, or as you might remember them, the North Sydney Bears. While that would be delightful for those of us with a passion for old suburban grounds and nice retro jerseys, Im not sure that it is the message that rugby league wants to send the world. The Central Coasts argument appears to be based on their prior success in producing players and the fast population growth in the region, which has accelerated since the COVID-19 pandemic as people leave Sydney. The issue there would be two-fold: one, their juniors, such as Melbournes Nicho Hynes and Newcastle Knights Saifiti brothers, Daniel and Jacob, are already playing in the NRL for other teams, so the lack of a local options clearly isnt holding anyone back; and two, literally everyone moving from Sydney has already heard of rugby league, and probably has a team that they follow. Thats not expanding, its just having more teams. The real argument would be for trying to grow the game in a way that hasnt been attempted since the 1990s. Expansion, that is to say, real expansion, costs a lot of money and takes time and effort. Someone has to be willing to lose money in the short term to gain it back in the long or very long term. Ultimately, only a governing body is likely to take that challenge on. WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA - MAY 02: Zac Cini of the Tigers is tackled during the round eight NRL match ... [+] between the St George Illawarra Dragons and the Wests Tigers at WIN Stadium, on May 02, 2021, in Wollongong, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images) Getty Images Deepening the NRL talent pool As far as arguments against expansion go, they tend to line up around two positions. One is that the talent pool isnt deep enough, the other is that it would cost too much money for too little gain. The first is palpably nonsense: if the league expanded to 18 teams, or even 20, they could certainly source more players. I watch plenty of second grade NSW Cup and even third grade Ron Massey Cup, and when NRL players get dropped and have to play at that level, they dont suddenly start to look like superstars: if anything, the players who truly stand out are the youngsters chomping at the bit to get a change at first grade. In England, where there has been a multi-divisional system for decades, they regularly source players from lower leagues and give them a go to see if theyre good enough. Given that the Aussie dollar exchange rate with the British pound is now $1.60 (it was once close to $3), the best Super League SLGG talent would be far more incentivised to come over than they currently are. You also have two teams of Melanesians, the Kaiviti Silktails and the PNG Hunters, running around in lower grades waiting for a chance to be signed to the NRL, plus potential to add pathways from Tonga, Samoa and other Pacific nations. If anything, the problem with player development in the NRL is that there are too many players in pathways that cant find a gig at the top level, with first grade standard players stuck in second grade waiting for an opportunity. A secondary line of argument is that an expanded competition would lead to lop-sided results between the established powers and the new teams. Leaving aside that this years competition has already cleaved itself into the top five and everyone else, that is more of an issue of allocating better players around the league. Last time I checked, the salary cap is designed to do exactly that, and given a few years and proper enforcement, would. How the NRL can invite investment via expansion Lets run a thought experiment in which, instead of increasing the salary cap by $2m AUD across each team, you take that cash and put it into four new central distribution pots for new clubs to offer around the league, topped up by owners franchise fees. If you dont believe players wouldnt move to new markets, let me remind you that David Fifita turned down the Broncos to go to the Gold Coast and is currently killing it. You might not, at first, convince the top earners to move, but youd get the fourth and fifth. The Rugby League Players Association (RLPA) might object, but realistically, the NRL has never been in a stronger position to negotiate with them given the weakness of rugby union, the traditional destination for disgruntled league players, the poor financial state of the Super League and the unlikelihood, on the back of a season with a long stoppage, that they would resort to a strike. The financial benefits of an increased media footprint are obvious. If you add teams in Perth and New Zealand, you gain two extra time slots for valuable content, with the potential for a lucrative third match on a Sunday afternoon or evening. You gain new audiences, new media markets and the chance to market to new people that you dont get by, as the phrase has it, fishing where the fish are. Currently, nobody in Western Australia has any vested interest in the NRL and the ground is totally ceded to the Australian Football League (AFL) and, criminally, rugby union. In New Zealand, you have a chance to make an indent into rugby union at a time when their national game is moving further and further away from ordinary Kiwis. Of course, this is easy to say and harder to do. But Peter VLandys has shown a willingness to take on big tasks before, and is in the unusual position in rugby league of having the political power to take on a big project. He even might even have the cash, if the TV deal goes well. After that, its all about will. The NRL Outsider drops every week. To read it first, subscribe for free above by clicking in the top right-hand corner of your screen. You can also follow my work on Twitter at @MikeMeehallWood. | The National Rugby League (NRL) seems to have a slightly different problem: it expands, but doesn't get bigger. | pegasus | 0 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemeehallwood/2021/05/04/does-the-nrl-want-to-expand-or-does-it-just-want-to-have-more-teams/ | 0.208321 |
Does The NRL Want To Expand, Or Does It Just Want To Have More Teams? | MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 30: Brandon Smith of the Storm celebrates with team mates after ... [+] scoring a try during the round eight NRL match between the Melbourne Storm and the Cronulla Sharks at AAMI Park on April 30, 2021, in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) Getty Images The size of the National Rugby League (NRL) is something that never seems to be off the agenda. While I am the #NRLOutsider, its hardly an issue that Im unaware of, because its also never really off the agenda in the UK either, where we expand and contract like an accordion. The NRL, however, seems to have a slightly different problem: it expands, but it doesnt get bigger. Since Melbourne Storm joined the competition in 1998, it hasnt made any concerted effort to actually increase the footprint of the sport, and given that league supremo Peter VLandys seems principally concerned with adding another team in Brisbane, it doesnt seem likely that anything is going to change soon in that regard. VLandys confirmed in February that a second Brisbane team would be added to the competition in the very near future, and was bullish about the prospects of putting another outfit to catch the increasing population of South East Queensland. Given that there is already a huge NRL team in the Brisbane area, plus another one down the road on the Gold Coast, this doesnt seem to make much sense. The best option, looking at the existing proposals, is that the successful bid is the one from the Ipswich Jets, who could feasibly host an NRL team that doesnt tread on the Broncos, and could grow in tune with the population, which is slated to double from 200,000 to 400,000 in the next decade or so. That would take the NRL to 17 teams, and open the door for an 18th to even up the numbers. At this stage, that team might be in Perth, the South Island of New Zealand, Wellington, Adelaide, the Central Coast of New South Wales, Papua New Guinea, Fiji or somewhere else in Queensland. All is contingent on the 2022 TV deal, which could potentially fund any expansion. The frontrunners, according to some in the media, would be the Central Coast Bears, or as you might remember them, the North Sydney Bears. While that would be delightful for those of us with a passion for old suburban grounds and nice retro jerseys, Im not sure that it is the message that rugby league wants to send the world. The Central Coasts argument appears to be based on their prior success in producing players and the fast population growth in the region, which has accelerated since the COVID-19 pandemic as people leave Sydney. The issue there would be two-fold: one, their juniors, such as Melbournes Nicho Hynes and Newcastle Knights Saifiti brothers, Daniel and Jacob, are already playing in the NRL for other teams, so the lack of a local options clearly isnt holding anyone back; and two, literally everyone moving from Sydney has already heard of rugby league, and probably has a team that they follow. Thats not expanding, its just having more teams. The real argument would be for trying to grow the game in a way that hasnt been attempted since the 1990s. Expansion, that is to say, real expansion, costs a lot of money and takes time and effort. Someone has to be willing to lose money in the short term to gain it back in the long or very long term. Ultimately, only a governing body is likely to take that challenge on. WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA - MAY 02: Zac Cini of the Tigers is tackled during the round eight NRL match ... [+] between the St George Illawarra Dragons and the Wests Tigers at WIN Stadium, on May 02, 2021, in Wollongong, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images) Getty Images Deepening the NRL talent pool As far as arguments against expansion go, they tend to line up around two positions. One is that the talent pool isnt deep enough, the other is that it would cost too much money for too little gain. The first is palpably nonsense: if the league expanded to 18 teams, or even 20, they could certainly source more players. I watch plenty of second grade NSW Cup and even third grade Ron Massey Cup, and when NRL players get dropped and have to play at that level, they dont suddenly start to look like superstars: if anything, the players who truly stand out are the youngsters chomping at the bit to get a change at first grade. In England, where there has been a multi-divisional system for decades, they regularly source players from lower leagues and give them a go to see if theyre good enough. Given that the Aussie dollar exchange rate with the British pound is now $1.60 (it was once close to $3), the best Super League SLGG talent would be far more incentivised to come over than they currently are. You also have two teams of Melanesians, the Kaiviti Silktails and the PNG Hunters, running around in lower grades waiting for a chance to be signed to the NRL, plus potential to add pathways from Tonga, Samoa and other Pacific nations. If anything, the problem with player development in the NRL is that there are too many players in pathways that cant find a gig at the top level, with first grade standard players stuck in second grade waiting for an opportunity. A secondary line of argument is that an expanded competition would lead to lop-sided results between the established powers and the new teams. Leaving aside that this years competition has already cleaved itself into the top five and everyone else, that is more of an issue of allocating better players around the league. Last time I checked, the salary cap is designed to do exactly that, and given a few years and proper enforcement, would. How the NRL can invite investment via expansion Lets run a thought experiment in which, instead of increasing the salary cap by $2m AUD across each team, you take that cash and put it into four new central distribution pots for new clubs to offer around the league, topped up by owners franchise fees. If you dont believe players wouldnt move to new markets, let me remind you that David Fifita turned down the Broncos to go to the Gold Coast and is currently killing it. You might not, at first, convince the top earners to move, but youd get the fourth and fifth. The Rugby League Players Association (RLPA) might object, but realistically, the NRL has never been in a stronger position to negotiate with them given the weakness of rugby union, the traditional destination for disgruntled league players, the poor financial state of the Super League and the unlikelihood, on the back of a season with a long stoppage, that they would resort to a strike. The financial benefits of an increased media footprint are obvious. If you add teams in Perth and New Zealand, you gain two extra time slots for valuable content, with the potential for a lucrative third match on a Sunday afternoon or evening. You gain new audiences, new media markets and the chance to market to new people that you dont get by, as the phrase has it, fishing where the fish are. Currently, nobody in Western Australia has any vested interest in the NRL and the ground is totally ceded to the Australian Football League (AFL) and, criminally, rugby union. In New Zealand, you have a chance to make an indent into rugby union at a time when their national game is moving further and further away from ordinary Kiwis. Of course, this is easy to say and harder to do. But Peter VLandys has shown a willingness to take on big tasks before, and is in the unusual position in rugby league of having the political power to take on a big project. He even might even have the cash, if the TV deal goes well. After that, its all about will. The NRL Outsider drops every week. To read it first, subscribe for free above by clicking in the top right-hand corner of your screen. You can also follow my work on Twitter at @MikeMeehallWood. | The National Rugby League (NRL) seems to have a slightly different problem: it expands, but doesn't get bigger. Since Melbourne Storm joined the competition in 1998, it hasn't made any concerted effort to actually increase the footprint of the sport. | pegasus | 1 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemeehallwood/2021/05/04/does-the-nrl-want-to-expand-or-does-it-just-want-to-have-more-teams/ | 0.314933 |
Can California reach herd immunity before the rest of the country? | At the start of the vaccine rollout in December, experts including COVID-19 czar Dr. Anthony Fauci said the United States would see an end to the pandemic when a significant portion of the population has received a shot and the population reaches herd immunity. Now, some experts are saying the country may never reach herd immunity. A widely circulated story in the New York Times on Monday said more virulent variants and vaccine hesitancy are keeping the goal out of reach. But while many states across the country face surges and vaccine refusal, California is in a good spot with the lowest-case rate in the country and a population that mostly wants the vaccine. Hard-hit Los Angeles County reported no deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, the first time in 410 days the county has not reported at least one fatality. Nobody knows for certain, but local experts are hopeful California is heading toward herd immunity or at least a point where transmission rates will be extremely low soon. "I think we will get there before the rest of the U.S.," said Dr. George Rutherford, a professor of epidemiology and the head of the division of infectious diseases and global epidemiology at the University of California, San Francisco. "I think the rest of the U.S will catch up to it, or get to a point where transmission will go way, way down." "There likely will be 'regional herd immunity' long before true 'herd immunity' on a national or global landscape," chimed in Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, a professor in the UCSF Health Division of Infectious Diseases. Herd immunity is the point where a substantial percentage of the population is immune due to vaccination or prior illness. When it is achieved, the spread of disease from person to person becomes low, and the whole community becomes protected, not only those who are immune. Nobody knows for certain what the threshold is, but Fauci and many other experts have estimated for months that anywhere from 70% to 85% of the population needs to be inoculated to reach herd immunity. Chin-Hong explained that when Bay Area communities reach this threshold, many local restrictions will continue to let up and "enable us to aspire to that life we had before 2020." But while life will become more normal for vaccinated people as activities open up, he said that true herd immunity "will be elusive for several years." This is due to three things: vaccine hesitancy, the continued creation of virus variants, and most of all, the lack of current global vaccine equity. "Until most of us in all countries can be immunized, there will be too much circulating virus to enable us to party like it is 2019," said Chin-Hong, referring to the spread of the virus and variants through global travel. "Until then, it will be playing a game of catch up." While California may have experienced a steep decline in cases, hospitalizations and deaths, nearby states including Washington and Oregon are seeing surges among younger residents. Meanwhile, across the Pacific, India's healthcare systems are overwhelmed and there's a shortage of medical oxygen. The country saw its deadliest day of the pandemic yet on May 2, with 3,689 fatalities. In India, less than 2% of adults have been fully vaccinated. In the United States, vaccinations are offering hope: 44% of the population has received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, and more than 31% are fully vaccinated, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the San Francisco Bay Area, these numbers are even higher. In Marin County, 83% of the population age 16 and over has received at least one dose and 62% have completed a series. San Francisco has seen 72% of adults receive at least one shot, while 49% are fully vaccinated. In Santa Clara, 70% have started a vaccine series, and 43% have completed vaccination. Dr. Monica Gandhi, a professor of medicine at UCSF, said she thinks California and the Bay Area could get to herd immunity sooner than "we think" and puts the herd immunity threshold at 65% to 70%. "This is because you just have to look up on the world stage to look at places that have higher vaccination rates than we have and are opening up to more mingling and see where their cases and hospitalization rates fall with increasing vaccination rates," said Gandhi, pointing to a table with data from yesterday from Israel, the UK and the United States. "At a 62% first dose vaccination rate, Israel has 74 cases today out of more than 9 million people which is a rate of less than 1 per 100,000. In California today, we have 1,512 infections, and in San Francisco we have 17 infections despite ongoing testing and opening up more. We have low rates of deaths from COVID-19 with 0 deaths recorded in L.A. County. All of this is suggestive that we will get to herd immunity with increasing vaccination rates." US Department of Health & Human Services About 30% of Americans on average are reluctant to get vaccinated, but the number is lower in California, with an estimated 10% to 15% of Golden State residents vaccine hesitant, according to data from the U.S. Health and Human Services Department. Studies have shown that people who identify as Republican are less likely to get vaccinated than Democrats, and vaccine hesitancy in California is generally higher in red counties, according to the department. Rutherford is hopeful that people who refused the vaccine at first will change their minds. "As it starts to ratchet up about what you can and cant do if youre vaccinated and not vaccinated, I think that will spur people to get vaccinated," he said. "As a vaccination is required to do things such as flying and going to the office, this idea that 'I just dont think I want to' or 'I just want to wait awhile' thats going to disappear." Teenagers are another piece of the puzzle for achieving herd immunity. While transmission of the virus is low among young children who are unlikely to have access to vaccines until 2020, teenagers spread the virus like adults and vaccinating them is crucial, experts say. Vaccinations for that age group are coming soon as the Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize the Pfizer shot for those age 12 to 15 by early next week, according to The New York Times. "I think we could see something very close to herd immunity in California this summer if adolescents get vaccines," Rutherford said. "The Bay Area could see herd immunity before California." | Some experts say the U.S. may never reach herd immunity. California has the lowest-case rate in the country. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/2021-05-herd-immunity-California-Bay-Area-16148134.php | 0.155749 |
Can California reach herd immunity before the rest of the country? | At the start of the vaccine rollout in December, experts including COVID-19 czar Dr. Anthony Fauci said the United States would see an end to the pandemic when a significant portion of the population has received a shot and the population reaches herd immunity. Now, some experts are saying the country may never reach herd immunity. A widely circulated story in the New York Times on Monday said more virulent variants and vaccine hesitancy are keeping the goal out of reach. But while many states across the country face surges and vaccine refusal, California is in a good spot with the lowest-case rate in the country and a population that mostly wants the vaccine. Hard-hit Los Angeles County reported no deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, the first time in 410 days the county has not reported at least one fatality. Nobody knows for certain, but local experts are hopeful California is heading toward herd immunity or at least a point where transmission rates will be extremely low soon. "I think we will get there before the rest of the U.S.," said Dr. George Rutherford, a professor of epidemiology and the head of the division of infectious diseases and global epidemiology at the University of California, San Francisco. "I think the rest of the U.S will catch up to it, or get to a point where transmission will go way, way down." "There likely will be 'regional herd immunity' long before true 'herd immunity' on a national or global landscape," chimed in Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, a professor in the UCSF Health Division of Infectious Diseases. Herd immunity is the point where a substantial percentage of the population is immune due to vaccination or prior illness. When it is achieved, the spread of disease from person to person becomes low, and the whole community becomes protected, not only those who are immune. Nobody knows for certain what the threshold is, but Fauci and many other experts have estimated for months that anywhere from 70% to 85% of the population needs to be inoculated to reach herd immunity. Chin-Hong explained that when Bay Area communities reach this threshold, many local restrictions will continue to let up and "enable us to aspire to that life we had before 2020." But while life will become more normal for vaccinated people as activities open up, he said that true herd immunity "will be elusive for several years." This is due to three things: vaccine hesitancy, the continued creation of virus variants, and most of all, the lack of current global vaccine equity. "Until most of us in all countries can be immunized, there will be too much circulating virus to enable us to party like it is 2019," said Chin-Hong, referring to the spread of the virus and variants through global travel. "Until then, it will be playing a game of catch up." While California may have experienced a steep decline in cases, hospitalizations and deaths, nearby states including Washington and Oregon are seeing surges among younger residents. Meanwhile, across the Pacific, India's healthcare systems are overwhelmed and there's a shortage of medical oxygen. The country saw its deadliest day of the pandemic yet on May 2, with 3,689 fatalities. In India, less than 2% of adults have been fully vaccinated. In the United States, vaccinations are offering hope: 44% of the population has received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, and more than 31% are fully vaccinated, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the San Francisco Bay Area, these numbers are even higher. In Marin County, 83% of the population age 16 and over has received at least one dose and 62% have completed a series. San Francisco has seen 72% of adults receive at least one shot, while 49% are fully vaccinated. In Santa Clara, 70% have started a vaccine series, and 43% have completed vaccination. Dr. Monica Gandhi, a professor of medicine at UCSF, said she thinks California and the Bay Area could get to herd immunity sooner than "we think" and puts the herd immunity threshold at 65% to 70%. "This is because you just have to look up on the world stage to look at places that have higher vaccination rates than we have and are opening up to more mingling and see where their cases and hospitalization rates fall with increasing vaccination rates," said Gandhi, pointing to a table with data from yesterday from Israel, the UK and the United States. "At a 62% first dose vaccination rate, Israel has 74 cases today out of more than 9 million people which is a rate of less than 1 per 100,000. In California today, we have 1,512 infections, and in San Francisco we have 17 infections despite ongoing testing and opening up more. We have low rates of deaths from COVID-19 with 0 deaths recorded in L.A. County. All of this is suggestive that we will get to herd immunity with increasing vaccination rates." US Department of Health & Human Services About 30% of Americans on average are reluctant to get vaccinated, but the number is lower in California, with an estimated 10% to 15% of Golden State residents vaccine hesitant, according to data from the U.S. Health and Human Services Department. Studies have shown that people who identify as Republican are less likely to get vaccinated than Democrats, and vaccine hesitancy in California is generally higher in red counties, according to the department. Rutherford is hopeful that people who refused the vaccine at first will change their minds. "As it starts to ratchet up about what you can and cant do if youre vaccinated and not vaccinated, I think that will spur people to get vaccinated," he said. "As a vaccination is required to do things such as flying and going to the office, this idea that 'I just dont think I want to' or 'I just want to wait awhile' thats going to disappear." Teenagers are another piece of the puzzle for achieving herd immunity. While transmission of the virus is low among young children who are unlikely to have access to vaccines until 2020, teenagers spread the virus like adults and vaccinating them is crucial, experts say. Vaccinations for that age group are coming soon as the Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize the Pfizer shot for those age 12 to 15 by early next week, according to The New York Times. "I think we could see something very close to herd immunity in California this summer if adolescents get vaccines," Rutherford said. "The Bay Area could see herd immunity before California." | California is in a good spot with the lowest-case rate in the country. Herd immunity is the point where a substantial percentage of the population is immune. | bart | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/2021-05-herd-immunity-California-Bay-Area-16148134.php | 0.176087 |
Can California reach herd immunity before the rest of the country? | At the start of the vaccine rollout in December, experts including COVID-19 czar Dr. Anthony Fauci said the United States would see an end to the pandemic when a significant portion of the population has received a shot and the population reaches herd immunity. Now, some experts are saying the country may never reach herd immunity. A widely circulated story in the New York Times on Monday said more virulent variants and vaccine hesitancy are keeping the goal out of reach. But while many states across the country face surges and vaccine refusal, California is in a good spot with the lowest-case rate in the country and a population that mostly wants the vaccine. Hard-hit Los Angeles County reported no deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, the first time in 410 days the county has not reported at least one fatality. Nobody knows for certain, but local experts are hopeful California is heading toward herd immunity or at least a point where transmission rates will be extremely low soon. "I think we will get there before the rest of the U.S.," said Dr. George Rutherford, a professor of epidemiology and the head of the division of infectious diseases and global epidemiology at the University of California, San Francisco. "I think the rest of the U.S will catch up to it, or get to a point where transmission will go way, way down." "There likely will be 'regional herd immunity' long before true 'herd immunity' on a national or global landscape," chimed in Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, a professor in the UCSF Health Division of Infectious Diseases. Herd immunity is the point where a substantial percentage of the population is immune due to vaccination or prior illness. When it is achieved, the spread of disease from person to person becomes low, and the whole community becomes protected, not only those who are immune. Nobody knows for certain what the threshold is, but Fauci and many other experts have estimated for months that anywhere from 70% to 85% of the population needs to be inoculated to reach herd immunity. Chin-Hong explained that when Bay Area communities reach this threshold, many local restrictions will continue to let up and "enable us to aspire to that life we had before 2020." But while life will become more normal for vaccinated people as activities open up, he said that true herd immunity "will be elusive for several years." This is due to three things: vaccine hesitancy, the continued creation of virus variants, and most of all, the lack of current global vaccine equity. "Until most of us in all countries can be immunized, there will be too much circulating virus to enable us to party like it is 2019," said Chin-Hong, referring to the spread of the virus and variants through global travel. "Until then, it will be playing a game of catch up." While California may have experienced a steep decline in cases, hospitalizations and deaths, nearby states including Washington and Oregon are seeing surges among younger residents. Meanwhile, across the Pacific, India's healthcare systems are overwhelmed and there's a shortage of medical oxygen. The country saw its deadliest day of the pandemic yet on May 2, with 3,689 fatalities. In India, less than 2% of adults have been fully vaccinated. In the United States, vaccinations are offering hope: 44% of the population has received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, and more than 31% are fully vaccinated, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the San Francisco Bay Area, these numbers are even higher. In Marin County, 83% of the population age 16 and over has received at least one dose and 62% have completed a series. San Francisco has seen 72% of adults receive at least one shot, while 49% are fully vaccinated. In Santa Clara, 70% have started a vaccine series, and 43% have completed vaccination. Dr. Monica Gandhi, a professor of medicine at UCSF, said she thinks California and the Bay Area could get to herd immunity sooner than "we think" and puts the herd immunity threshold at 65% to 70%. "This is because you just have to look up on the world stage to look at places that have higher vaccination rates than we have and are opening up to more mingling and see where their cases and hospitalization rates fall with increasing vaccination rates," said Gandhi, pointing to a table with data from yesterday from Israel, the UK and the United States. "At a 62% first dose vaccination rate, Israel has 74 cases today out of more than 9 million people which is a rate of less than 1 per 100,000. In California today, we have 1,512 infections, and in San Francisco we have 17 infections despite ongoing testing and opening up more. We have low rates of deaths from COVID-19 with 0 deaths recorded in L.A. County. All of this is suggestive that we will get to herd immunity with increasing vaccination rates." US Department of Health & Human Services About 30% of Americans on average are reluctant to get vaccinated, but the number is lower in California, with an estimated 10% to 15% of Golden State residents vaccine hesitant, according to data from the U.S. Health and Human Services Department. Studies have shown that people who identify as Republican are less likely to get vaccinated than Democrats, and vaccine hesitancy in California is generally higher in red counties, according to the department. Rutherford is hopeful that people who refused the vaccine at first will change their minds. "As it starts to ratchet up about what you can and cant do if youre vaccinated and not vaccinated, I think that will spur people to get vaccinated," he said. "As a vaccination is required to do things such as flying and going to the office, this idea that 'I just dont think I want to' or 'I just want to wait awhile' thats going to disappear." Teenagers are another piece of the puzzle for achieving herd immunity. While transmission of the virus is low among young children who are unlikely to have access to vaccines until 2020, teenagers spread the virus like adults and vaccinating them is crucial, experts say. Vaccinations for that age group are coming soon as the Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize the Pfizer shot for those age 12 to 15 by early next week, according to The New York Times. "I think we could see something very close to herd immunity in California this summer if adolescents get vaccines," Rutherford said. "The Bay Area could see herd immunity before California." | California is in a good spot with the lowest-case rate in the country. Herd immunity is the point where a substantial percentage of the population is immune due to vaccination or prior illness. When it is achieved, the spread of disease from person to person becomes low. | bart | 2 | https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/2021-05-herd-immunity-California-Bay-Area-16148134.php | 0.194126 |
Did the Guardian have too much coverage of Prince Philips death? | On Saturday 10 April, the day after Prince Philip died, the Guardian newspapers front page carried a black-and-white portrait of the duke, followed by 12 more pages of news including a four-page obituary one comment piece and a leader article. It was the only national paper (other than the Financial Times) not to offer a special supplement alongside the main coverage, but for some readers it was still too much. Between the readers editors office and the letters desk, we received about 100 complaints. One reader wrote: I find it difficult to comprehend how the Guardian can devote 13 pages of its Saturday edition to the death of Prince Philip. In proclaiming a self-avowed republican editorial policy, how can you rationalise such overkill that smacks of the sort of media coverage in an authoritarian country when the head of state dies. Another who seemingly did not share the leader articles view that in Covid times other families can today see themselves, their own bereavements and their own losses and sadnesses reflected. That is one of the reasons why this death is indeed a national event for Britain told us: I felt your coverage of the recent death of Prince Philip was totally disproportionate especially in the context [of the] number of lives lost through the pandemic and the impact of that on specific communities. It smacked of one life being more important than others. Some readers expressed concern that the Duke of Edinburghs record on racially offensive comments should have weighed against the tone or volume of reporting, while a charge of sycophancy was levelled by many who complained. More than 100,000 people read the printed paper each day, and many millions read it in digital form. And it is ever the case that readers are far less inclined to make contact to register their satisfaction. A few did, however, contradict the complainants: Thank you for your front page today, wrote one. I am sure you know what I mean but in case you dont no fawning monarchy lead. Another said it was wrong to presume all readers think alike, adding: My wife and I (to coin a slightly different phrase) have been readers for 40 years at least, and thought your coverage, and particularly comment, were very appropriate. A third wrote: As I used my TV/radio off button [on 9 April] so as not to get the blanket coverage following the passing of Prince Philip, I appreciated the excellent and balanced edition of the Guardian on Saturday. Over the four days following the announcement of Prince Philips death, about 50 related articles were published across the Guardian and Observer online. In a straw poll of subscribers conducted via their weekly newsletter, the 600 or so who responded (they may be paper or digital readers from any country) were split evenly between too much or about right, with a small handful saying there was not enough coverage. Prince Philip, Britains longest-serving consort, is the seventh royal consort to die during the Guardians 200-year history but only the third after Queen Caroline (who died in 1821, shortly after being barred from her husbands coronation) and Prince Albert who was still serving alongside the reigning monarch. Times, sensibilities and newspaper formats change, so it seemed fitting in this anniversary period to delve into the archives to see how these events were handled in the past. At the time of Alberts death in 1861 the Manchester Guardian was just four broadsheet pages long, with the front page by convention given to classified advertising. The funeral of Queen Victorias husband took around half of the editorial space inside the Christmas Eve edition. In 1925, tributes to Queen Alexandra occupied nearly four of the 24 pages, while the death in 1953 of Queen Mary, described by the Guardian as the most queenly of queens, led the front page for two days, with a spread of photographs and tributes inside the 12-page paper on day one. A leader opined that the strength of the monarchy was in no small part due to the immense affection and admiration which her courage, industry and dignity won for both herself and the crown. Before Philip, we go back two decades to the death in 2002 of the Queen Mother; aged 101, she had been a widow for half a century. Much had changed in those years. A front-page commentary ran under the headline: Uncertain farewell leaves a nation divided, with a spread on pages 4 and 5 (where the BBC was reported defending its coverage from criticisms ranging from schedule changes to Peter Sissons failure to wear a black tie), and four pages of obituary. In the opinion section, Christopher Hitchens was unsparing. A leading article then offered a frank assessment of the former queens strengths and weaknesses, although the latter did not invalidate her right to national honour, but ended by saying that once the funeral was over, this country will need to consider how much longer the monarchy can properly continue to hold the place in our national life that she had done so much to sustain in defiance of the times. A long package of letters under the headline: Were not all in mourning was rounded on by some readers the next day as mean-spirited. However one might wish the future to be, Prince Philips life had been part of the national fabric for the past 75 years. I asked the editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, how coverage of his death was decided for 2021. As with any significant figure, we had a longstanding plan. We had commissioned a small number of well-researched and well-written pieces, including an outstanding obituary, which a group of senior editors had been reviewing in the months before his death, she explained. We ran a live blog as it was the best way to capture the reaction to the announcement [and] over subsequent days we featured a range of different views on Prince Philips life and death, as well as what it meant for the future of the monarchy and the country. We knew that other newspapers would do much more on the death of Prince Philip and they did. We also knew that some Guardian readers would feel we did too much which also proved true. The death of Prince Philip was undoubtedly an important moment. We sought to strike the right balance between marking the death of a significant figure in British public life and questioning his life and legacy. It was also a chance to show how the family itself has changed over the course of his lifetime, and will need to continue to change, as the second Elizabethan era draws to a close. Answering those who believed a republican-leaning paper should rein back the reporting, Viner said: Whatever the political position of the Guardian, we understand that the royal family is part of the national conversation. What we write on them is read in great numbers and in great depth by our global Guardian audience. The fact that our editorial line has generally been questioning of the monarchy in its current form has never meant that we do not also scrutinise the way it operates or recognise its place in British life. We have probably done more than any other media organisation to properly scrutinise the royal family for example our work on the Paradise Papers, and more recently the Queens consent. Whether we got the balance right this time has been a matter of lively debate among senior editors, just as it has been among readers, and thats as it should be. | On Saturday 10 April, the day after Prince Philip died, the Guardian newspapers front page carried a black-and-white portrait of the duke, followed by 12 more pages of news. | bart | 1 | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/04/guardian-coverage-prince-philips-death-duke-edinburgh | 0.31738 |
Did the Guardian have too much coverage of Prince Philips death? | On Saturday 10 April, the day after Prince Philip died, the Guardian newspapers front page carried a black-and-white portrait of the duke, followed by 12 more pages of news including a four-page obituary one comment piece and a leader article. It was the only national paper (other than the Financial Times) not to offer a special supplement alongside the main coverage, but for some readers it was still too much. Between the readers editors office and the letters desk, we received about 100 complaints. One reader wrote: I find it difficult to comprehend how the Guardian can devote 13 pages of its Saturday edition to the death of Prince Philip. In proclaiming a self-avowed republican editorial policy, how can you rationalise such overkill that smacks of the sort of media coverage in an authoritarian country when the head of state dies. Another who seemingly did not share the leader articles view that in Covid times other families can today see themselves, their own bereavements and their own losses and sadnesses reflected. That is one of the reasons why this death is indeed a national event for Britain told us: I felt your coverage of the recent death of Prince Philip was totally disproportionate especially in the context [of the] number of lives lost through the pandemic and the impact of that on specific communities. It smacked of one life being more important than others. Some readers expressed concern that the Duke of Edinburghs record on racially offensive comments should have weighed against the tone or volume of reporting, while a charge of sycophancy was levelled by many who complained. More than 100,000 people read the printed paper each day, and many millions read it in digital form. And it is ever the case that readers are far less inclined to make contact to register their satisfaction. A few did, however, contradict the complainants: Thank you for your front page today, wrote one. I am sure you know what I mean but in case you dont no fawning monarchy lead. Another said it was wrong to presume all readers think alike, adding: My wife and I (to coin a slightly different phrase) have been readers for 40 years at least, and thought your coverage, and particularly comment, were very appropriate. A third wrote: As I used my TV/radio off button [on 9 April] so as not to get the blanket coverage following the passing of Prince Philip, I appreciated the excellent and balanced edition of the Guardian on Saturday. Over the four days following the announcement of Prince Philips death, about 50 related articles were published across the Guardian and Observer online. In a straw poll of subscribers conducted via their weekly newsletter, the 600 or so who responded (they may be paper or digital readers from any country) were split evenly between too much or about right, with a small handful saying there was not enough coverage. Prince Philip, Britains longest-serving consort, is the seventh royal consort to die during the Guardians 200-year history but only the third after Queen Caroline (who died in 1821, shortly after being barred from her husbands coronation) and Prince Albert who was still serving alongside the reigning monarch. Times, sensibilities and newspaper formats change, so it seemed fitting in this anniversary period to delve into the archives to see how these events were handled in the past. At the time of Alberts death in 1861 the Manchester Guardian was just four broadsheet pages long, with the front page by convention given to classified advertising. The funeral of Queen Victorias husband took around half of the editorial space inside the Christmas Eve edition. In 1925, tributes to Queen Alexandra occupied nearly four of the 24 pages, while the death in 1953 of Queen Mary, described by the Guardian as the most queenly of queens, led the front page for two days, with a spread of photographs and tributes inside the 12-page paper on day one. A leader opined that the strength of the monarchy was in no small part due to the immense affection and admiration which her courage, industry and dignity won for both herself and the crown. Before Philip, we go back two decades to the death in 2002 of the Queen Mother; aged 101, she had been a widow for half a century. Much had changed in those years. A front-page commentary ran under the headline: Uncertain farewell leaves a nation divided, with a spread on pages 4 and 5 (where the BBC was reported defending its coverage from criticisms ranging from schedule changes to Peter Sissons failure to wear a black tie), and four pages of obituary. In the opinion section, Christopher Hitchens was unsparing. A leading article then offered a frank assessment of the former queens strengths and weaknesses, although the latter did not invalidate her right to national honour, but ended by saying that once the funeral was over, this country will need to consider how much longer the monarchy can properly continue to hold the place in our national life that she had done so much to sustain in defiance of the times. A long package of letters under the headline: Were not all in mourning was rounded on by some readers the next day as mean-spirited. However one might wish the future to be, Prince Philips life had been part of the national fabric for the past 75 years. I asked the editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, how coverage of his death was decided for 2021. As with any significant figure, we had a longstanding plan. We had commissioned a small number of well-researched and well-written pieces, including an outstanding obituary, which a group of senior editors had been reviewing in the months before his death, she explained. We ran a live blog as it was the best way to capture the reaction to the announcement [and] over subsequent days we featured a range of different views on Prince Philips life and death, as well as what it meant for the future of the monarchy and the country. We knew that other newspapers would do much more on the death of Prince Philip and they did. We also knew that some Guardian readers would feel we did too much which also proved true. The death of Prince Philip was undoubtedly an important moment. We sought to strike the right balance between marking the death of a significant figure in British public life and questioning his life and legacy. It was also a chance to show how the family itself has changed over the course of his lifetime, and will need to continue to change, as the second Elizabethan era draws to a close. Answering those who believed a republican-leaning paper should rein back the reporting, Viner said: Whatever the political position of the Guardian, we understand that the royal family is part of the national conversation. What we write on them is read in great numbers and in great depth by our global Guardian audience. The fact that our editorial line has generally been questioning of the monarchy in its current form has never meant that we do not also scrutinise the way it operates or recognise its place in British life. We have probably done more than any other media organisation to properly scrutinise the royal family for example our work on the Paradise Papers, and more recently the Queens consent. Whether we got the balance right this time has been a matter of lively debate among senior editors, just as it has been among readers, and thats as it should be. | On Saturday 10 April, the day after Prince Philip died, the Guardian newspapers front page carried a black-and-white portrait of the duke. It was the only national paper not to offer a special supplement alongside the main coverage, but for some readers it was still too much. | pegasus | 2 | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/04/guardian-coverage-prince-philips-death-duke-edinburgh | 0.417168 |
Can citizens police academies help repair trust between law enforcement and the public? | The 21 people present for the first night of the latest class of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office's Citizens Police Academy all had different reasons for being there. Some had always admired law enforcement and wanted an inside look into the profession. Others seated in the room at a sheriff's support services building were interested in one day pursuing a career in law enforcement themselves. One participant said he simply wanted to see what his tax dollars were funding. Whatever their reasons for attending, Sheriff Dallas Baldwin said he mainly has one reason for offering the program: transparency. "What's a better way to let the public know what we do than something like this?" Baldwin asked shortly before he would introduce himself last month at the first of what would be 13 weekly sessions. "We're a public agency, and our job is to serve the community, and we can only do that if we have a good relationship." Like most law-enforcement agencies in central Ohio, including the Columbus Division of Police, the sheriff's office has long offered periodic citizen police academies to Franklin County residents interested in learning the ins and outs of law enforcement. The programs have remained on hold at some agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic, including a program offered by Hilliard police and a joint effort between the Gahanna Division of Police and the New Albany Police Department. Advocates of such programs say they can be vital bridge-builders between police and the communities they serve giving them a look at what law-enforcement officers are up against daily and potentially helping to reduce crime. "They (graduates) help us out in so many ways, (including) traffic control, mobile community watch and ... at special events," said Sgt. Jon Earl, spokesman for Whitehall police. "These close relationships our officers build with the community members are invaluable." Participants in citizen police academies 'overwhelmingly' white But at a time when tensions have been high between police and people angry about police shootings of Black people, questions abound about whether Blacks, young people and others who tend to be most-distrustful of law enforcement are being invited or even willing to attend such programs. Studies have shown that those communities are unlikely to participate in citizen police academies, said Dr. Chenelle Jones, a criminal justice professor at Franklin University in Columbus whose areas of expertise includes policing and race. Overwhelmingly, a majority of participants in the citizens academies are homogenous your upper-middle-class white people who participate," Jones said. "Its missing the target demographics of younger people, communities of color, who could really benefit. A 2011 study done by the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill analyzed five North Carolina and one Florida citizen police academies and found that 70% of responding participants were more than 40 years old, and 62% had earned more than $75,000 annually. Only 16% reported being non-white, and just 3% had an income under $25,000. Columbus NAACP President Nana Watson said that she and others in the organization were unaware that such police programs existed. Were not familiar with that, but we would welcome more information on it, Watson said. If we were aware of it, certainly we would encourage the community to learn more about their police department. Meanwhile, the separate April shooting deaths of two Black people at the hands of Columbus police have reignited weeks of protests demanding racial justice and police accountability further driving a wedge between law enforcement agencies and some in the communities they serve. It began when 27-year-old Miles Jackson of the Northwest Side was killed April 12 in what police called an "exchange of gunfire" with two Columbus officers and at least one St. Ann's officer inside the emergency department at Mount Carmel St. Ann's medical center in Westerville. Within hours of his death, protesters gathered nearby at the corner of South Cleveland Avenue and West Schrock Road, marching to the medical center in the first night of renewed unrest. Eight days after Jackson's death, 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant was shot and killed on the Southeast Side by Columbus police Officer Nicholas Reardon. The shooting occurred about 20 minutes before the jury's guilty verdicts on second-degree murder and two other counts were read against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. The April 20 shooting death of Bryant who can be seen in body camera footage wielding a knife at an unidentified woman backed up against a vehicle drew national scrutiny and has resulted in prolonged marches and demonstrations across the city. Those who have led the protests say the deaths of Jackson and Bryant regardless of the circumstances have compounded feelings of grief, fear and anger in communities of color already reeling over a lengthy list of Black people killed by police. A spokesman for the Columbus Division of Police did not respond to requests from The Dispatch for comment for this story. Sheriff's office, dealing with its own deadly shooting, turns to education The sheriff's office has had its share of detractors since Franklin County Sheriff's SWAT deputy Jason Meade fatally shot 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr. multiple times on Dec. 4. Goodson, who is Black, was attempting to enter his Northland area residence with sandwiches when the fatal encounter occurred. An official autopsy report from the Franklin County Coroner's office showed that Goodson was shot six times in his torso, with five of the bullets entering from his back. Sean Walton, who is representing Goodson's family, is calling for Meade's arrest while Franklin County Prosecutor Gary Tyack awaits the results of a federally led investigation of the shooting. Those attending the sheriff's latest citizen police academy's first class on April 8 were told they were about to embark on a three-month program that would give them a window into the various divisions, bureaus and roles of the sheriff's office from the K9 unit to the SWAT team. Participants were also told they would participate in deadly force simulators and other role-playing scenarios as part of the sessions. Sheriff Baldwin said the program has had its share of participants who entered skeptical of law enforcement. "The people who are really, really suspicious. They come in and I'd say they have a great time," Baldwin said. About a handful of those in the class were people of color, at least two of whom said they were there because they are studying criminal justice and planned to pursue a related career. Xavier Barca, a 49-year-old East Side resident, hasn't hesitated to share his concerns or raise questions during the sessions. Overall, Barca said he was been satisfied with the level of transparency and feels the presenters are willing to engage respectfully with him in difficult conversations. Last weeks class was centered around use-of-force policies, and Barca relayed his feelings about the deadly force used recently on MaKhia Bryant. Though her death came at the hands of another law enforcement agency, it was Barcas concern that the potential for implicit bias when it comes to people of color can be ingrained in any officer. I applaud good officers for doing good work, but I know there are bad officers, said Barca, who works in digital publishing. If they cannot function without bias, then they should not be officers. Although Baldwin has indicated in the past that he will await the investigation's results before taking action against Jason Meade, who is on administrative leave, he told the class on the first night that in general, that he welcomes police reform. "We should always change, we should never be stagnant," he said to the class. "We have a duty to change." Others who have gone through the program told The Dispatch they laud it for opening their eyes to the complexities involved in policing. Gary Norrod, 67, completed the Franklin County Sheriff's citizens academy in the fall as one of only five in his class because of COVID-19 protocols. As a neighborhood watch coordinator on the Northwest Side, Norrod was curious to learn more about those who patrol his neighborhood. "Just being able to see the different things going on is really important," Norrod said. "Anyone can come here and learn, and there are so many things you don't know about." Jones, the criminal justice professor, said the goal of citizens police academies is a noble one. But she wondered if law-enforcement agencies might reach a wider swath of the community if they bring the programs to individual neighborhoods by partnering with area recreational centers, churches and other organizations. The arguments have been that most police departments need to do a better job of marketing and promoting the academies to various populations within the community, Jones said. "The people who may have had negative encounters with police communities of color who dont trust the police they tend to not participate in citizen academies, and thats because they dont have the opportunity to or they dont know where theyre occurring. When asked if the Franklin County Sheriff's office has ever considered such measures, Sgt. Joe Vince of the community relations bureau said he would share the proposal with Sheriff Baldwin. "That is certainly something we could explore for a future class," Vince said in an email to The Dispatch. "A (law-enforcement) setting affords participants the experience of where and how deputies are trained. The goal is to have each participant go back to their respective neighborhoods and share their experiences." elagatta@dispatch.com @EricLagatta | Advocates of citizen police academies say they can be vital bridge-builders between police and communities they serve. Studies show most participants in such academies are white and well-off. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/05/04/can-citizens-academies-help-police-repair-trust-public/7113612002/ | 0.17804 |
Can citizens police academies help repair trust between law enforcement and the public? | The 21 people present for the first night of the latest class of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office's Citizens Police Academy all had different reasons for being there. Some had always admired law enforcement and wanted an inside look into the profession. Others seated in the room at a sheriff's support services building were interested in one day pursuing a career in law enforcement themselves. One participant said he simply wanted to see what his tax dollars were funding. Whatever their reasons for attending, Sheriff Dallas Baldwin said he mainly has one reason for offering the program: transparency. "What's a better way to let the public know what we do than something like this?" Baldwin asked shortly before he would introduce himself last month at the first of what would be 13 weekly sessions. "We're a public agency, and our job is to serve the community, and we can only do that if we have a good relationship." Like most law-enforcement agencies in central Ohio, including the Columbus Division of Police, the sheriff's office has long offered periodic citizen police academies to Franklin County residents interested in learning the ins and outs of law enforcement. The programs have remained on hold at some agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic, including a program offered by Hilliard police and a joint effort between the Gahanna Division of Police and the New Albany Police Department. Advocates of such programs say they can be vital bridge-builders between police and the communities they serve giving them a look at what law-enforcement officers are up against daily and potentially helping to reduce crime. "They (graduates) help us out in so many ways, (including) traffic control, mobile community watch and ... at special events," said Sgt. Jon Earl, spokesman for Whitehall police. "These close relationships our officers build with the community members are invaluable." Participants in citizen police academies 'overwhelmingly' white But at a time when tensions have been high between police and people angry about police shootings of Black people, questions abound about whether Blacks, young people and others who tend to be most-distrustful of law enforcement are being invited or even willing to attend such programs. Studies have shown that those communities are unlikely to participate in citizen police academies, said Dr. Chenelle Jones, a criminal justice professor at Franklin University in Columbus whose areas of expertise includes policing and race. Overwhelmingly, a majority of participants in the citizens academies are homogenous your upper-middle-class white people who participate," Jones said. "Its missing the target demographics of younger people, communities of color, who could really benefit. A 2011 study done by the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill analyzed five North Carolina and one Florida citizen police academies and found that 70% of responding participants were more than 40 years old, and 62% had earned more than $75,000 annually. Only 16% reported being non-white, and just 3% had an income under $25,000. Columbus NAACP President Nana Watson said that she and others in the organization were unaware that such police programs existed. Were not familiar with that, but we would welcome more information on it, Watson said. If we were aware of it, certainly we would encourage the community to learn more about their police department. Meanwhile, the separate April shooting deaths of two Black people at the hands of Columbus police have reignited weeks of protests demanding racial justice and police accountability further driving a wedge between law enforcement agencies and some in the communities they serve. It began when 27-year-old Miles Jackson of the Northwest Side was killed April 12 in what police called an "exchange of gunfire" with two Columbus officers and at least one St. Ann's officer inside the emergency department at Mount Carmel St. Ann's medical center in Westerville. Within hours of his death, protesters gathered nearby at the corner of South Cleveland Avenue and West Schrock Road, marching to the medical center in the first night of renewed unrest. Eight days after Jackson's death, 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant was shot and killed on the Southeast Side by Columbus police Officer Nicholas Reardon. The shooting occurred about 20 minutes before the jury's guilty verdicts on second-degree murder and two other counts were read against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. The April 20 shooting death of Bryant who can be seen in body camera footage wielding a knife at an unidentified woman backed up against a vehicle drew national scrutiny and has resulted in prolonged marches and demonstrations across the city. Those who have led the protests say the deaths of Jackson and Bryant regardless of the circumstances have compounded feelings of grief, fear and anger in communities of color already reeling over a lengthy list of Black people killed by police. A spokesman for the Columbus Division of Police did not respond to requests from The Dispatch for comment for this story. Sheriff's office, dealing with its own deadly shooting, turns to education The sheriff's office has had its share of detractors since Franklin County Sheriff's SWAT deputy Jason Meade fatally shot 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr. multiple times on Dec. 4. Goodson, who is Black, was attempting to enter his Northland area residence with sandwiches when the fatal encounter occurred. An official autopsy report from the Franklin County Coroner's office showed that Goodson was shot six times in his torso, with five of the bullets entering from his back. Sean Walton, who is representing Goodson's family, is calling for Meade's arrest while Franklin County Prosecutor Gary Tyack awaits the results of a federally led investigation of the shooting. Those attending the sheriff's latest citizen police academy's first class on April 8 were told they were about to embark on a three-month program that would give them a window into the various divisions, bureaus and roles of the sheriff's office from the K9 unit to the SWAT team. Participants were also told they would participate in deadly force simulators and other role-playing scenarios as part of the sessions. Sheriff Baldwin said the program has had its share of participants who entered skeptical of law enforcement. "The people who are really, really suspicious. They come in and I'd say they have a great time," Baldwin said. About a handful of those in the class were people of color, at least two of whom said they were there because they are studying criminal justice and planned to pursue a related career. Xavier Barca, a 49-year-old East Side resident, hasn't hesitated to share his concerns or raise questions during the sessions. Overall, Barca said he was been satisfied with the level of transparency and feels the presenters are willing to engage respectfully with him in difficult conversations. Last weeks class was centered around use-of-force policies, and Barca relayed his feelings about the deadly force used recently on MaKhia Bryant. Though her death came at the hands of another law enforcement agency, it was Barcas concern that the potential for implicit bias when it comes to people of color can be ingrained in any officer. I applaud good officers for doing good work, but I know there are bad officers, said Barca, who works in digital publishing. If they cannot function without bias, then they should not be officers. Although Baldwin has indicated in the past that he will await the investigation's results before taking action against Jason Meade, who is on administrative leave, he told the class on the first night that in general, that he welcomes police reform. "We should always change, we should never be stagnant," he said to the class. "We have a duty to change." Others who have gone through the program told The Dispatch they laud it for opening their eyes to the complexities involved in policing. Gary Norrod, 67, completed the Franklin County Sheriff's citizens academy in the fall as one of only five in his class because of COVID-19 protocols. As a neighborhood watch coordinator on the Northwest Side, Norrod was curious to learn more about those who patrol his neighborhood. "Just being able to see the different things going on is really important," Norrod said. "Anyone can come here and learn, and there are so many things you don't know about." Jones, the criminal justice professor, said the goal of citizens police academies is a noble one. But she wondered if law-enforcement agencies might reach a wider swath of the community if they bring the programs to individual neighborhoods by partnering with area recreational centers, churches and other organizations. The arguments have been that most police departments need to do a better job of marketing and promoting the academies to various populations within the community, Jones said. "The people who may have had negative encounters with police communities of color who dont trust the police they tend to not participate in citizen academies, and thats because they dont have the opportunity to or they dont know where theyre occurring. When asked if the Franklin County Sheriff's office has ever considered such measures, Sgt. Joe Vince of the community relations bureau said he would share the proposal with Sheriff Baldwin. "That is certainly something we could explore for a future class," Vince said in an email to The Dispatch. "A (law-enforcement) setting affords participants the experience of where and how deputies are trained. The goal is to have each participant go back to their respective neighborhoods and share their experiences." elagatta@dispatch.com @EricLagatta | Advocates of citizen police academies say they can be vital bridge-builders between police and communities they serve. Studies show most participants in such academies are white and well-off. The programs have remained on hold at some agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/05/04/can-citizens-academies-help-police-repair-trust-public/7113612002/ | 0.198507 |
What will these 2021 election candidates do for Bouctouche? | Bouctouche will soon have a new mayor, but electors will get to decide who that is. Roland Fougre, who was acclaimed in the last election, is not running this time. Pauline Anne Hbert and Aldo Saulnier are each seeking the mayors seat for the small Kent County municipality. There are also four council seats available, with eight candidates vying for them: Ronald Joseph Allain, Achille Bastarache, Mariette Cormier, Hert LeBlanc, Jean-Nol LeBlanc, Michael Joseph LeBlanc, Oscar LeBlanc and Tamie Lee Maillet. Located on the coast of the Northumberland Strait, tourism is important to the local economy. Many tourists stop to grab a bite to eat at local restaurants before making their way to the Irving Eco-Centre: La Dune de Bouctouche, Le Pays de la Sagouine or the Irving Arboretum. The community was praised by Heritage Canada in September for pivoting to hold events online and in COVID-safe ways, but many events in the region were cancelled that normally flood Kent County with tourists. The Times & Transcript asked each of the candidates what they would do help the tourism industry, what they identify as the biggest issues facing the community and how they would tackle them. All candidates were contacted both by phone and by email. Some candidates could not be reached for comment by press time. Mayoral candidates: Pauline Anne Hbert: Hebert said looking ahead she would focus on encouraging more local participation at virtual events and continuing to promote the farmers market while following guidelines. She said population growth is also a priority and she would work toward finding incentives to get young people to stay or return. She believes twinning of the highway, working from home, and enlarging the town boundaries should help. She would also work on creating partnerships with investors, developers and different levels of government. Aldo Saulnier: Saulnier said he sits on the board of Le Pays de la Sangouine and knows how hard-hit the tourism sector is, but it is difficult to know what to do based on not knowing what COVID restrictions will in play. One of the biggest issues is improving the local economy and recruiting investors to invest in the community, such as building apartment buildings, will help in the long and short term, he said. Councillor candidates: Mariette Cormier: Combatting the impact of the pandemic means thinking outside the box and coming up with new ways to grow tourism in our beautiful town, said Cormier. Building resilience by anticipating disruptions and making plans to adapt to situations beyond its control can helpt the town best weather a variety of issues in the term ahead, she said. Hert LeBlanc: LeBlanc said if elected he would meet with tourism players and find different ways to organize and promote events, including seeking support from different levels of government. He would look for ways to support businesses and organizations hard-hit by the pandemic. And giving the towns administration the tools to make decisions more easily, while fairly, is a second priority issue for him. Achille Bastarache: Bastarache said we have to be innovative to attract people to their beautiful, small town full of natural wonder, restaurants and farmers market. Keeping young families living in Bouctouche so the community continues to grow is an issue he wants to tackle. He will do this by inspiring people with what the community has to offer and working hard to get the four-lane highway done. Upgrading the industrial park is also a key issue, he said. Tamie Lee Maillet: Maillet said targeting a diverse clientele in marketing the town could help tourism. She would help local businesses and tourist attractions work together to offer joint promotions. Attracting more families to live in Bouctouche, improving road and pedestrian infrastructure and ensuring it is a clean and green town are priorities. Communication and transparency along will collaboration are critical, she said. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Michael Joseph LeBlanc: Bouctouche provides an amazing example of Acadian culture, said LeBlanc. Actively supporting the Acadian Coast Tourism Association and talking to businesses about what they need would be his approach to helping the sector. LeBlanc said continuing to grow is a key issue for the community, but thinks the proximity to Moncton and improvements to the highway can help. While the community has already started to attract businesses, hed like to see more expansion in the industrial park. Encouraging people to keep supporting local is something he would focus on. Jean-Nol LeBlanc: LeBlanc said the reputation of the town is something to be proud of. He would focus on increasing meaningful, well-paying jobs in the community to enhance growth. Read more about: | There are eight candidates vying for four seats on Bouctouche's council. The 2021 election will be the first since Roland Fougre was acclaimed in the last election. The candidates were asked what they would do to help the tourism industry and how they would tackle them. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/05/04/what-will-these-2021-election-candidates-do-for-bouctouche.html | 0.121237 |
Is There A California Estate Tax? | AFP via Getty Images If you live in California, you likely know it is one of the highest-taxed states when it comes to income taxes; there is some good news for those worried about estate taxes. California is part of the 38 states that dont impose their own estate tax. Keep in mind; this does not necessarily mean that your inheritance will be tax-free. Keep reading for what you need to know about inheritance and estate taxes in California. The California Estate Tax Regardless of the size of the estate, the Franchise Tax Board (think the IRS for the state of California) will not levy any estate taxes on the inheritance. We are just talking at the state level; the Federal Government has its own estate tax rules. There may be other taxes due at the state level for those inheriting assets, investments, retirement accounts, or real estate. But these are not technically estate taxes. The estate tax is just what it sounds like: a tax levied on the estate when a person passed away before the estate is passed on to the heirs and beneficiaries. Sometimes the estate tax is called the death tax. At the federal level, the estate tax only applies to large estates, regardless of which state you live in. Estate taxes vary from state to state. The California Inheritance Tax and Gift Tax As I previously mentioned, there is no inheritance tax in California, regardless of net worth. This is huge for my California financial-planning clients. If you are going to receive an inheritance from someone who lived in a state other than California, talk with your fiduciary financial planner to check their estate tax laws. California does not levy a gift tax. However, the federal gift tax does still apply to residents of California. For 2021, the annual gift-tax exclusion is $15,000 per donor, per recipient. A giver can give anyone elsesuch as a relative, friend, or even a strangerup to $15,000 in assets a year, free of federal gift taxes. Federal Estate Tax You will often hear me talk about how California is a high-tax state; I am a Los Angeles Financial Planner, after all. All the same, federal tax rates are typically higher than state taxes. California tops out at 13.3% per year, whereas the top federal tax rate is currently 37%. Even though California wont ding you with the death tax, there are still estate taxes at the federal level to consider. The federal estate tax goes into effect for estates valued at $11.7 million and up, in 2021, for singles. The estate tax exemption is a whopping $23.4 million, per couple, in 2021. Paying estate taxes is quite painful for those who are fortunate to have estates large enough to get hit with the estate tax. With proper tax planning and estate planning, you could potentially pass an estate much larger than this without being subject to the federal estate tax. For estates that exceed this amount, the estate tax starts at 18% and goes up to 40%. Overall California Tax Picture If you inherit a retirement account or pension, withdrawals will be fully taxable. (There are some strategies to minimize the taxes due on inherited IRAs). California does not tax Social Security benefits, which is good; many states do. California sales tax rates range from 7.35% to 10.25%. This base rate is the highest of any state. California is quite fair when it comes to property taxes when you look beyond the sky-high housing prices in most of the state. Property taxes in California are not as burdensome, as the average rate is just 0.75% the 15th-lowest in the nation. When you add in other local taxes based as part of your property tax bill, much of California is hit with a 1.25% property tax bill. Thanks to Prop 13, this amount can only increase 2%, per year, which means many Californian homeowners are paying taxes on values much lower than their current estimated values. | California is one of 38 states that don't impose their own estate tax. There is no inheritance tax in California, regardless of net worth. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrae/2021/05/04/is-there-a-california-estate-tax/ | 0.391117 |
Is There A California Estate Tax? | AFP via Getty Images If you live in California, you likely know it is one of the highest-taxed states when it comes to income taxes; there is some good news for those worried about estate taxes. California is part of the 38 states that dont impose their own estate tax. Keep in mind; this does not necessarily mean that your inheritance will be tax-free. Keep reading for what you need to know about inheritance and estate taxes in California. The California Estate Tax Regardless of the size of the estate, the Franchise Tax Board (think the IRS for the state of California) will not levy any estate taxes on the inheritance. We are just talking at the state level; the Federal Government has its own estate tax rules. There may be other taxes due at the state level for those inheriting assets, investments, retirement accounts, or real estate. But these are not technically estate taxes. The estate tax is just what it sounds like: a tax levied on the estate when a person passed away before the estate is passed on to the heirs and beneficiaries. Sometimes the estate tax is called the death tax. At the federal level, the estate tax only applies to large estates, regardless of which state you live in. Estate taxes vary from state to state. The California Inheritance Tax and Gift Tax As I previously mentioned, there is no inheritance tax in California, regardless of net worth. This is huge for my California financial-planning clients. If you are going to receive an inheritance from someone who lived in a state other than California, talk with your fiduciary financial planner to check their estate tax laws. California does not levy a gift tax. However, the federal gift tax does still apply to residents of California. For 2021, the annual gift-tax exclusion is $15,000 per donor, per recipient. A giver can give anyone elsesuch as a relative, friend, or even a strangerup to $15,000 in assets a year, free of federal gift taxes. Federal Estate Tax You will often hear me talk about how California is a high-tax state; I am a Los Angeles Financial Planner, after all. All the same, federal tax rates are typically higher than state taxes. California tops out at 13.3% per year, whereas the top federal tax rate is currently 37%. Even though California wont ding you with the death tax, there are still estate taxes at the federal level to consider. The federal estate tax goes into effect for estates valued at $11.7 million and up, in 2021, for singles. The estate tax exemption is a whopping $23.4 million, per couple, in 2021. Paying estate taxes is quite painful for those who are fortunate to have estates large enough to get hit with the estate tax. With proper tax planning and estate planning, you could potentially pass an estate much larger than this without being subject to the federal estate tax. For estates that exceed this amount, the estate tax starts at 18% and goes up to 40%. Overall California Tax Picture If you inherit a retirement account or pension, withdrawals will be fully taxable. (There are some strategies to minimize the taxes due on inherited IRAs). California does not tax Social Security benefits, which is good; many states do. California sales tax rates range from 7.35% to 10.25%. This base rate is the highest of any state. California is quite fair when it comes to property taxes when you look beyond the sky-high housing prices in most of the state. Property taxes in California are not as burdensome, as the average rate is just 0.75% the 15th-lowest in the nation. When you add in other local taxes based as part of your property tax bill, much of California is hit with a 1.25% property tax bill. Thanks to Prop 13, this amount can only increase 2%, per year, which means many Californian homeowners are paying taxes on values much lower than their current estimated values. | California is part of the 38 states that don't impose their own estate tax. There is no inheritance tax in California, regardless of net worth. California tops out at 13.3% per year, whereas the top federal tax rate is currently 37%. | pegasus | 1 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrae/2021/05/04/is-there-a-california-estate-tax/ | 0.446997 |
Is There A California Estate Tax? | AFP via Getty Images If you live in California, you likely know it is one of the highest-taxed states when it comes to income taxes; there is some good news for those worried about estate taxes. California is part of the 38 states that dont impose their own estate tax. Keep in mind; this does not necessarily mean that your inheritance will be tax-free. Keep reading for what you need to know about inheritance and estate taxes in California. The California Estate Tax Regardless of the size of the estate, the Franchise Tax Board (think the IRS for the state of California) will not levy any estate taxes on the inheritance. We are just talking at the state level; the Federal Government has its own estate tax rules. There may be other taxes due at the state level for those inheriting assets, investments, retirement accounts, or real estate. But these are not technically estate taxes. The estate tax is just what it sounds like: a tax levied on the estate when a person passed away before the estate is passed on to the heirs and beneficiaries. Sometimes the estate tax is called the death tax. At the federal level, the estate tax only applies to large estates, regardless of which state you live in. Estate taxes vary from state to state. The California Inheritance Tax and Gift Tax As I previously mentioned, there is no inheritance tax in California, regardless of net worth. This is huge for my California financial-planning clients. If you are going to receive an inheritance from someone who lived in a state other than California, talk with your fiduciary financial planner to check their estate tax laws. California does not levy a gift tax. However, the federal gift tax does still apply to residents of California. For 2021, the annual gift-tax exclusion is $15,000 per donor, per recipient. A giver can give anyone elsesuch as a relative, friend, or even a strangerup to $15,000 in assets a year, free of federal gift taxes. Federal Estate Tax You will often hear me talk about how California is a high-tax state; I am a Los Angeles Financial Planner, after all. All the same, federal tax rates are typically higher than state taxes. California tops out at 13.3% per year, whereas the top federal tax rate is currently 37%. Even though California wont ding you with the death tax, there are still estate taxes at the federal level to consider. The federal estate tax goes into effect for estates valued at $11.7 million and up, in 2021, for singles. The estate tax exemption is a whopping $23.4 million, per couple, in 2021. Paying estate taxes is quite painful for those who are fortunate to have estates large enough to get hit with the estate tax. With proper tax planning and estate planning, you could potentially pass an estate much larger than this without being subject to the federal estate tax. For estates that exceed this amount, the estate tax starts at 18% and goes up to 40%. Overall California Tax Picture If you inherit a retirement account or pension, withdrawals will be fully taxable. (There are some strategies to minimize the taxes due on inherited IRAs). California does not tax Social Security benefits, which is good; many states do. California sales tax rates range from 7.35% to 10.25%. This base rate is the highest of any state. California is quite fair when it comes to property taxes when you look beyond the sky-high housing prices in most of the state. Property taxes in California are not as burdensome, as the average rate is just 0.75% the 15th-lowest in the nation. When you add in other local taxes based as part of your property tax bill, much of California is hit with a 1.25% property tax bill. Thanks to Prop 13, this amount can only increase 2%, per year, which means many Californian homeowners are paying taxes on values much lower than their current estimated values. | California is one of 38 states that don't impose their own estate tax. There is no inheritance tax in California, regardless of net worth. Federal estate tax goes into effect for estates valued at $11.7 million and up, in 2021, for singles and $23.4 million, per couple. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrae/2021/05/04/is-there-a-california-estate-tax/ | 0.470705 |
Is George Russell The Fastest Driver On Todays Formula 1 Grid? | PORTIMAO, PORTUGAL - APRIL 29: George Russell of Great Britain and Williams talks in the Drivers ... [+] Press Conference during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Portugal at Autodromo Internacional Do Algarve on April 29, 2021 in Portimao, Portugal. (Photo by Gabriel Bouys - Pool/Getty Images) Getty Images Williams Racing driver George Russell just completed a breakthrough weekend at the Portuguese Grand Prix. In Saturdays qualifying session, he made it through to Q2 and bested his Williams teammate for the 40th time in a row. Hes undefeated in his two-plus years with Williams. Russell then missed Q3 by less than a tenth of a second to Sebastian Vettels Aston Martin. Qualifying 11th is the best performance of his F1 career and the best for a Williams car in recent memory. Meanwhile, his teammate Nicholas Latifi qualified 18th. And thats the yardstick in Formula 1, as the equipment varies so much. Its virtually impossible to get a direct measure of how fast and skilled Formula 1 drivers are. Its a bit like comparing Michael Jordan to James LeBron or Muhammad Ali to Mike Tyson. But these competitors are in the sport at the same time. Its an impossible task, yet we still try. And thats what makes F1 so interesting. To suggest that Russell is the fastest driver on the grid is not to also suggest that hes the best driver. Speed is just one factor in being a great driver, one worthy of contesting the World Championship. It also requires consistency, temperament, and an ability to perform under tremendous pressure. Being fast is certainly a prerequisite for greatness, and thats why many deem Russell a future World Champion. Indeed, there is plenty of evidence to suggest he could, in fact, be the fastest driver in 2021. PORTIMAO, PORTUGAL - APRIL 30: George Russell of Great Britain driving the (63) Williams Racing ... [+] FW43B Mercedes on track during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Portugal at Autodromo Internacional Do Algarve on April 30, 2021 in Portimao, Portugal. (Photo by Dan Istitene - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images) Formula 1 via Getty Images Speed is a function of the driver being able to extract the greatest performance out of any given car. When you look at Russells performance this past weekend and the massive delta to his teammate. When you look at his performance in the Mercedes last season at the Sakhir Grand Prix, where he barely fit into Hamiltons cockpit and had just three practice sessions to get used to the car. Not to mention his dominating speed during the race itself. When you look at the qualifying deltas between Hamilton/Bottas and Verstappen/Perez. It becomes clear that Russell is certainly on the same level as Hamilton and Verstappen, who are considered the two fastest drivers. Its further arguable that hes faster than either of them and just needs the right car to prove it. Unfortunately, the Williams car could not perform in the race itself, as it cant handle the dirty air from following other cars. And what we saw at the front of the race is that Bottas lacks the speed, execution, and/or killer instincts to contend with either Hamilton or Verstappen. This is why Mercedes should make the decision to put Russell in the seat next to Hamilton sooner rather than later. Rob Reed (RR): Today is Thursday before the Portuguese Grand Prix. George Russell (GR): Today is the day we traditionally do a track walk, but I actually no longer do track walks, because I find it it's quite time consuming. We have a very busy schedule on a Thursday between all of our interviews, with the engineer meetings. Often, a track walk takes at least an hour. It's much more productive for me to sit down with my engineers over a coffee, go through all of the details. Then, I'll often just quickly jump on a bike and do a lap in 15 minutes as opposed to an hour. RR: It seems like you've been doing the track ride more than the track walk. Its more efficient and probably even a little more fun. GR: I mean, I have a little laugh when I'm overtaking all of the other drivers who are walking the track and give them a little wave as I cycle by. Yeah, it's good. 18 April 2021, Italy, Imola: Motorsport: Formula 1 World Championship, Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, ... [+] race. Valtteri Bottas from Finland of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team (r) and George Russell from Great Britain of Team Williams Racing (l) are still sitting in their destroyed cars after the accident. Both were able to get out of their cars on their own. Photo: Hasan Bratic/dpa (Photo by Hasan Bratic/picture alliance via Getty Images) dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images RR: I want ask about the crash at Imola. You had DRS wide open, massive pace in the slipstream. GR: Yeah, from my side, I was coming up behind Valtteri. First, I actually thought he had an issue, because we had so much pace advantage over him. I'd never been in a situation behind the Mercedes about to overtake them on merit. I have the DRS. I was catching him. I was doing 200 miles an hour. As I pulled out from behind Valtteri and I went to overtake him, he, in his own right, defended hard. As a consequence, I got slightly onto the damp patch, and just lost the car. The stewards deemed it as a racing incident, which I think is a fair one, because ultimately, it was very unfortunate circumstances that came together. I think on a personal side, the emotions were so high at that moment. I was in a point-scoring position. I just crashed at 200 miles an hour, which I've never done before in my life. It was scary. It was honestly scary. Going down the street sideways, in the side of the Mercedes, there's grass, some mud, carbon fiber, pieces of car going everywhere. I don't know if I'm headed towards a wall, headed towards a gravel trap, about to roll it, or anything. Your heart sinks. Afterwards, I got out of the car and I actually went against my own instincts to walk away. Because I thought I wanted to show some emotion. In the moment, that was quite a poor judgment call, because my emotions and adrenaline were so high. I wasn't proud of the way I acted, to be honest, after that incident. It wasn't myself. It wasn't to the standards I set myself and ultimately, I do want to be a role model. I do want to lead by example to the younger generation and the people who watch Formula 1. My actions post-incident were not that. RR: I think everybody appreciated your apology. I think it was well-received. Certainly publicly, it was justified. I personally have some different opinions about it. GR: No. RR: I think the big question is not whether he moved to the right or defended. He said that he defended. Was that defense unsportsman-like? Because when I was watching it live, I saw you react to something. You reacted to a move that, again, we can't necessarily see from you're on-board. It was almost like a very sudden move that you're just not supposed to make in that position. Certainly under those conditions. GR: Obviously, as a racing driver, youre biased to every situation. Even teams are biased towards their own driver. You cannot see an incident rationally sometimes. At the end of the day, I don't go into any overtaking opportunity planning to crash. I went for that opportunity, because I thought it was possible, and I thought it was a very viable overtaking opportunity. Obviously, in the blink of an eye, suddenly everything changed. RR: The other thing I don't buy is that you shouldn't have gone for the move. A younger Lewis Hamilton would have 100% gone for that move. GR: Yeah, for sure. RR: Every single day, every driver on the grid would have gone for that move. That criticism holds no water. You had such pace. You wouldn't have been fighting into the next turn. With that pace, you would have been by him if he hadn't squeezed you so hard and caused you to react in the way you did. Again, I don't think it had to happen that way and the only person who could have avoided that outcome was Valtteri. That's where I come down on it. On a less controversial note, let's actually talk about cycling. GR: Change the subject. Absolutely. GR: I do a fair amount of cycling. Firstly, for fitness. Secondly, psychologically, it just takes my mind away. I find it relaxing. I live in London. I cycle to Richmond Park, which is renowned for its cycling around there. It's just a really relaxing area with a load of animals and wildlife surrounded the park. Its really beautiful, overlooking London. Ill be on the bike twice a week. I'm not one of these guys who would go out for four to six hours at a time. Because ultimately, we race anywhere between an hour-and-a-half to two hours. We try with our cardio to do as many minutes on the bike as I would potentially do in a race. For me, any further is a bit unnecessary for my given sport. Williams driver George Russell, of Britain, pedals a bicycle as he inspects the racetrack ahead of ... [+] Sunday's Emilia Romagna Formula One Grand Prix, at the Imola track, Italy, Thursday, April 15, 2021. I've seen guys kitted up and doing some proper laps on the track. GR: I did it in Bahrain, when I was there for I mean, we were in Bahrain for three weeks, because we had to test. We're filming in the middle. That was incredibly fun cycling around the circuit. The surface is so smooth. You don't have to worry about cars or people. You've got the place to yourself and it was perfect. Ordinarily, I wouldn't, but we have a little gym bike in our motorhome, which I would use on a Thursday. For example, today, this morning, I did 25 minutes really intense on the bike. Then I use it for my warmup as well. Just five minutes, just getting the heart rate up before the session. I'm just a bit more pumped and ready to jump in the car. GR: I think Valtteri is probably number one, I'd say. Obviously, his girlfriend is a professional cyclist. Valtteri is very good at his cardio to be fair. Hes a very fast runner, a very fast cyclist. I'd say, he's probably up there. I'd like to say top five for me. Oh, that is probably Lando. Yeah. Ill go Lando. I reckon he will be back row. I say, short distance running, I reckon Im number one. I reckon 400 to 1,500 meters is yeah, I think I've got the leg to everyone there. BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - DECEMBER 06: George Russell of Great Britain driving the (63) Mercedes AMG ... [+] Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W11 leads the field during the F1 Grand Prix of Sakhir at Bahrain International Circuit on December 06, 2020 in Bahrain, Bahrain. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images) Getty Images RR: Coming back to Formula 1, I also wanted to touch on last years Sakhir Grand Prix. From my view, I think aside from Turkey, that was the most exciting race of the season. Obviously, it didn't turn out like you'd hoped. But as a result, the Russell stock shot up quite a bit. GR: I took a huge amount away from it. I think, the number one lesson I learned is that I've been fighting in the back of the grid for two seasons now with Williams. It's been tough at points, because I'm a winner. I want to win and I want to fight for victories. It's been tough. What I learned in the Sakhir Grand Prix is that it's not going to get any easier fighting for victories and fighting for championships, psychologically. If anything, it's going to get even harder, because I qualified second on the grid. I was 20 milliseconds off poll, which is the equivalent, literally, of a blink of an eye. I was disappointed being second. My previous best was 12 in qualifying. I've just qualified second and I was disappointed. That taught me, fighting for a victory and losing it, it's going to be even more demoralizing than coming home on P15 and doing your best, but not having the tools to show for it. Dealing with the tough moments afterwards and getting yourself back together to say, Right, I've got another race next weekend. I've got to get myself together to try and win this thing, because I can't let the disappointment dwell on me. I can't let those disappointments affect my performance next weekend. That's so important. Formula 1 is very tough. It's very unique. Its heavily dominated by your qualifying performance. If you have a good qualifying, you're often going to have a good race. A lap in qualifying is 90 seconds long. Ninety seconds can make or break your whole race weekend. Just psychologically, you've got to be in the right frame of mind to say, Right, this is the moment. Its Q3 now. Or in our position, its Q2 now. I've got to nail this, because I put all this preparation into traveling to Australia, traveling to Bahrain, traveling to Portimao, or wherever it may be. This one lap is going to give me a good weekend or a bad weekend. That's a lot of pressure. BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - DECEMBER 06: George Russell of Great Britain driving the (63) Mercedes AMG ... [+] Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W11, Valtteri Bottas of Finland driving the (77) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W11 and Sergio Perez of Mexico driving the (11) Racing Point RP20 Mercedes at the first corner at the start of the race during the F1 Grand Prix of Sakhir at Bahrain International Circuit on December 06, 2020 in Bahrain, Bahrain. (Photo by Tolga Bozoglu - Pool/Getty Images) Getty Images RR: It doesn't sound like you were surprised at your own performance when you were in a competitive car. GR: If you want to win a championship, you have to be the best over the course of 23 races. Not the best over one race. If you have a disappointment, you need to get that out of your mind. That was such a fantastic opportunity. I left that race fulfilled with confidence, because I haven't had the opportunity to truly prove what I can do with the tools I've had. Or would he be in the same position as me? Because nobody would ever know. I thought I was doing a good job, but you just never know if Hamilton or Verstappen jumped in, what they'd do. I think, the fact I got that opportunity in the Mercedes, it made me feel, actually, I've probably been doing quite a good job with the tools I've had. RR: I want to give you a hypothetical. Let's say you're alongside Lewis at Mercedes. The championship is decided by just five races and you get to choose the tracks for those five races. GR: Ordinarily, I'd say Silverstone, because that's my home race. Equally, it's his home race as well. I think, yeah, let's do it. Let's put Silverstone on the calendar. HungaryBudapest, I always seem to go well there. I'd say, Budapest. Monaco. Monaco is just something else. GR: Yeah. Nowhere in the world where I get more adrenaline than driving a lap around Monaco. It blows your mind. Absolutely blows your mind. The speeds we go in these cars is, yeah, exceptional. I'd add Monaco to the list. Then I'd probably say, Suzuka. Great track. Followed by Portimao. I like Portimao. Yeah, theyre my five. GR: Ill let you read into that as you wish. GR: Super excited. Incredibly excited to go to Miami. I think it's a really cool place. I've seen the track. It looks great. This will be the second race we have in the US. Theres talks to have a third. I don't know. Maybe Vegas could be awesome, or Indianapolis. I think, we all love going to Austin, going to the states. I'm really excited to have a race in Miami. | To suggest that Russell is the fastest driver on the grid is not to also suggest that he's the best driver. 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Is George Russell The Fastest Driver On Todays Formula 1 Grid? | PORTIMAO, PORTUGAL - APRIL 29: George Russell of Great Britain and Williams talks in the Drivers ... [+] Press Conference during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Portugal at Autodromo Internacional Do Algarve on April 29, 2021 in Portimao, Portugal. (Photo by Gabriel Bouys - Pool/Getty Images) Getty Images Williams Racing driver George Russell just completed a breakthrough weekend at the Portuguese Grand Prix. In Saturdays qualifying session, he made it through to Q2 and bested his Williams teammate for the 40th time in a row. Hes undefeated in his two-plus years with Williams. Russell then missed Q3 by less than a tenth of a second to Sebastian Vettels Aston Martin. Qualifying 11th is the best performance of his F1 career and the best for a Williams car in recent memory. Meanwhile, his teammate Nicholas Latifi qualified 18th. And thats the yardstick in Formula 1, as the equipment varies so much. Its virtually impossible to get a direct measure of how fast and skilled Formula 1 drivers are. Its a bit like comparing Michael Jordan to James LeBron or Muhammad Ali to Mike Tyson. But these competitors are in the sport at the same time. Its an impossible task, yet we still try. And thats what makes F1 so interesting. To suggest that Russell is the fastest driver on the grid is not to also suggest that hes the best driver. Speed is just one factor in being a great driver, one worthy of contesting the World Championship. It also requires consistency, temperament, and an ability to perform under tremendous pressure. Being fast is certainly a prerequisite for greatness, and thats why many deem Russell a future World Champion. Indeed, there is plenty of evidence to suggest he could, in fact, be the fastest driver in 2021. PORTIMAO, PORTUGAL - APRIL 30: George Russell of Great Britain driving the (63) Williams Racing ... [+] FW43B Mercedes on track during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Portugal at Autodromo Internacional Do Algarve on April 30, 2021 in Portimao, Portugal. (Photo by Dan Istitene - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images) Formula 1 via Getty Images Speed is a function of the driver being able to extract the greatest performance out of any given car. When you look at Russells performance this past weekend and the massive delta to his teammate. When you look at his performance in the Mercedes last season at the Sakhir Grand Prix, where he barely fit into Hamiltons cockpit and had just three practice sessions to get used to the car. Not to mention his dominating speed during the race itself. When you look at the qualifying deltas between Hamilton/Bottas and Verstappen/Perez. It becomes clear that Russell is certainly on the same level as Hamilton and Verstappen, who are considered the two fastest drivers. Its further arguable that hes faster than either of them and just needs the right car to prove it. Unfortunately, the Williams car could not perform in the race itself, as it cant handle the dirty air from following other cars. And what we saw at the front of the race is that Bottas lacks the speed, execution, and/or killer instincts to contend with either Hamilton or Verstappen. This is why Mercedes should make the decision to put Russell in the seat next to Hamilton sooner rather than later. Rob Reed (RR): Today is Thursday before the Portuguese Grand Prix. George Russell (GR): Today is the day we traditionally do a track walk, but I actually no longer do track walks, because I find it it's quite time consuming. We have a very busy schedule on a Thursday between all of our interviews, with the engineer meetings. Often, a track walk takes at least an hour. It's much more productive for me to sit down with my engineers over a coffee, go through all of the details. Then, I'll often just quickly jump on a bike and do a lap in 15 minutes as opposed to an hour. RR: It seems like you've been doing the track ride more than the track walk. Its more efficient and probably even a little more fun. GR: I mean, I have a little laugh when I'm overtaking all of the other drivers who are walking the track and give them a little wave as I cycle by. Yeah, it's good. 18 April 2021, Italy, Imola: Motorsport: Formula 1 World Championship, Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, ... [+] race. Valtteri Bottas from Finland of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team (r) and George Russell from Great Britain of Team Williams Racing (l) are still sitting in their destroyed cars after the accident. Both were able to get out of their cars on their own. Photo: Hasan Bratic/dpa (Photo by Hasan Bratic/picture alliance via Getty Images) dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images RR: I want ask about the crash at Imola. You had DRS wide open, massive pace in the slipstream. GR: Yeah, from my side, I was coming up behind Valtteri. First, I actually thought he had an issue, because we had so much pace advantage over him. I'd never been in a situation behind the Mercedes about to overtake them on merit. I have the DRS. I was catching him. I was doing 200 miles an hour. As I pulled out from behind Valtteri and I went to overtake him, he, in his own right, defended hard. As a consequence, I got slightly onto the damp patch, and just lost the car. The stewards deemed it as a racing incident, which I think is a fair one, because ultimately, it was very unfortunate circumstances that came together. I think on a personal side, the emotions were so high at that moment. I was in a point-scoring position. I just crashed at 200 miles an hour, which I've never done before in my life. It was scary. It was honestly scary. Going down the street sideways, in the side of the Mercedes, there's grass, some mud, carbon fiber, pieces of car going everywhere. I don't know if I'm headed towards a wall, headed towards a gravel trap, about to roll it, or anything. Your heart sinks. Afterwards, I got out of the car and I actually went against my own instincts to walk away. Because I thought I wanted to show some emotion. In the moment, that was quite a poor judgment call, because my emotions and adrenaline were so high. I wasn't proud of the way I acted, to be honest, after that incident. It wasn't myself. It wasn't to the standards I set myself and ultimately, I do want to be a role model. I do want to lead by example to the younger generation and the people who watch Formula 1. My actions post-incident were not that. RR: I think everybody appreciated your apology. I think it was well-received. Certainly publicly, it was justified. I personally have some different opinions about it. GR: No. RR: I think the big question is not whether he moved to the right or defended. He said that he defended. Was that defense unsportsman-like? Because when I was watching it live, I saw you react to something. You reacted to a move that, again, we can't necessarily see from you're on-board. It was almost like a very sudden move that you're just not supposed to make in that position. Certainly under those conditions. GR: Obviously, as a racing driver, youre biased to every situation. Even teams are biased towards their own driver. You cannot see an incident rationally sometimes. At the end of the day, I don't go into any overtaking opportunity planning to crash. I went for that opportunity, because I thought it was possible, and I thought it was a very viable overtaking opportunity. Obviously, in the blink of an eye, suddenly everything changed. RR: The other thing I don't buy is that you shouldn't have gone for the move. A younger Lewis Hamilton would have 100% gone for that move. GR: Yeah, for sure. RR: Every single day, every driver on the grid would have gone for that move. That criticism holds no water. You had such pace. You wouldn't have been fighting into the next turn. With that pace, you would have been by him if he hadn't squeezed you so hard and caused you to react in the way you did. Again, I don't think it had to happen that way and the only person who could have avoided that outcome was Valtteri. That's where I come down on it. On a less controversial note, let's actually talk about cycling. GR: Change the subject. Absolutely. GR: I do a fair amount of cycling. Firstly, for fitness. Secondly, psychologically, it just takes my mind away. I find it relaxing. I live in London. I cycle to Richmond Park, which is renowned for its cycling around there. It's just a really relaxing area with a load of animals and wildlife surrounded the park. Its really beautiful, overlooking London. Ill be on the bike twice a week. I'm not one of these guys who would go out for four to six hours at a time. Because ultimately, we race anywhere between an hour-and-a-half to two hours. We try with our cardio to do as many minutes on the bike as I would potentially do in a race. For me, any further is a bit unnecessary for my given sport. Williams driver George Russell, of Britain, pedals a bicycle as he inspects the racetrack ahead of ... [+] Sunday's Emilia Romagna Formula One Grand Prix, at the Imola track, Italy, Thursday, April 15, 2021. I've seen guys kitted up and doing some proper laps on the track. GR: I did it in Bahrain, when I was there for I mean, we were in Bahrain for three weeks, because we had to test. We're filming in the middle. That was incredibly fun cycling around the circuit. The surface is so smooth. You don't have to worry about cars or people. You've got the place to yourself and it was perfect. Ordinarily, I wouldn't, but we have a little gym bike in our motorhome, which I would use on a Thursday. For example, today, this morning, I did 25 minutes really intense on the bike. Then I use it for my warmup as well. Just five minutes, just getting the heart rate up before the session. I'm just a bit more pumped and ready to jump in the car. GR: I think Valtteri is probably number one, I'd say. Obviously, his girlfriend is a professional cyclist. Valtteri is very good at his cardio to be fair. Hes a very fast runner, a very fast cyclist. I'd say, he's probably up there. I'd like to say top five for me. Oh, that is probably Lando. Yeah. Ill go Lando. I reckon he will be back row. I say, short distance running, I reckon Im number one. I reckon 400 to 1,500 meters is yeah, I think I've got the leg to everyone there. BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - DECEMBER 06: George Russell of Great Britain driving the (63) Mercedes AMG ... [+] Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W11 leads the field during the F1 Grand Prix of Sakhir at Bahrain International Circuit on December 06, 2020 in Bahrain, Bahrain. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images) Getty Images RR: Coming back to Formula 1, I also wanted to touch on last years Sakhir Grand Prix. From my view, I think aside from Turkey, that was the most exciting race of the season. Obviously, it didn't turn out like you'd hoped. But as a result, the Russell stock shot up quite a bit. GR: I took a huge amount away from it. I think, the number one lesson I learned is that I've been fighting in the back of the grid for two seasons now with Williams. It's been tough at points, because I'm a winner. I want to win and I want to fight for victories. It's been tough. What I learned in the Sakhir Grand Prix is that it's not going to get any easier fighting for victories and fighting for championships, psychologically. If anything, it's going to get even harder, because I qualified second on the grid. I was 20 milliseconds off poll, which is the equivalent, literally, of a blink of an eye. I was disappointed being second. My previous best was 12 in qualifying. I've just qualified second and I was disappointed. That taught me, fighting for a victory and losing it, it's going to be even more demoralizing than coming home on P15 and doing your best, but not having the tools to show for it. Dealing with the tough moments afterwards and getting yourself back together to say, Right, I've got another race next weekend. I've got to get myself together to try and win this thing, because I can't let the disappointment dwell on me. I can't let those disappointments affect my performance next weekend. That's so important. Formula 1 is very tough. It's very unique. Its heavily dominated by your qualifying performance. If you have a good qualifying, you're often going to have a good race. A lap in qualifying is 90 seconds long. Ninety seconds can make or break your whole race weekend. Just psychologically, you've got to be in the right frame of mind to say, Right, this is the moment. Its Q3 now. Or in our position, its Q2 now. I've got to nail this, because I put all this preparation into traveling to Australia, traveling to Bahrain, traveling to Portimao, or wherever it may be. This one lap is going to give me a good weekend or a bad weekend. That's a lot of pressure. BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - DECEMBER 06: George Russell of Great Britain driving the (63) Mercedes AMG ... [+] Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W11, Valtteri Bottas of Finland driving the (77) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W11 and Sergio Perez of Mexico driving the (11) Racing Point RP20 Mercedes at the first corner at the start of the race during the F1 Grand Prix of Sakhir at Bahrain International Circuit on December 06, 2020 in Bahrain, Bahrain. (Photo by Tolga Bozoglu - Pool/Getty Images) Getty Images RR: It doesn't sound like you were surprised at your own performance when you were in a competitive car. GR: If you want to win a championship, you have to be the best over the course of 23 races. Not the best over one race. If you have a disappointment, you need to get that out of your mind. That was such a fantastic opportunity. I left that race fulfilled with confidence, because I haven't had the opportunity to truly prove what I can do with the tools I've had. Or would he be in the same position as me? Because nobody would ever know. I thought I was doing a good job, but you just never know if Hamilton or Verstappen jumped in, what they'd do. I think, the fact I got that opportunity in the Mercedes, it made me feel, actually, I've probably been doing quite a good job with the tools I've had. RR: I want to give you a hypothetical. Let's say you're alongside Lewis at Mercedes. The championship is decided by just five races and you get to choose the tracks for those five races. GR: Ordinarily, I'd say Silverstone, because that's my home race. Equally, it's his home race as well. I think, yeah, let's do it. Let's put Silverstone on the calendar. HungaryBudapest, I always seem to go well there. I'd say, Budapest. Monaco. Monaco is just something else. GR: Yeah. Nowhere in the world where I get more adrenaline than driving a lap around Monaco. It blows your mind. Absolutely blows your mind. The speeds we go in these cars is, yeah, exceptional. I'd add Monaco to the list. Then I'd probably say, Suzuka. Great track. Followed by Portimao. I like Portimao. Yeah, theyre my five. GR: Ill let you read into that as you wish. GR: Super excited. Incredibly excited to go to Miami. I think it's a really cool place. I've seen the track. It looks great. This will be the second race we have in the US. Theres talks to have a third. I don't know. Maybe Vegas could be awesome, or Indianapolis. I think, we all love going to Austin, going to the states. I'm really excited to have a race in Miami. | Williams driver George Russell just completed a breakthrough weekend at the Portuguese Grand Prix. Qualifying 11th is the best performance of his F1 career and the best for a Williams car in recent memory. Russell is certainly on the same level as Hamilton and Verstappen, who are considered the two fastest drivers. | bart | 2 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/robreed/2021/05/04/is-george-russell-the-fastest-driver-on-todays-formula-1-grid/ | 0.224461 |
Could Washington LB Jamin Davis Wins NFL Rookie Of The Year? | Jamin Davis has the seventh-best odds to win 2021 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Jamin Davis is a particular favorite of the coaching staff of the Washington Football Team. He's a favorite of sorts there as well. Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons, the 12th overall selection in the NFL Draft - and the guy the Cowboys swear was the No. 1 defensive player on their Big Board - is the top candidate for the award, according to PointsBet. They have Parsons as a +450 proposition to win Rookie of the Year among defensive players. A few spots later - at +1400 - comes Davis, taken by the WFT with the No. 10 overall pick. Davis has the seventh-best odds here. Panthers cornerback Jaycee Horn, who was taken ahead of Parsons, is at +1500 - interestingly, behind Davis. Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain, taken in the No. 9 slot, one pick behind Horn, is at +1000. Two pass-rushers have a shot, with Dolphins rookie Jaelen Phillips (taken 18th) at +850 and Colts rookie Kwity Paye (taken at 21) at +900. Browns linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah is at +1100. Cardinals linebacker Zaven Collins (taken at 16) is at +1200. And then comes Davis. It starts with being a starter, maybe on a good team, and one capable of putting up numbers. Interceptions matter. Sacks matter. And wins matter. It is too early to know how Jamin Davis will line up for the Washington Football Team, so it is too early to know what sort of numbers he will record, what sort of performance he will register, and how successful he and his new team will be. But it is not too early to bet on it. READ MORE: Grading the WFT 2021 Haul | Jamin Davis has the seventh-best odds to win 2021 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. Davis is a favorite of the Washington Football Team. | pegasus | 0 | https://www.si.com/nfl/washingtonfootball/news/could-washington-football-team-lb-jamin-davis-wins-nfl-rookie-of-the-year | 0.275533 |
Could Washington LB Jamin Davis Wins NFL Rookie Of The Year? | Jamin Davis has the seventh-best odds to win 2021 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Jamin Davis is a particular favorite of the coaching staff of the Washington Football Team. He's a favorite of sorts there as well. Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons, the 12th overall selection in the NFL Draft - and the guy the Cowboys swear was the No. 1 defensive player on their Big Board - is the top candidate for the award, according to PointsBet. They have Parsons as a +450 proposition to win Rookie of the Year among defensive players. A few spots later - at +1400 - comes Davis, taken by the WFT with the No. 10 overall pick. Davis has the seventh-best odds here. Panthers cornerback Jaycee Horn, who was taken ahead of Parsons, is at +1500 - interestingly, behind Davis. Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain, taken in the No. 9 slot, one pick behind Horn, is at +1000. Two pass-rushers have a shot, with Dolphins rookie Jaelen Phillips (taken 18th) at +850 and Colts rookie Kwity Paye (taken at 21) at +900. Browns linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah is at +1100. Cardinals linebacker Zaven Collins (taken at 16) is at +1200. And then comes Davis. It starts with being a starter, maybe on a good team, and one capable of putting up numbers. Interceptions matter. Sacks matter. And wins matter. It is too early to know how Jamin Davis will line up for the Washington Football Team, so it is too early to know what sort of numbers he will record, what sort of performance he will register, and how successful he and his new team will be. But it is not too early to bet on it. READ MORE: Grading the WFT 2021 Haul | Jamin Davis has the seventh-best odds to win 2021 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. Davis is a favorite of the coaching staff of the Washington Football Team. Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons is the top candidate for the award. | pegasus | 1 | https://www.si.com/nfl/washingtonfootball/news/could-washington-football-team-lb-jamin-davis-wins-nfl-rookie-of-the-year | 0.284728 |
Could Washington LB Jamin Davis Wins NFL Rookie Of The Year? | Jamin Davis has the seventh-best odds to win 2021 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Jamin Davis is a particular favorite of the coaching staff of the Washington Football Team. He's a favorite of sorts there as well. Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons, the 12th overall selection in the NFL Draft - and the guy the Cowboys swear was the No. 1 defensive player on their Big Board - is the top candidate for the award, according to PointsBet. They have Parsons as a +450 proposition to win Rookie of the Year among defensive players. A few spots later - at +1400 - comes Davis, taken by the WFT with the No. 10 overall pick. Davis has the seventh-best odds here. Panthers cornerback Jaycee Horn, who was taken ahead of Parsons, is at +1500 - interestingly, behind Davis. Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain, taken in the No. 9 slot, one pick behind Horn, is at +1000. Two pass-rushers have a shot, with Dolphins rookie Jaelen Phillips (taken 18th) at +850 and Colts rookie Kwity Paye (taken at 21) at +900. Browns linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah is at +1100. Cardinals linebacker Zaven Collins (taken at 16) is at +1200. And then comes Davis. It starts with being a starter, maybe on a good team, and one capable of putting up numbers. Interceptions matter. Sacks matter. And wins matter. It is too early to know how Jamin Davis will line up for the Washington Football Team, so it is too early to know what sort of numbers he will record, what sort of performance he will register, and how successful he and his new team will be. But it is not too early to bet on it. READ MORE: Grading the WFT 2021 Haul | Jamin Davis has the seventh-best odds to win 2021 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. Davis is a favorite of the coaching staff of the Washington Football Team. Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons is the top candidate for the award. Parsons is a +450 proposition to win Rookie of the Year among defensive players. | pegasus | 2 | https://www.si.com/nfl/washingtonfootball/news/could-washington-football-team-lb-jamin-davis-wins-nfl-rookie-of-the-year | 0.318915 |
What shape is Rafael Nadal in as he tackles another clay court season? | On a fine spring day in Barcelona just over a week ago, Rafael Nadal threw himself down to the earth and roared in glee at the skies above him. It was a scenario that has played out countless times over the past 16 years, particularly during this time of year. In the three hours and 38 minutes it took Nadal to overcome Stefanos Tsitsipas from match point down, he wrestled with his own serve, his nerves and with one of the most in-form players this year. His reward, his 87th title, will only be a footnote in his career when all is over. He celebrated it as one of his great victories. As Nadal has explained numerous times since, of course he would celebrate such a difficult victory so vigorously. Between a back injury in Australia this year and his decision to sit out the early pandemic events, Nadal has played few tournaments recently and his form has suffered. In Melbourne, he hit a wall after leading Tsitsipas by two sets in their quarter-final and lost in five. In Monte Carlo last month, he was dismayed as he fizzled out in the third set to Andrey Rublev. It was, however, still a notable sight. This is a time when Roger Federer and Serena Williams, both five years older, ration their energies for the tournaments that most matter in the twilight of their careers. Novak Djokovic has spent much of this year stating, understandably, that he is only really motivated by grand slam titles these days. Dominic Thiem, in the prime of his career, recently took a break after feeling burnt out from all the effort it took for him to win just one slam title. Nadals ability to be fully present in every match and every point he contests feels even more significant and special as his career endures. Still, the frequency with which Nadals mental strength is discussed can obscure many other qualities that have defined his greatness over the years. He is constantly described as the resident worker on tour, the raging bull who plays with a primitive fighting spirit and works more than almost all of his rivals. In recent years, Nadal himself has come to reject many of these characterisations. Yes, his intensity and passion are essential to his success, but those qualities would be far diminished if he did not play with the clarity of thought and composure needed to continually problem solve on the court. But almost always under good self-control, no? Rafael Nadal trains ahead of his first match at the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open. Photograph: Rodrigo Jimenez/EPA Over the years, Nadal has fashioned one of the most complete games in the sport and his vast toolbox has allowed him to beset his natural decline in foot speed and athleticism. His improved serve has been essential to his sustained success, allowing more efficiency on faster surfaces. The last two times Nadal ended his season as No 1, 2019 and 2017, he won 90% and 89% of his service games, the highest and third highest numbers of his career. During the mid-2010s, when Nadals struggles sent him out of the top five for the only time in the last 16 years, it was often his forehand that he struggled with. He compensated by taking on more responsibility with his backhand, which now, at times, can end points as viciously as his forehand. So too has he matured at the net Nadal has always been one of the most capable and talented singles players at the net, but he chose his approach shots carefully. Now he is far more daring with his netplay in the 2019 US Open final against Daniil Medvedev he executed 20 serve and volleys, winning 17, with 66 total approaches. It has taken every facet of Nadals game to remain at the top of the sport for so long. Not all of these qualities have been as easy to summon so far this year, but on Wednesday, Nadal will face Carlos Alcaraz in his first match of the Madrid Open as he continues on his road towards a possible 14th Roland Garros title and a 21st major title. Their first encounter will garner significant hype as Alcaraz, 18 on Wednesday, has flitted up the rankings and is already anointed the next flagbearer for Spanish tennis. He may have to wait some time to see how heavily it weighs. | Rafael Nadal beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in three hours and 38 minutes. The Spaniard won his 87th grand slam title in Barcelona last week. Nadal is in good form ahead of the new clay court season. The 29-year-old is currently ranked No 1 in the world. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/may/04/is-rafael-nadal-in-shape-for-another-clay-court-season | 0.267381 |
What To Expect From Zyngas Q1? | UKRAINE - 2021/02/08: In this photo illustration a Zynga logo of the U.S. social game developer ... [+] running social video game services seen on a mobile phone and a pc screen. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is scheduled to report its Q1 2021 results on Wednesday, May 5. We expect the company to likely post revenue and earnings above the consensus estimates, primarily led by continued growth in the companys key franchises Empires & Puzzles and Merge Dragons! Zynga ZNGA should see an overall pickup in demand due to higher gaming engagement levels seen over the recent quarters. We expect the company to navigate well based on these trends over the latest quarter. Furthermore, our forecast indicates that Zyngas valuation is $14 per share, which is 31% above the current market price of around $11. Our interactive dashboard analysis on Zynga Pre-Earnings has additional details. (1) Revenues expected to be slightly above the consensus estimates Trefis estimates Zyngas Q1 2021 revenues to be around $690 million, modestly above the $686 million consensus estimate. Despite the economies opening up with vaccination programs underway in multiple countries, the user engagement levels for gaming has remained on the higher side, and Zynga, in particular, has seen higher user engagement led by its recently acquired gaming portfolios, including that of Rollic, which was acquired earlier this year, and it should bolster the overall top-line growth. Zyngas Q4 2020 total bookings (includes change in deferred revenue along with total revenue) were up a solid 61% y-o-y to $699 million, primarily driven by higher user engagement levels for its top games, including Merge Dragons! Our dashboard on Zynga Revenues offers more details on the companys segments. 2) EPS likely to be slightly above the consensus estimates Zyngas Q1 2021 adjusted earnings per share is expected to be $0.10 per Trefis analysis, slightly above the consensus estimate of $0.09. The companys net loss of $53 million in Q4 2020 compares with a $3.5 million loss in the prior year quarter. However, on an adjusted basis, the company reported earnings of $85 million or $0.09 on a per share basis. For the full year 2021, we expect the adjusted EPS to be higher at $0.40 compared to $0.35 in 2020. (3) Stock price estimate 31% above the current market price Trefis Price Estimate For ZNGA Trefis Going by our Zyngas Valuation, with an EPS estimate of $0.40 and a P/E multiple of 35x in 2021, this translates into a price of $14, which is 31% above the current market price of around $11. In fact, at the current market price of $11, ZNGA stock is trading at just 27x its 2021 EPS estimate of $0.40. While the 27x figure is comparable with some of its peers including Activision Blizzard ATVI and Electronic Arts EA , we believe that Zynga deserves a higher P/E multiple given the strong revenue and earnings growth delivered over the recent past, a trend expected to continue going forward, as well. Note: P/E Multiples are based on Share Price at the end of the year and reported (or expected) Adjusted Earnings for the full year. While ZNGA stock can see higher levels, it is helpful to see how its peers stack up. Check out ATVI stock comparison with its peers to see how Activision Blizzard compares against peers on metrics that matter. You can find more such useful comparisons on Peer Comparisons. See How Its Powering New Collaboration and What-Ifs For CFOs and Finance Teams | Product, R&D, and Marketing Teams | Zynga is scheduled to report its Q1 2021 results on Wednesday, May 5. We expect the company to likely post revenue and earnings above the consensus estimates. | pegasus | 1 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2021/05/04/what-to-expect-from-zyngas-q1/ | 0.281468 |
What To Expect From Zyngas Q1? | UKRAINE - 2021/02/08: In this photo illustration a Zynga logo of the U.S. social game developer ... [+] running social video game services seen on a mobile phone and a pc screen. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is scheduled to report its Q1 2021 results on Wednesday, May 5. We expect the company to likely post revenue and earnings above the consensus estimates, primarily led by continued growth in the companys key franchises Empires & Puzzles and Merge Dragons! Zynga ZNGA should see an overall pickup in demand due to higher gaming engagement levels seen over the recent quarters. We expect the company to navigate well based on these trends over the latest quarter. Furthermore, our forecast indicates that Zyngas valuation is $14 per share, which is 31% above the current market price of around $11. Our interactive dashboard analysis on Zynga Pre-Earnings has additional details. (1) Revenues expected to be slightly above the consensus estimates Trefis estimates Zyngas Q1 2021 revenues to be around $690 million, modestly above the $686 million consensus estimate. Despite the economies opening up with vaccination programs underway in multiple countries, the user engagement levels for gaming has remained on the higher side, and Zynga, in particular, has seen higher user engagement led by its recently acquired gaming portfolios, including that of Rollic, which was acquired earlier this year, and it should bolster the overall top-line growth. Zyngas Q4 2020 total bookings (includes change in deferred revenue along with total revenue) were up a solid 61% y-o-y to $699 million, primarily driven by higher user engagement levels for its top games, including Merge Dragons! Our dashboard on Zynga Revenues offers more details on the companys segments. 2) EPS likely to be slightly above the consensus estimates Zyngas Q1 2021 adjusted earnings per share is expected to be $0.10 per Trefis analysis, slightly above the consensus estimate of $0.09. The companys net loss of $53 million in Q4 2020 compares with a $3.5 million loss in the prior year quarter. However, on an adjusted basis, the company reported earnings of $85 million or $0.09 on a per share basis. For the full year 2021, we expect the adjusted EPS to be higher at $0.40 compared to $0.35 in 2020. (3) Stock price estimate 31% above the current market price Trefis Price Estimate For ZNGA Trefis Going by our Zyngas Valuation, with an EPS estimate of $0.40 and a P/E multiple of 35x in 2021, this translates into a price of $14, which is 31% above the current market price of around $11. In fact, at the current market price of $11, ZNGA stock is trading at just 27x its 2021 EPS estimate of $0.40. While the 27x figure is comparable with some of its peers including Activision Blizzard ATVI and Electronic Arts EA , we believe that Zynga deserves a higher P/E multiple given the strong revenue and earnings growth delivered over the recent past, a trend expected to continue going forward, as well. Note: P/E Multiples are based on Share Price at the end of the year and reported (or expected) Adjusted Earnings for the full year. While ZNGA stock can see higher levels, it is helpful to see how its peers stack up. Check out ATVI stock comparison with its peers to see how Activision Blizzard compares against peers on metrics that matter. You can find more such useful comparisons on Peer Comparisons. See How Its Powering New Collaboration and What-Ifs For CFOs and Finance Teams | Product, R&D, and Marketing Teams | Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is scheduled to report its Q1 2021 results on Wednesday, May 5. We expect the company to likely post revenue and earnings above the consensus estimates, primarily led by continued growth in the companys key franchises Empires & Puzzles and Merge Dragons. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2021/05/04/what-to-expect-from-zyngas-q1/ | 0.480735 |
What Do Conspiracy Theories And AI Explainability Have In Common? | Machine Learning Explanations Have A Truthiness Problem dogtownmedia.com The answer: both suffer from a truthiness problem. Truthiness is a term coined by Stephen Colbert to describe the tactic of weaving facts into a false narrative. Conspiracy theories like QAnon rely on truthiness, using individual data points to reach wild and untrue conclusions like ISIS was created by the CIA or a hidden Deep State runs the U.S. government. Like it or not, human beings are highly susceptible to truthiness: research indicates that 50% of Americans believe in at least one conspiracy theory. The AI business also suffers from a truthy belief: that when black box algorithms are used to make high-stakes decisionslike who gets approved for a loan, a job interview, or even an organ transplantthe fact that we dont know HOW these algorithms reach their decisions is not a problem so long as an AI developer can explain a models reasoning. This notion is pervasive in the AI industry, but it is truthiness nonetheless. The reality is that any attempt to explain a decision made by black box algorithm is just that: an attempt. In fact, as Cynthia Rudin, director of the Prediction Analysis Lab at Duke, says, AI explanations are by definition wrong because if an explanation was totally faithful to an AI models computations, we wouldnt need an explanation in the first placethe reasons for the models decisions would be obvious. So in order to explain why a black box model made a decision, we are forced to approximatein other words, make an educated, but not exact, guess. The reason truthy beliefs are so compelling is a result of neuroscience. The human mind works constantly to make sense of a complex world. When there is a gap between our brains ability to understand a set of facts and the ground-truth reality of those facts, we create stories and mental maps using three cognitive tools, all of which result in bias: Generalization, or drawing broad conclusions based on a few experiences; Deletion, or selectively paying attention to certain facts while overlooking or omitting others, and Distortion, or misrepresenting reality by making shifts in our experience or data. Conspiracy theories exploit all three of these tools by publicizing cryptic but real photos, quotes and facts, and then layering wild and dangerous stories on top of them. AI explanations, while based on math and peer-reviewed studies, do a version of the same thing, distilling complex facts into a narrative that sounds accurate and makes people comfortable but in reality can be far from the truth. For example, the two most popular AI explanation packages, SHAP and LIME, generate explanations by making generalizations. SHAP explains individual predictions using a models average output value as a reference point. LIME divides a high-dimensional model into smaller pieces and then makes linear approximations of those tiny spaces. Another popular method, Leave-One-Co-Variate-Out, uses deletion. The developer deletes one variable, re-runs the model and then makes judgments about the importance of that variable by assessing how the models decisions changed once the variable was deleted. Permutation Feature Importance relies on distortion to measure the importance of a variable by assigning it a series of random values and then determining the model's prediction error. A variable is important if distorting its data increases the prediction error, and unimportant if distorting it left the model error unchanged. Given that AI explanations suffer from these shortcomings, its easy to see that these explanations can do harm by concealing the damage an AI model is doing. Microsoft Research illustrated this potential for harm in a 2020 study. Data scientists were given a model and told to evaluate it using common AI explanatory tools. Most of the scientists were unable to accurately describe what the models were doing even after watching a tutorial on how to generate explanations. Worse still, simply having an explanation made the scientists more confident about the model and more likely to justify its use, even when the explanation was something that should have raised suspicion. In a real-life example, a sports team used a hiring algorithm that, when explained, seemed fair to Black and female applicants because many members of both groups had been hired. But upon closer inspection, all of the female hires were white secretaries, while all of the Black hires were male athletes. So women of color, not to mention many other groups, were excluded from hiring consideration by the algorithm. The first step, according to Ian Hardy, a data scientist focused on applying AI in consumer lending, is acknowledging that there are many ways to express truths about how a black box algorithm works. Companies must be careful not to explain one aspect of a models behavior, such as accuracy, at the expense of another aspect, such as fairness. For example, if a lending model uses 400 variables and a regulator asks which ones are most important, many lenders will run an explainer like SHAP and hand over the top 200 most important variables, all of which may seem unproblematic. In this scenario, medical debt is a deciding factor in whether some people of color will get a loan. But to the average applicant, medical debt seems unimportant. Given this, does a list of the top 200 variables adequately explain how the model is operating? Second, whenever possible use a simple model rather than a black box algorithm. Cynthia Rudin advises lenders to consider whether a black box model is necessary, especially since simpler techniques often achieve the same business results as black box models. Finally, if you do use a black box algorithm, use multiple explanatory techniques and stress test your explanations. Taking these additional steps can more rigorously validate your models decision-making. Black box algorithms have an important role to play in society, and the technologies we use to explain them are crucial for safer, more trustworthy products. But we must create and interpret these explanations responsibly, which starts with acknowledging that no black box algorithm can be explained using a one-size-fits-all method that can hide harmful attributes. When it comes to explaining AI, we would be wise to follow Naval Ravikants words: Adopting explanations without challenge isnt scienceits politics. | Machine Learning Explanations Have A Truthiness Problem, says Andrew Keen. Keen: Conspiracy theories like QAnon rely on truthiness, using individual data points to reach wild and untrue conclusions. Keen says AI explanations, while based on math and peer-reviewed studies, do a version of the same thing. | bart | 2 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kareemsaleh/2021/05/04/what-do-conspiracy-theories-and-ai-explainability-have-in-common/ | 0.197699 |
How Should Brands Think About Their Relationship With Customers? | originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Lee Hnetinka, Founder at Darkstore and FastAF, on Quora: Consumers view brands as relationships, so its important to reciprocate those feelings. By defining a brands particular kind of relationship, companies can create greater engagement, differentiation and loyalty. With the abundance of competitive information and the content available online, todays consumers are more informed than ever, so there must be a greater emphasis placed on their experience. In addition, with direct access to customers through social media channels, use the opportunity to crowdsource and listen to what your customers want and need. With more product choices and easier access to both essential and discretionary items, expectations have shifted in the consumers favor. And, with speed, convenience, price, access, quality and value still driving the consumer online purchase journey, its easy to see that whats good for the consumer isnt always easy for the brand. The customer will remain the main focus in these relationships, so its important to figure out a way for them to be central in any brand's commerce experience. This question originally appeared on Quora - the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. | Customers view brands as relationships, so its important to reciprocate those feelings. | bart | 0 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2021/05/04/how-should-brands-think-about-their-relationship-with-customers/ | 0.210257 |
How Should Brands Think About Their Relationship With Customers? | originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Lee Hnetinka, Founder at Darkstore and FastAF, on Quora: Consumers view brands as relationships, so its important to reciprocate those feelings. By defining a brands particular kind of relationship, companies can create greater engagement, differentiation and loyalty. With the abundance of competitive information and the content available online, todays consumers are more informed than ever, so there must be a greater emphasis placed on their experience. In addition, with direct access to customers through social media channels, use the opportunity to crowdsource and listen to what your customers want and need. With more product choices and easier access to both essential and discretionary items, expectations have shifted in the consumers favor. And, with speed, convenience, price, access, quality and value still driving the consumer online purchase journey, its easy to see that whats good for the consumer isnt always easy for the brand. The customer will remain the main focus in these relationships, so its important to figure out a way for them to be central in any brand's commerce experience. This question originally appeared on Quora - the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. | Defining a brands particular kind of relationship can create greater engagement, differentiation and loyalty. With direct access to customers through social media channels, use the opportunity to crowdsource and listen to what your customers want and need. | pegasus | 1 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2021/05/04/how-should-brands-think-about-their-relationship-with-customers/ | 0.14992 |
How Should Brands Think About Their Relationship With Customers? | originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Lee Hnetinka, Founder at Darkstore and FastAF, on Quora: Consumers view brands as relationships, so its important to reciprocate those feelings. By defining a brands particular kind of relationship, companies can create greater engagement, differentiation and loyalty. With the abundance of competitive information and the content available online, todays consumers are more informed than ever, so there must be a greater emphasis placed on their experience. In addition, with direct access to customers through social media channels, use the opportunity to crowdsource and listen to what your customers want and need. With more product choices and easier access to both essential and discretionary items, expectations have shifted in the consumers favor. And, with speed, convenience, price, access, quality and value still driving the consumer online purchase journey, its easy to see that whats good for the consumer isnt always easy for the brand. The customer will remain the main focus in these relationships, so its important to figure out a way for them to be central in any brand's commerce experience. This question originally appeared on Quora - the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. | Customers view brands as relationships, so its important to reciprocate those feelings. With the abundance of competitive information and the content available online, there must be a greater emphasis placed on their experience. With direct access to customers through social media channels, use the opportunity to crowdsource and listen to what your customers want and need. | bart | 2 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2021/05/04/how-should-brands-think-about-their-relationship-with-customers/ | 0.282307 |
What and when is Cinco de Mayo, and how is the holiday celebrated? | It's May, which means it's time for one of the United States' most misunderstood holidays. But at least there will be great food and drink to make the misunderstanding more tolerable. The name in Spanish means "May 5." This year's falls on Wednesday, while next year's will be on Thursday. Cinco de Mayo 2023 is one of the "holy grails," falling on a Friday when most people don't need to work the next day, though Leap Year Day in 2024 means that year's holiday jumps straight to Sunday. First of all, it's not Mexico's Independence Day, which is actually celebrated Sept. 16. Cinco de Mayo instead commemorates the Mexican army's victory over Napoleon III's French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Not the famous one from "Bill & Ted's Big Adventure." He had been dead about 40 years by this point. This was his nephew. (Napoleon II, Bonaparte's son, only briefly held the title of emperor and never held actual power.) Mexico had borrowed a lot of money from European countries over the preceding years, and France came to collect and wasn't willing to talk it out. Oddly or not, considering Americans' fondness for claiming other countries' holidays as a reason to drink and party Cinco de Mayo is celebrated much more in the United States than it is in Mexico. In Mexico, it's not even a federal holiday, and most of the celebratory parades and events are limited to the state of Puebla. In the United States, Cinco de Mayo is usually marked with parades and celebrations of Mexican culture, culminating with the consumption of lots of Mexican food and margaritas. And as much as you think it would look "cute" or "funny," don't wear a sombrero. Before you sip, explore the cocktail's mysterious origin But most non-Mexican Americans have "no idea" about the day's history, Carlos Tortolero, president of the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, told USA TODAY Network in 2014. ', they would be clueless, and you can't blame the alcohol consumption either," Tortolero said. In the 1960s, the holiday was adopted in cities with large Hispanic populations, starting with the west coast and moving inwards over the years, as a celebration of Mexican culture. Activists also commemorated it as a metaphor for all indigenous people triumphing over arriving colonists. The holiday was then pushed into the holiday big leagues in the '80s once the marketing departments of Annheiser-Busch and Miller Brewing got behind it. Contact IndyStar digital producer Channing King at 317-444-8073 or channing.king@indystar.com. Follow him on Facebook or Twitter: @ChanningKing. | Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in the United States on May 5. | pegasus | 0 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2021/05/04/cinco-de-mayo-2021-5-de-mayo-celebration-questions-answered/4935534001/ | 0.157398 |
What and when is Cinco de Mayo, and how is the holiday celebrated? | It's May, which means it's time for one of the United States' most misunderstood holidays. But at least there will be great food and drink to make the misunderstanding more tolerable. The name in Spanish means "May 5." This year's falls on Wednesday, while next year's will be on Thursday. Cinco de Mayo 2023 is one of the "holy grails," falling on a Friday when most people don't need to work the next day, though Leap Year Day in 2024 means that year's holiday jumps straight to Sunday. First of all, it's not Mexico's Independence Day, which is actually celebrated Sept. 16. Cinco de Mayo instead commemorates the Mexican army's victory over Napoleon III's French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Not the famous one from "Bill & Ted's Big Adventure." He had been dead about 40 years by this point. This was his nephew. (Napoleon II, Bonaparte's son, only briefly held the title of emperor and never held actual power.) Mexico had borrowed a lot of money from European countries over the preceding years, and France came to collect and wasn't willing to talk it out. Oddly or not, considering Americans' fondness for claiming other countries' holidays as a reason to drink and party Cinco de Mayo is celebrated much more in the United States than it is in Mexico. In Mexico, it's not even a federal holiday, and most of the celebratory parades and events are limited to the state of Puebla. In the United States, Cinco de Mayo is usually marked with parades and celebrations of Mexican culture, culminating with the consumption of lots of Mexican food and margaritas. And as much as you think it would look "cute" or "funny," don't wear a sombrero. Before you sip, explore the cocktail's mysterious origin But most non-Mexican Americans have "no idea" about the day's history, Carlos Tortolero, president of the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, told USA TODAY Network in 2014. ', they would be clueless, and you can't blame the alcohol consumption either," Tortolero said. In the 1960s, the holiday was adopted in cities with large Hispanic populations, starting with the west coast and moving inwards over the years, as a celebration of Mexican culture. Activists also commemorated it as a metaphor for all indigenous people triumphing over arriving colonists. The holiday was then pushed into the holiday big leagues in the '80s once the marketing departments of Annheiser-Busch and Miller Brewing got behind it. Contact IndyStar digital producer Channing King at 317-444-8073 or channing.king@indystar.com. Follow him on Facebook or Twitter: @ChanningKing. | Cinco de Mayo is one of the United States' most misunderstood holidays. It commemorates the Mexican army's victory over Napoleon III's French forces. The name in Spanish means "May 5" This year's falls on Wednesday, while next year's will be on Thursday. | bart | 2 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2021/05/04/cinco-de-mayo-2021-5-de-mayo-celebration-questions-answered/4935534001/ | 0.103725 |
Why is my personal loan APR different than the interest rate? | Selects editorial team works independently to review financial products and write articles we think our readers will find useful. We may receive a commission when you click on links for products from our affiliate partners. Taking out a personal loan can sometimes feel like a whirlwind. Between submitting your information for a soft pull (otherwise known as getting prequalified) and evaluating loan offers to choose the best one, it's easy to overlook the many personal loan fees that can get tacked onto the money you borrow. Just like any kind of loan or credit product, personal loans come with interest charges. And that interest is colloquially known as APR. Most consumers understand that APR and interest are two financial terms often used interchangeably, when in fact their meanings differ slightly. Ahead, Select explains and why your interest rate may be different than your overall APR. Personal loans lenders charge interest rates ranging between roughly 2.49% to upwards of 24% (and sometimes higher). The average personal loan interest rate for two-year loans is currently 9.46% according to Q1 2021 data from the Federal Reserve. Interest rates are expressed as a percentage applied to your remaining monthly balance. The rate determines how much you pay to borrow money over the lifetime of the loan. A two-year loan, for instance, gets paid back over a period of 24 monthly installments. Each month, a portion of your payment gets applied to the balance you still owe, while another percentage gets applied toward interest, or the fee you pay to borrow. Interest rates can be fixed (stay the same for the life of the loan) or variable (subject to change from month to month). At a first glance, it's easy to confuse the annual percentage rate (APR) on a personal loan with its interest rate. However, APR refers to the annual cost you pay in total, including both the interest rate and any fees associated with the loan, specifically origination fees and/or one-time administration fees. When there are no extra fees, the APR is the same as the interest rate. However, many lenders charge origination fees ranging from 2% to 10%. Such fees won't change your interest rate, but they do add on to the loan's total cost. So the advertised APR may include both interest rates and other fees. It's important to do your research ahead of time to make sure you understand exactly what your loan will cost. APR and interest comparison Here's an example of a loan with both an origination fee and monthly interest rate. If you took out a $10,000 loan that had an 8% origination fee, your lender would charge $800 up front before even giving you the money. When the money is deposited into your account, you'd only get $9,200. You'd still owe back the full $10,000, plus interest. Let's assume the interest rate is 9.46% and your repayment term is four years (48 months). According to Experian's APR calculator, the total APR would be actually be considerably higher than the interest rate, at 13.10%, because you have to factor in the origination fee. Total loan amount: $10,000 $10,000 Origination fee: $800 $800 Amount deposited to your bank account: $9,200 $9,200 Interest rate: 9.46% 9.46% APR: 13.10% 13.10% Estimated monthly payment: $248.85 $248.85 Total interest paid over life of the loan: $1,944.82 $1,944.82 Total paid (interest + fees): $2,744.82 How to get a personal loan Editorial Note: Opinions, analyses, reviews or recommendations expressed in this article are those of the Select editorial staffs alone, and have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any third party. | It's easy to confuse the annual percentage rate (APR) on a personal loan with its interest rate. APR refers to the annual cost you pay in total, including both the interest rate and any fees associated with the loan. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.cnbc.com/select/why-apr-is-different-than-interest-rate-personal-loan/ | 0.12775 |
Why is my personal loan APR different than the interest rate? | Selects editorial team works independently to review financial products and write articles we think our readers will find useful. We may receive a commission when you click on links for products from our affiliate partners. Taking out a personal loan can sometimes feel like a whirlwind. Between submitting your information for a soft pull (otherwise known as getting prequalified) and evaluating loan offers to choose the best one, it's easy to overlook the many personal loan fees that can get tacked onto the money you borrow. Just like any kind of loan or credit product, personal loans come with interest charges. And that interest is colloquially known as APR. Most consumers understand that APR and interest are two financial terms often used interchangeably, when in fact their meanings differ slightly. Ahead, Select explains and why your interest rate may be different than your overall APR. Personal loans lenders charge interest rates ranging between roughly 2.49% to upwards of 24% (and sometimes higher). The average personal loan interest rate for two-year loans is currently 9.46% according to Q1 2021 data from the Federal Reserve. Interest rates are expressed as a percentage applied to your remaining monthly balance. The rate determines how much you pay to borrow money over the lifetime of the loan. A two-year loan, for instance, gets paid back over a period of 24 monthly installments. Each month, a portion of your payment gets applied to the balance you still owe, while another percentage gets applied toward interest, or the fee you pay to borrow. Interest rates can be fixed (stay the same for the life of the loan) or variable (subject to change from month to month). At a first glance, it's easy to confuse the annual percentage rate (APR) on a personal loan with its interest rate. However, APR refers to the annual cost you pay in total, including both the interest rate and any fees associated with the loan, specifically origination fees and/or one-time administration fees. When there are no extra fees, the APR is the same as the interest rate. However, many lenders charge origination fees ranging from 2% to 10%. Such fees won't change your interest rate, but they do add on to the loan's total cost. So the advertised APR may include both interest rates and other fees. It's important to do your research ahead of time to make sure you understand exactly what your loan will cost. APR and interest comparison Here's an example of a loan with both an origination fee and monthly interest rate. If you took out a $10,000 loan that had an 8% origination fee, your lender would charge $800 up front before even giving you the money. When the money is deposited into your account, you'd only get $9,200. You'd still owe back the full $10,000, plus interest. Let's assume the interest rate is 9.46% and your repayment term is four years (48 months). According to Experian's APR calculator, the total APR would be actually be considerably higher than the interest rate, at 13.10%, because you have to factor in the origination fee. Total loan amount: $10,000 $10,000 Origination fee: $800 $800 Amount deposited to your bank account: $9,200 $9,200 Interest rate: 9.46% 9.46% APR: 13.10% 13.10% Estimated monthly payment: $248.85 $248.85 Total interest paid over life of the loan: $1,944.82 $1,944.82 Total paid (interest + fees): $2,744.82 How to get a personal loan Editorial Note: Opinions, analyses, reviews or recommendations expressed in this article are those of the Select editorial staffs alone, and have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any third party. | APR and interest are two financial terms often used interchangeably, when in fact their meanings differ slightly. The average personal loan interest rate for two-year loans is currently 9.46%. APR refers to the annual cost you pay in total, including both the interest rate and any fees associated with the loan. | pegasus | 2 | https://www.cnbc.com/select/why-apr-is-different-than-interest-rate-personal-loan/ | 0.155752 |
Could Washington LB Jamin Davis Win NFL Rookie Of The Year? | Jamin Davis has the seventh-best odds to win 2021 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Jamin Davis is a particular favorite of the coaching staff of the Washington Football Team. He's a favorite of sorts there as well. Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons, the 12th overall selection in the NFL Draft - and the guy the Cowboys swear was the No. 1 defensive player on their Big Board - is the top candidate for the award, according to PointsBet. They have Parsons as a +450 proposition to win Rookie of the Year among defensive players. A few spots later - at +1400 - comes Davis, taken by the WFT with the No. 10 overall pick. Davis has the seventh-best odds here. Panthers cornerback Jaycee Horn, who was taken ahead of Parsons, is at +1500 - interestingly, behind Davis. Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain, taken in the No. 9 slot, one pick behind Horn, is at +1000. Two pass-rushers have a shot, with Dolphins rookie Jaelen Phillips (taken 18th) at +850 and Colts rookie Kwity Paye (taken at 21) at +900. Browns linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah is at +1100. Cardinals linebacker Zaven Collins (taken at 16) is at +1200. And then comes Davis. It starts with being a starter, maybe on a good team, and one capable of putting up numbers. Interceptions matter. Sacks matter. And wins matter. It is too early to know how Jamin Davis will line up for the Washington Football Team, so it is too early to know what sort of numbers he will record, what sort of performance he will register, and how successful he and his new team will be. But it is not too early to bet on it. READ MORE: Grading the WFT 2021 Haul | Jamin Davis has the seventh-best odds to win 2021 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. Davis is a favorite of the Washington Football Team. | pegasus | 0 | https://www.si.com/nfl/washingtonfootball/news/could-washington-football-team-lb-jamin-davis-win-nfl-rookie-of-the-year | 0.27818 |
Could Washington LB Jamin Davis Win NFL Rookie Of The Year? | Jamin Davis has the seventh-best odds to win 2021 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Jamin Davis is a particular favorite of the coaching staff of the Washington Football Team. He's a favorite of sorts there as well. Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons, the 12th overall selection in the NFL Draft - and the guy the Cowboys swear was the No. 1 defensive player on their Big Board - is the top candidate for the award, according to PointsBet. They have Parsons as a +450 proposition to win Rookie of the Year among defensive players. A few spots later - at +1400 - comes Davis, taken by the WFT with the No. 10 overall pick. Davis has the seventh-best odds here. Panthers cornerback Jaycee Horn, who was taken ahead of Parsons, is at +1500 - interestingly, behind Davis. Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain, taken in the No. 9 slot, one pick behind Horn, is at +1000. Two pass-rushers have a shot, with Dolphins rookie Jaelen Phillips (taken 18th) at +850 and Colts rookie Kwity Paye (taken at 21) at +900. Browns linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah is at +1100. Cardinals linebacker Zaven Collins (taken at 16) is at +1200. And then comes Davis. It starts with being a starter, maybe on a good team, and one capable of putting up numbers. Interceptions matter. Sacks matter. And wins matter. It is too early to know how Jamin Davis will line up for the Washington Football Team, so it is too early to know what sort of numbers he will record, what sort of performance he will register, and how successful he and his new team will be. But it is not too early to bet on it. READ MORE: Grading the WFT 2021 Haul | Jamin Davis has the seventh-best odds to win 2021 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. Davis is a favorite of the coaching staff of the Washington Football Team. Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons is the top candidate for the award. | pegasus | 1 | https://www.si.com/nfl/washingtonfootball/news/could-washington-football-team-lb-jamin-davis-win-nfl-rookie-of-the-year | 0.286823 |
Could Washington LB Jamin Davis Win NFL Rookie Of The Year? | Jamin Davis has the seventh-best odds to win 2021 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Jamin Davis is a particular favorite of the coaching staff of the Washington Football Team. He's a favorite of sorts there as well. Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons, the 12th overall selection in the NFL Draft - and the guy the Cowboys swear was the No. 1 defensive player on their Big Board - is the top candidate for the award, according to PointsBet. They have Parsons as a +450 proposition to win Rookie of the Year among defensive players. A few spots later - at +1400 - comes Davis, taken by the WFT with the No. 10 overall pick. Davis has the seventh-best odds here. Panthers cornerback Jaycee Horn, who was taken ahead of Parsons, is at +1500 - interestingly, behind Davis. Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain, taken in the No. 9 slot, one pick behind Horn, is at +1000. Two pass-rushers have a shot, with Dolphins rookie Jaelen Phillips (taken 18th) at +850 and Colts rookie Kwity Paye (taken at 21) at +900. Browns linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah is at +1100. Cardinals linebacker Zaven Collins (taken at 16) is at +1200. And then comes Davis. It starts with being a starter, maybe on a good team, and one capable of putting up numbers. Interceptions matter. Sacks matter. And wins matter. It is too early to know how Jamin Davis will line up for the Washington Football Team, so it is too early to know what sort of numbers he will record, what sort of performance he will register, and how successful he and his new team will be. But it is not too early to bet on it. READ MORE: Grading the WFT 2021 Haul | Jamin Davis has the seventh-best odds to win 2021 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. Davis is a favorite of the coaching staff of the Washington Football Team. Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons is the top candidate for the award. Parsons is a +450 proposition to win Rookie of the Year among defensive players. | pegasus | 2 | https://www.si.com/nfl/washingtonfootball/news/could-washington-football-team-lb-jamin-davis-win-nfl-rookie-of-the-year | 0.328794 |
Is There A Travel Ban From India To The United States? | India is currently experiencing one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks, and an oxygen shortage is causing extra strife to those who need treatment. As a result, there is a temporary travel ban from India to the United States. NEW DELHI, INDIA - MAY 04: People receive their Covid-19 vaccines from medical workers at a ... [+] vaccination centre set up in the classroom of a government school on May 04, 2021 in New Delhi, India. India recorded more than 360,000 coronavirus cases in a day for the 12th day in a row on Monday as the total number of those infected according to Health Ministry data neared 20 million. The real figure could be up to ten times higher, many health experts say, due to a lack of widespread testing or reporting, and only patients who succumbed in hospitals being counted. A new wave of the pandemic has totally overwhelmed the country's healthcare services and has caused crematoriums to operate day and night as the number of victims continues to spiral out of control. (Photo by Rebecca Conway/Getty Images) Getty Images India Travel Ban Starts May 4, 2021 The Biden Administration issued a Presidential proclamation on April 30, 2021, mentioning a travel ban from India beginning on May 4, 2021. As of the press release, the nation of 1.3 billion people is reporting an average of 300,000 new COVID-19 cases each day. Many of the cases are from variant strain B.1.617. Two other variant strains first confirmed in the United Kingdom and South Africa are impacting India and the world as well. The CDC recommends proactive measures to prevent the potential spread of the B.1.617 variant. As a result, certain travelers will not easily enter the United States from India until the travel restrictions ease. The May 4, 2021 travel ban from India to the U.S. impacts nonimmigrants and noncitizens of the United States that have been in India for any or all of the last 14 days. These travelers must first stay in another country until their last day in India was at least 15 days before. Once these travelers qualify for entering the United States, they will take a mandatory COVID-19 diagnostic test. This test applies to all returning U.S. residents as well. Other countries are also issuing travel restrictions to discourage travel from India. Airlines are issuing refunds and rebooking options to help affected travelers return to their home country or find another travel destination. U.S. residents and qualifying non-residents are exempt from the travel restrictions. The following exemptions apply to these travelers: U.S. citizens Lawful permanent residents Noncitizen nationals Any noncitizen who is the spouse of a U.S. citizen or permanent resident A noncitizen who is the parent or legal guardian of a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (the child must be unmarried and under age 21) A noncitizen who is the sibling of a U.S. citizen or permanent residents (both must be unmarried and under age 21) Any noncitizen who is the child, foster child or ward of a U.S. citizen or permanent resident Prospective adoptee seeking to enter the U.S. pursuant to the IR-4 or IH-4 visa classifications Any noncitizen traveling by request of the U.S. government for various purposes Qualified travelers can re-enter the United States directly from India. Since January 26, 2021, any person coming into the United States must obtain a negative COVID-19 test no more than three days before flying back to the U.S. This mandatory test applies to fully vaccinated travelers. Recovered COVID-19 patients can waive the mandatory test by showing documentation of a recovery from the last 90 days. After Traveling To India The CDC has different post-travel guidelines for vaccinated and unvaccinated travelers. Vaccinated Travelers Fully vaccinated travelers should practice these guidelines after traveling abroad: Take a viral test 3-5 days after travel (in addition to the re-entry test) Self-monitor for potential symptoms Follow state and local recommendations No self-quarantine is necessary but should isolate if they detect potential symptoms. Unvaccinated Travelers Nonvaccinated travelers should stay home and self-quarantine for 7 days but get a viral test between days 3 and 5. Travelers that don't get a post-travel test are advised to self-isolate for 10 full days after returning from a trip. Unvaccinated travelers should also avoid contact with high-risk individuals for the first 14 days. Following any state and local guidelines is essential too. The CDC currently assigns a Level 4 COVID-19 risk level to India. This is the highest risk level and indicates a "very high" risk of getting or spreading COVID-19. Going further, the CDC only recommends flying to India for essential reasons and to be fully vaccinated if flying to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19. Once arriving in India, it's recommended to practice these actions: Social distance at least 6 feet between people Wear a mask Avoid crowds Wash hands frequently India Entry Requirements While the U.S. doesn't restrict travel to India, the Indian government has several entry requirements for India. Essential Travel Only Travel for tourism and most short-term, nonessential travel is not permitted at the present moment. Traveling for essential reasons, returning residents and business travel is allowable. Mandatory Pre-Travel Test Since February 22, 2021, India requires all flyers to have a negative pre-travel test to enter the country. This requirement applies to fully vaccinated travelers too. International travelers can upload their test results to the Air Suvidha portal before arriving. Passengers can also complete a self-declaration form online to expedite the customs process. Self-Monitor For 14 Days Passengers coming from the United States can have fewer travel restrictions than other nations with a higher infection rate. For example, travelers from the UK, Brazil and South Africa must self-quarantine for the first 7 days. But U.S. travelers from the United States only have to undergo a thermal test at the airport and present a paper copy of the self-declaration form. No mandatory quarantine is necessary, but they will need to self-monitor for the first 14 days for potential symptoms. Local curfews and social distancing measures may also be active to prevent transmission. Other U.S. Travel Bans In addition to India, non-U.S. residents and qualifying permanent residents and non-citizens cannot enter the United States from these countries: China Iran European Schengen area (i.e., France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, etc.) United Kingdom Republic of Ireland Brazil South Africa Affected travelers cannot enter the United States if they have been in any of the above countries for the past 14 days. Once again, these restrictions don't apply to U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, and immediate family members. But it's also difficult to travel to these other high-risk countries for unessential travel due to their own local travel restrictions. Summary India is possibly the worst coronavirus hotspot to start May 2021. Many nations, including the United States, are prohibiting non-U.S. citizens and residents from flying to India until the situation improves. Hopefully, the situation can improve soon to reopen the travel corridor between two of the world's largest countries. Related Articles: | The Biden Administration issued a Presidential proclamation on April 30, 2021, mentioning a travel ban from India beginning on May 4, 2021. | bart | 0 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/geoffwhitmore/2021/05/04/is-there-a-travel-ban-from-india-to-the-united-states/ | 0.117201 |
Is There A Travel Ban From India To The United States? | India is currently experiencing one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks, and an oxygen shortage is causing extra strife to those who need treatment. As a result, there is a temporary travel ban from India to the United States. NEW DELHI, INDIA - MAY 04: People receive their Covid-19 vaccines from medical workers at a ... [+] vaccination centre set up in the classroom of a government school on May 04, 2021 in New Delhi, India. India recorded more than 360,000 coronavirus cases in a day for the 12th day in a row on Monday as the total number of those infected according to Health Ministry data neared 20 million. The real figure could be up to ten times higher, many health experts say, due to a lack of widespread testing or reporting, and only patients who succumbed in hospitals being counted. A new wave of the pandemic has totally overwhelmed the country's healthcare services and has caused crematoriums to operate day and night as the number of victims continues to spiral out of control. (Photo by Rebecca Conway/Getty Images) Getty Images India Travel Ban Starts May 4, 2021 The Biden Administration issued a Presidential proclamation on April 30, 2021, mentioning a travel ban from India beginning on May 4, 2021. As of the press release, the nation of 1.3 billion people is reporting an average of 300,000 new COVID-19 cases each day. Many of the cases are from variant strain B.1.617. Two other variant strains first confirmed in the United Kingdom and South Africa are impacting India and the world as well. The CDC recommends proactive measures to prevent the potential spread of the B.1.617 variant. As a result, certain travelers will not easily enter the United States from India until the travel restrictions ease. The May 4, 2021 travel ban from India to the U.S. impacts nonimmigrants and noncitizens of the United States that have been in India for any or all of the last 14 days. These travelers must first stay in another country until their last day in India was at least 15 days before. Once these travelers qualify for entering the United States, they will take a mandatory COVID-19 diagnostic test. This test applies to all returning U.S. residents as well. Other countries are also issuing travel restrictions to discourage travel from India. Airlines are issuing refunds and rebooking options to help affected travelers return to their home country or find another travel destination. U.S. residents and qualifying non-residents are exempt from the travel restrictions. The following exemptions apply to these travelers: U.S. citizens Lawful permanent residents Noncitizen nationals Any noncitizen who is the spouse of a U.S. citizen or permanent resident A noncitizen who is the parent or legal guardian of a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (the child must be unmarried and under age 21) A noncitizen who is the sibling of a U.S. citizen or permanent residents (both must be unmarried and under age 21) Any noncitizen who is the child, foster child or ward of a U.S. citizen or permanent resident Prospective adoptee seeking to enter the U.S. pursuant to the IR-4 or IH-4 visa classifications Any noncitizen traveling by request of the U.S. government for various purposes Qualified travelers can re-enter the United States directly from India. Since January 26, 2021, any person coming into the United States must obtain a negative COVID-19 test no more than three days before flying back to the U.S. This mandatory test applies to fully vaccinated travelers. Recovered COVID-19 patients can waive the mandatory test by showing documentation of a recovery from the last 90 days. After Traveling To India The CDC has different post-travel guidelines for vaccinated and unvaccinated travelers. Vaccinated Travelers Fully vaccinated travelers should practice these guidelines after traveling abroad: Take a viral test 3-5 days after travel (in addition to the re-entry test) Self-monitor for potential symptoms Follow state and local recommendations No self-quarantine is necessary but should isolate if they detect potential symptoms. Unvaccinated Travelers Nonvaccinated travelers should stay home and self-quarantine for 7 days but get a viral test between days 3 and 5. Travelers that don't get a post-travel test are advised to self-isolate for 10 full days after returning from a trip. Unvaccinated travelers should also avoid contact with high-risk individuals for the first 14 days. Following any state and local guidelines is essential too. The CDC currently assigns a Level 4 COVID-19 risk level to India. This is the highest risk level and indicates a "very high" risk of getting or spreading COVID-19. Going further, the CDC only recommends flying to India for essential reasons and to be fully vaccinated if flying to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19. Once arriving in India, it's recommended to practice these actions: Social distance at least 6 feet between people Wear a mask Avoid crowds Wash hands frequently India Entry Requirements While the U.S. doesn't restrict travel to India, the Indian government has several entry requirements for India. Essential Travel Only Travel for tourism and most short-term, nonessential travel is not permitted at the present moment. Traveling for essential reasons, returning residents and business travel is allowable. Mandatory Pre-Travel Test Since February 22, 2021, India requires all flyers to have a negative pre-travel test to enter the country. This requirement applies to fully vaccinated travelers too. International travelers can upload their test results to the Air Suvidha portal before arriving. Passengers can also complete a self-declaration form online to expedite the customs process. Self-Monitor For 14 Days Passengers coming from the United States can have fewer travel restrictions than other nations with a higher infection rate. For example, travelers from the UK, Brazil and South Africa must self-quarantine for the first 7 days. But U.S. travelers from the United States only have to undergo a thermal test at the airport and present a paper copy of the self-declaration form. No mandatory quarantine is necessary, but they will need to self-monitor for the first 14 days for potential symptoms. Local curfews and social distancing measures may also be active to prevent transmission. Other U.S. Travel Bans In addition to India, non-U.S. residents and qualifying permanent residents and non-citizens cannot enter the United States from these countries: China Iran European Schengen area (i.e., France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, etc.) United Kingdom Republic of Ireland Brazil South Africa Affected travelers cannot enter the United States if they have been in any of the above countries for the past 14 days. Once again, these restrictions don't apply to U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, and immediate family members. But it's also difficult to travel to these other high-risk countries for unessential travel due to their own local travel restrictions. Summary India is possibly the worst coronavirus hotspot to start May 2021. Many nations, including the United States, are prohibiting non-U.S. citizens and residents from flying to India until the situation improves. Hopefully, the situation can improve soon to reopen the travel corridor between two of the world's largest countries. Related Articles: | India is experiencing one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks, and an oxygen shortage is causing extra strife to those who need treatment. The travel ban from India to the U.S. will start on May 4, 2021, and will last until the travel restrictions ease. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/geoffwhitmore/2021/05/04/is-there-a-travel-ban-from-india-to-the-united-states/ | 0.172591 |
How does Harold Ramirez figure into Cleveland Indians CF plans? | Register for Indians Subtext to hear your Tribe questions answered exclusively on the show. Send a text to 216-208-4346 to subscribe for $3.99/mo. CLEVELAND, Ohio Harold Ramirez became the latest in a cast of characters auditioning for the Indians center field job with his two-hit performance on Monday in Kansas City. Paul Hoynes and Joe Noga look at what Ramirez brings to the role and whether or not he could stick around for a bit on Tuesdays podcast. Click here. We have an Apple podcasts channel exclusively for this podcast. Subscribe to it here. You can also subscribe on Google Play and listen on Spotify. Search Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast or download the audio here. - New Indians face masks for sale: Heres where you can buy Cleveland Indians-themed face coverings for coronavirus protection, including a single mask ($14.99) and a 3-pack ($24.99). All MLB proceeds donated to charity. The week in baseball Anne Feller, wife of Cleveland Indians legend Bob Feller, dies at 91 | Harold Ramirez became the latest in a cast of characters auditioning for the Indians center field job. | bart | 0 | https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/2021/05/how-does-harold-ramirez-figure-into-cleveland-indians-cf-plans.html | 0.121973 |
Will the Saints Add a Veteran Free-Agent Cornerback? | New Orleans used a third round choice on Stanford star cornerback Paulson Adebo. The New Orleans Saints entered the 2021 offseason with a huge need at cornerback. They had released veteran CB Janoris Jenkins for salary cap reasons. Patrick Robinson and P.J. Williams provide depth, but have struggled against the top wideouts from other teams. Keith Washington, an undrafted rookie in 2020, has potential but is unproven. To make matters worse, Pro Bowl corner Marshon Lattimore is likely to face a league suspension for an offseason arrest involving possession of a stolen handgun. The Saints used a 3rd round draft choice on Stanford CB Paulson Adebo. While Adebo is expected to make an immediate contribution, we can expect some early inconsistencies from a rookie defensive back. New Orleans should dip into the remaining free agent pool to bolster the cornerback position. There is a surprising amount of talent still available, with several veterans waiting until after the draft to sign with a team. Here is some of the best remaining talent that New Orleans could look to add. BASHAUD BREELAND (29 - Chiefs) Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Bashaud Breeland (21) intercepts the football against Raiders receiver Tyrell Williams (16). Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports A seven-year veteran, Breeland has 14 career interceptions, including 4 picks and 17 passes broken up the last two years with Kansas City. Hes allowed just 49% completion percentage when targeted over the last two seasons for the two-time AFC champion Chiefs. Originally a 4th round choice in 2014 by the Washington Redskins, the 5'11" 195-Lb Breeland was Kansas City's top corner, typically taking on an opponents best wideout. He excels in press coverage, but has the vision of a safety when off the ball. RICHARD SHERMAN (33 - 49ERS) San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman (25). Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Sherman is a ten-year veteran with six Pro Bowls who has 36 career interceptions, 115 passes broken up, and 3 defensive touchdowns. A 5th round choice out of Stanford by Seattle in the 2011 draft, Sherman played for New Orleans secondary coach Kris Richard for six seasons with the Seahawks. Sherman missed all but five games with injury for San Francisco last season. He was a key part of San Francisco's NFC title run in 2019, allowing 62% completion percentage and only one touchdown when targeted while intercepting 3 passes. Sherman may be on the downside of his career, but at 63 has the size, physical style of play, and veteran savvy to make an impact for a contender. GAREON CONLEY (26 - TEXANS) Houston Texans cornerback Gareon Conley (22) breaks up a pass intended for Titans receiver A.J. Brown (11) George Walker IV / Tennessean.com, Nashville Tennessean via Imagn Content Services, LLC A teammate of Marshon Lattimore and Michael Thomas at Ohio State, Conley was the 24th overall selection in the 2017 draft by the Raiders. He had 3 interceptions for Oakland in 2018, but was traded to Houston midway through the 2019 season. Conley finally played like a top corner in seven games with the Texans, allowing less than 53% when targeted. Conley missed the 2020 season with an ankle injury, but appears to be fully recovered. He had six interceptions in his last two years of college and has the size (60 190-Lbs) and athleticism for a man coverage scheme. DRE' KIRKPATRICK (31 - CARDINALS) Arizona Cardinals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick (20) intercepts a pass against the New England Patriots. Mandatory Credit: Paul Rutherford-USA TODAY The 12th overall pick from Alabama in the 2012 draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. Kirkpatrick had 10 interceptions in eight years with the Bengals and led Arizona with 3 interceptions last year. He gave up 66% completion percentage last season, but surrendered just 2 touchdowns and has broken up 72 passes in his career. Kirkpatrick has prototypical size at 62 190-Lbs and has the athleticism for man coverage at both outside and slot positions. Hes never been the most physical press corner, but has the size and playing style to fit the New Orleans scheme. Other Names to Watch: Darqueze Dennard (30 - Falcons) Buster Skrine (32 - Bears) Steven Nelson (28 - Steelers) Nickell Robey-Coleman (29 - Eagles) Jason McCourty (34 - Patriots) The Saints would have to move some more money around to even entertain the idea of adding another free agent. With potential contract extensions of Lattimore and OT Ryan Ramczyk still to be done and an experienced front office, that would not be a major obstacle. Stanford Cardinal cornerback Paulson Adebo (11) strips the ball from USC receiver Tyler Vaughns (21). Mandatory Credit: Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY What could be a major roadblock for this team is the lack of depth at cornerback, the potential suspension of Lattimore, and the prospect of relying on a rookie 3rd round choice to guard an opponent's top wideout. While Paulson Adebo certainly has the skill set of a potential star, the New Orleans Saints need to add another cornerback if they are to continue to be a contender. | The New Orleans Saints entered the 2021 offseason with a huge need at cornerback. They had released veteran CB Janoris Jenkins for salary cap reasons. | pegasus | 0 | https://www.si.com/nfl/saints/editorial-opinion/will-the-saints-add-a-veteran-free-agent-cornerback | 0.114214 |
Will the Saints Add a Veteran Free-Agent Cornerback? | New Orleans used a third round choice on Stanford star cornerback Paulson Adebo. The New Orleans Saints entered the 2021 offseason with a huge need at cornerback. They had released veteran CB Janoris Jenkins for salary cap reasons. Patrick Robinson and P.J. Williams provide depth, but have struggled against the top wideouts from other teams. Keith Washington, an undrafted rookie in 2020, has potential but is unproven. To make matters worse, Pro Bowl corner Marshon Lattimore is likely to face a league suspension for an offseason arrest involving possession of a stolen handgun. The Saints used a 3rd round draft choice on Stanford CB Paulson Adebo. While Adebo is expected to make an immediate contribution, we can expect some early inconsistencies from a rookie defensive back. New Orleans should dip into the remaining free agent pool to bolster the cornerback position. There is a surprising amount of talent still available, with several veterans waiting until after the draft to sign with a team. Here is some of the best remaining talent that New Orleans could look to add. BASHAUD BREELAND (29 - Chiefs) Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Bashaud Breeland (21) intercepts the football against Raiders receiver Tyrell Williams (16). Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports A seven-year veteran, Breeland has 14 career interceptions, including 4 picks and 17 passes broken up the last two years with Kansas City. Hes allowed just 49% completion percentage when targeted over the last two seasons for the two-time AFC champion Chiefs. Originally a 4th round choice in 2014 by the Washington Redskins, the 5'11" 195-Lb Breeland was Kansas City's top corner, typically taking on an opponents best wideout. He excels in press coverage, but has the vision of a safety when off the ball. RICHARD SHERMAN (33 - 49ERS) San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman (25). Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Sherman is a ten-year veteran with six Pro Bowls who has 36 career interceptions, 115 passes broken up, and 3 defensive touchdowns. A 5th round choice out of Stanford by Seattle in the 2011 draft, Sherman played for New Orleans secondary coach Kris Richard for six seasons with the Seahawks. Sherman missed all but five games with injury for San Francisco last season. He was a key part of San Francisco's NFC title run in 2019, allowing 62% completion percentage and only one touchdown when targeted while intercepting 3 passes. Sherman may be on the downside of his career, but at 63 has the size, physical style of play, and veteran savvy to make an impact for a contender. GAREON CONLEY (26 - TEXANS) Houston Texans cornerback Gareon Conley (22) breaks up a pass intended for Titans receiver A.J. Brown (11) George Walker IV / Tennessean.com, Nashville Tennessean via Imagn Content Services, LLC A teammate of Marshon Lattimore and Michael Thomas at Ohio State, Conley was the 24th overall selection in the 2017 draft by the Raiders. He had 3 interceptions for Oakland in 2018, but was traded to Houston midway through the 2019 season. Conley finally played like a top corner in seven games with the Texans, allowing less than 53% when targeted. Conley missed the 2020 season with an ankle injury, but appears to be fully recovered. He had six interceptions in his last two years of college and has the size (60 190-Lbs) and athleticism for a man coverage scheme. DRE' KIRKPATRICK (31 - CARDINALS) Arizona Cardinals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick (20) intercepts a pass against the New England Patriots. Mandatory Credit: Paul Rutherford-USA TODAY The 12th overall pick from Alabama in the 2012 draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. Kirkpatrick had 10 interceptions in eight years with the Bengals and led Arizona with 3 interceptions last year. He gave up 66% completion percentage last season, but surrendered just 2 touchdowns and has broken up 72 passes in his career. Kirkpatrick has prototypical size at 62 190-Lbs and has the athleticism for man coverage at both outside and slot positions. Hes never been the most physical press corner, but has the size and playing style to fit the New Orleans scheme. Other Names to Watch: Darqueze Dennard (30 - Falcons) Buster Skrine (32 - Bears) Steven Nelson (28 - Steelers) Nickell Robey-Coleman (29 - Eagles) Jason McCourty (34 - Patriots) The Saints would have to move some more money around to even entertain the idea of adding another free agent. With potential contract extensions of Lattimore and OT Ryan Ramczyk still to be done and an experienced front office, that would not be a major obstacle. Stanford Cardinal cornerback Paulson Adebo (11) strips the ball from USC receiver Tyler Vaughns (21). Mandatory Credit: Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY What could be a major roadblock for this team is the lack of depth at cornerback, the potential suspension of Lattimore, and the prospect of relying on a rookie 3rd round choice to guard an opponent's top wideout. While Paulson Adebo certainly has the skill set of a potential star, the New Orleans Saints need to add another cornerback if they are to continue to be a contender. | The New Orleans Saints entered the 2021 offseason with a huge need at cornerback. There is a surprising amount of talent still available, with several veterans waiting until after the draft to sign with a team. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.si.com/nfl/saints/editorial-opinion/will-the-saints-add-a-veteran-free-agent-cornerback | 0.132797 |
Will the Saints Add a Veteran Free-Agent Cornerback? | New Orleans used a third round choice on Stanford star cornerback Paulson Adebo. The New Orleans Saints entered the 2021 offseason with a huge need at cornerback. They had released veteran CB Janoris Jenkins for salary cap reasons. Patrick Robinson and P.J. Williams provide depth, but have struggled against the top wideouts from other teams. Keith Washington, an undrafted rookie in 2020, has potential but is unproven. To make matters worse, Pro Bowl corner Marshon Lattimore is likely to face a league suspension for an offseason arrest involving possession of a stolen handgun. The Saints used a 3rd round draft choice on Stanford CB Paulson Adebo. While Adebo is expected to make an immediate contribution, we can expect some early inconsistencies from a rookie defensive back. New Orleans should dip into the remaining free agent pool to bolster the cornerback position. There is a surprising amount of talent still available, with several veterans waiting until after the draft to sign with a team. Here is some of the best remaining talent that New Orleans could look to add. BASHAUD BREELAND (29 - Chiefs) Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Bashaud Breeland (21) intercepts the football against Raiders receiver Tyrell Williams (16). Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports A seven-year veteran, Breeland has 14 career interceptions, including 4 picks and 17 passes broken up the last two years with Kansas City. Hes allowed just 49% completion percentage when targeted over the last two seasons for the two-time AFC champion Chiefs. Originally a 4th round choice in 2014 by the Washington Redskins, the 5'11" 195-Lb Breeland was Kansas City's top corner, typically taking on an opponents best wideout. He excels in press coverage, but has the vision of a safety when off the ball. RICHARD SHERMAN (33 - 49ERS) San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman (25). Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Sherman is a ten-year veteran with six Pro Bowls who has 36 career interceptions, 115 passes broken up, and 3 defensive touchdowns. A 5th round choice out of Stanford by Seattle in the 2011 draft, Sherman played for New Orleans secondary coach Kris Richard for six seasons with the Seahawks. Sherman missed all but five games with injury for San Francisco last season. He was a key part of San Francisco's NFC title run in 2019, allowing 62% completion percentage and only one touchdown when targeted while intercepting 3 passes. Sherman may be on the downside of his career, but at 63 has the size, physical style of play, and veteran savvy to make an impact for a contender. GAREON CONLEY (26 - TEXANS) Houston Texans cornerback Gareon Conley (22) breaks up a pass intended for Titans receiver A.J. Brown (11) George Walker IV / Tennessean.com, Nashville Tennessean via Imagn Content Services, LLC A teammate of Marshon Lattimore and Michael Thomas at Ohio State, Conley was the 24th overall selection in the 2017 draft by the Raiders. He had 3 interceptions for Oakland in 2018, but was traded to Houston midway through the 2019 season. Conley finally played like a top corner in seven games with the Texans, allowing less than 53% when targeted. Conley missed the 2020 season with an ankle injury, but appears to be fully recovered. He had six interceptions in his last two years of college and has the size (60 190-Lbs) and athleticism for a man coverage scheme. DRE' KIRKPATRICK (31 - CARDINALS) Arizona Cardinals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick (20) intercepts a pass against the New England Patriots. Mandatory Credit: Paul Rutherford-USA TODAY The 12th overall pick from Alabama in the 2012 draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. Kirkpatrick had 10 interceptions in eight years with the Bengals and led Arizona with 3 interceptions last year. He gave up 66% completion percentage last season, but surrendered just 2 touchdowns and has broken up 72 passes in his career. Kirkpatrick has prototypical size at 62 190-Lbs and has the athleticism for man coverage at both outside and slot positions. Hes never been the most physical press corner, but has the size and playing style to fit the New Orleans scheme. Other Names to Watch: Darqueze Dennard (30 - Falcons) Buster Skrine (32 - Bears) Steven Nelson (28 - Steelers) Nickell Robey-Coleman (29 - Eagles) Jason McCourty (34 - Patriots) The Saints would have to move some more money around to even entertain the idea of adding another free agent. With potential contract extensions of Lattimore and OT Ryan Ramczyk still to be done and an experienced front office, that would not be a major obstacle. Stanford Cardinal cornerback Paulson Adebo (11) strips the ball from USC receiver Tyler Vaughns (21). Mandatory Credit: Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY What could be a major roadblock for this team is the lack of depth at cornerback, the potential suspension of Lattimore, and the prospect of relying on a rookie 3rd round choice to guard an opponent's top wideout. While Paulson Adebo certainly has the skill set of a potential star, the New Orleans Saints need to add another cornerback if they are to continue to be a contender. | The New Orleans Saints entered the 2021 offseason with a huge need at cornerback. There is a surprising amount of talent still available, with several veterans waiting until after the draft to sign with a team. New Orleans should dip into the remaining free agent pool to bolster the cornerback position. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.si.com/nfl/saints/editorial-opinion/will-the-saints-add-a-veteran-free-agent-cornerback | 0.285693 |
Is Josh Hawley Serious About Taking On Big Tech? | Where Hawley is most afar afield is in talking about content moderation. This is a broad, thorny issue that essentially concerns what kinds of posts a social network should allow and what kind it shouldnt. Big companies like Facebook employ thousands of third-party content moderators who help keep social networks free of the flood of gore, animal abuse, child porn, and other ghastly material that is being constantly uploaded to these platforms. At a scale of millions or billions of users, content moderation decisions carry a huge potential impact. For that and other reasons, these systems are far from perfectand reflect corporate policies that are often political in nature, privileging some types of speech over othersbut without them, most popular websites and platforms would be almost impossible to use. Its a flawed system crying out for reform, public education, and debate; its also all we have right now. Conservative commentators like Hawley have no understanding of these complexities. To them, content moderation is censorshipfull stop. Its an inhibitor of free speech and a way of coercing users into behaviors and modes of thought that Silicon Valley prefers. Its another manifestation of Big Techs progressive social agendapro-LGBT, pro-abortion, proBlack Lives Matter. Instead of quoting academics, content moderators, or anyone else with a hand in this misunderstood industry, Hawley turns to a pseudonymous Facebook whistleblower, from whom we learn, in muddled terms, about some internal Facebook tools that the company uses to manage content moderation and sometimes coordinate decisions with other companies. In Hawleys view, this is only further evidence of the perfidy of content moderation, which he depicts as a concerted censorship regime designed to promote liberal policies. (To that end, Hawley approvingly cites a widely discredited study by a man named Robert Epstein, who claimed that Google search suggestions shifted millions of votes to Hillary Clinton in 2016.) Hawley may be smarter than this, but put-on ignorance is a feature of a Republican leadership that would rather deny its elite credentials. (At one point, Hawley disparagingly refers to the founders of Google as Silicon Valley PhD students without acknowledging that they attended Stanford at the same time that he was an undergraduate there.) Fusing the false populism of Trumpism with a Republican establishment that has never seen a tax cut it doesnt like, Hawleys proposed solutions to our Big Tech problem are lacking. He says nothing about strengthening unions or raising corporate tax rates. He says little about actually breaking up companies or using the power of the Department of Justice and regulatory agencies to check tech behavior. He seems to want it both ways, aspiring to a more activist, trust-busting government while never actually promising substantive interventions, since he must maintain his congenital opposition to big government. Some of Hawleys ideas, like his proposed Do Not Track legislation to give users more ability to opt out of online surveillance, bear consideration, or at least are founded in worthwhile principles. He seems aghast at the scope of digital surveillance, though he overlooks the U.S. governments own complicity in this state of affairs. He wants a new Glass-Steagall Act for the tech sector [that] would halt techs march into every industry in America and circumscribe its dominance over American life, but he says nothing about other forms of corporate consolidation and influence. Other suggestions seem insignificant or misguided: Hawley would like to ban the infinite scrolling of the Facebook news feed and YouTubes autoplay feature, saying they enmesh users in addictive habits. Hed also like to raise the legal age to open a social media account from 13 to 16 and require that users submit an ID. Perhaps most significantly, he would like to repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Acta brief but profoundly influential law that essentially immunizes internet companies from legal liability for the content posted on their services. Hawley seems to have little idea of how to replace it (or what the consequences of not doing so might be). | Josh Hawley is running for a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri. He has criticized Facebook for its content moderation policies. Hawley has also criticized Google and other tech companies for their practices. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://newrepublic.com/article/162299/josh-hawley-gops-fake-war-big-tech | 0.296832 |
Is Josh Hawley Serious About Taking On Big Tech? | Where Hawley is most afar afield is in talking about content moderation. This is a broad, thorny issue that essentially concerns what kinds of posts a social network should allow and what kind it shouldnt. Big companies like Facebook employ thousands of third-party content moderators who help keep social networks free of the flood of gore, animal abuse, child porn, and other ghastly material that is being constantly uploaded to these platforms. At a scale of millions or billions of users, content moderation decisions carry a huge potential impact. For that and other reasons, these systems are far from perfectand reflect corporate policies that are often political in nature, privileging some types of speech over othersbut without them, most popular websites and platforms would be almost impossible to use. Its a flawed system crying out for reform, public education, and debate; its also all we have right now. Conservative commentators like Hawley have no understanding of these complexities. To them, content moderation is censorshipfull stop. Its an inhibitor of free speech and a way of coercing users into behaviors and modes of thought that Silicon Valley prefers. Its another manifestation of Big Techs progressive social agendapro-LGBT, pro-abortion, proBlack Lives Matter. Instead of quoting academics, content moderators, or anyone else with a hand in this misunderstood industry, Hawley turns to a pseudonymous Facebook whistleblower, from whom we learn, in muddled terms, about some internal Facebook tools that the company uses to manage content moderation and sometimes coordinate decisions with other companies. In Hawleys view, this is only further evidence of the perfidy of content moderation, which he depicts as a concerted censorship regime designed to promote liberal policies. (To that end, Hawley approvingly cites a widely discredited study by a man named Robert Epstein, who claimed that Google search suggestions shifted millions of votes to Hillary Clinton in 2016.) Hawley may be smarter than this, but put-on ignorance is a feature of a Republican leadership that would rather deny its elite credentials. (At one point, Hawley disparagingly refers to the founders of Google as Silicon Valley PhD students without acknowledging that they attended Stanford at the same time that he was an undergraduate there.) Fusing the false populism of Trumpism with a Republican establishment that has never seen a tax cut it doesnt like, Hawleys proposed solutions to our Big Tech problem are lacking. He says nothing about strengthening unions or raising corporate tax rates. He says little about actually breaking up companies or using the power of the Department of Justice and regulatory agencies to check tech behavior. He seems to want it both ways, aspiring to a more activist, trust-busting government while never actually promising substantive interventions, since he must maintain his congenital opposition to big government. Some of Hawleys ideas, like his proposed Do Not Track legislation to give users more ability to opt out of online surveillance, bear consideration, or at least are founded in worthwhile principles. He seems aghast at the scope of digital surveillance, though he overlooks the U.S. governments own complicity in this state of affairs. He wants a new Glass-Steagall Act for the tech sector [that] would halt techs march into every industry in America and circumscribe its dominance over American life, but he says nothing about other forms of corporate consolidation and influence. Other suggestions seem insignificant or misguided: Hawley would like to ban the infinite scrolling of the Facebook news feed and YouTubes autoplay feature, saying they enmesh users in addictive habits. Hed also like to raise the legal age to open a social media account from 13 to 16 and require that users submit an ID. Perhaps most significantly, he would like to repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Acta brief but profoundly influential law that essentially immunizes internet companies from legal liability for the content posted on their services. Hawley seems to have little idea of how to replace it (or what the consequences of not doing so might be). | Josh Hawley is running for a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri. He has criticized Facebook for its content moderation policies. Hawley has also criticized Google and other tech companies for their role in social media. He says the GOP has put on a put-on ignorance of the tech industry. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://newrepublic.com/article/162299/josh-hawley-gops-fake-war-big-tech | 0.374277 |
What is Rhode Island Independence Day? | Two months later, the other 12 colonies formally broke their ties with the crown. The State Archives vault holds the original document of the Act of Renunciation, showing sections about the king crossed out. But the actual declaring of independence didnt occur until the General Assembly ratified the Declaration of Independence in Newport on July 18, 1776. And Rhode Island was actually the last state to ratify the new American Constitution more than 14 years later, on May 29, 1790. PROVIDENCE The story goes that on May 4, 1776, Rhode Island, which already had a bit of a reputation, thanks to its radical religious dissent from the Puritans up north in Massachusetts Bay Colony, became the first colony in North America to renounce its allegiance to King George III. Advertisement Rhode Islands courageous call for independence is referenced in the Rhode Island State March, written by Thomas Clarke Brown, which served as the states song from 1946 to 1996. It goes, Heres to you, beloved Rhode Island, with your hills and ocean shore. We are proud to hail you Rhody, and your patriots of yore. First to claim your independence, great your heritage and fame. The smallest State in all the Union. We will glorify your name! In 1996, the General Assembly replaced the march with Rhode Islands It for Me. The new state song has no reference to being the first to claim independence. Rhode Island Independence Day is not a state holiday, but instead, a day of special observance. And some people question whether it should even be that. The fallacy was birthed by a Slatersville man who really, really wanted a reason to hang his state flag. His successful persuasion campaign, launched in 1884, still resonates today, Casey Nilsson wrote in Rhode Island Monthly. The backstory: All colonies were required to sign oaths of allegiance to King George III. This Act of Renunciation, signed May 4, 1776, vigorously repealed that oath but did not declare independence from the British crown. Advertisement Heres why it took so long for Rhode Island to really declare independence: Rhode Island served as the commerce center of the transatlantic slave trade in the 18th century (an issue at the heart of calls for reparations by certain city leaders and Brown University students). West Indian molasses would made used to make rum in distilleries in Rhode Island, and traded for enslaved workers. The British attempted to tighten control over the colonies trade, beginning with the Sugar Act of 1764. On June 10, 1768, British customs officials confiscated the Liberty because it had previously smuggled Madeira wine, which incited a riot on the streets of Boston. Four years later, not too far from Providence, the British customs boat Gaspee ran aground. Rhode Islanders were angered by the Britishs attempts to tax them in ways they thought were unfair. So well before any tea was tossed in the Boston Harbor, Rhode Island colonists boarded and burned the British Gaspee, wounding the ships captain. Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea told Globe Rhode Island Tuesday that compared to the Gaspee ordeal, the Boston Tea Party was a frat party gone awry. The burning of the Gaspee is really the first act of rebellion in the colonies, said Gorbea. Advertisement Both Newport and Providence ports brought in wealth and trade, making Rhode Island the only small state that could have surv ived independence of the federal union that was proposed in 1787. But the state had no desire to lose income in the form of import duties to this new, federal government. And so, Rhode Island held out until 1790 to be the last state to ratify the Constitution. Gorbea said the Act of Renunciation is her favorite document in the states archives, where you can see the thinking process of the authors, where the entire second graph is crossed out, but is still visible. It said, Whereas George The Third King of Great Britain entirely departing from the Duties and Character of a good King instead of protecting is endeavoring to destroy the good People of this Colony and of all the United Colonies by sending Fleets and Armies to America to confiscate our Property and spread Fire Sword and Desolation throughout our Country in order to compel us to submit to the most debasing and detestable Slavery. And whereas Protection and Allegiance are reciprocal, the latter being only due in Consequence of the former. Gorbea said, You can just see the debate in the page in front of you. The document speaks to you about what was going on at the time period. Alexa Gagosz can be reached at alexa.gagosz@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @alexagagosz. | Rhode Island declared independence on May 4, 1776. Two months later, the other 12 colonies formally broke ties with the crown. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/05/04/metro/what-is-rhode-island-independence-day/ | 0.419792 |
What is Rhode Island Independence Day? | Two months later, the other 12 colonies formally broke their ties with the crown. The State Archives vault holds the original document of the Act of Renunciation, showing sections about the king crossed out. But the actual declaring of independence didnt occur until the General Assembly ratified the Declaration of Independence in Newport on July 18, 1776. And Rhode Island was actually the last state to ratify the new American Constitution more than 14 years later, on May 29, 1790. PROVIDENCE The story goes that on May 4, 1776, Rhode Island, which already had a bit of a reputation, thanks to its radical religious dissent from the Puritans up north in Massachusetts Bay Colony, became the first colony in North America to renounce its allegiance to King George III. Advertisement Rhode Islands courageous call for independence is referenced in the Rhode Island State March, written by Thomas Clarke Brown, which served as the states song from 1946 to 1996. It goes, Heres to you, beloved Rhode Island, with your hills and ocean shore. We are proud to hail you Rhody, and your patriots of yore. First to claim your independence, great your heritage and fame. The smallest State in all the Union. We will glorify your name! In 1996, the General Assembly replaced the march with Rhode Islands It for Me. The new state song has no reference to being the first to claim independence. Rhode Island Independence Day is not a state holiday, but instead, a day of special observance. And some people question whether it should even be that. The fallacy was birthed by a Slatersville man who really, really wanted a reason to hang his state flag. His successful persuasion campaign, launched in 1884, still resonates today, Casey Nilsson wrote in Rhode Island Monthly. The backstory: All colonies were required to sign oaths of allegiance to King George III. This Act of Renunciation, signed May 4, 1776, vigorously repealed that oath but did not declare independence from the British crown. Advertisement Heres why it took so long for Rhode Island to really declare independence: Rhode Island served as the commerce center of the transatlantic slave trade in the 18th century (an issue at the heart of calls for reparations by certain city leaders and Brown University students). West Indian molasses would made used to make rum in distilleries in Rhode Island, and traded for enslaved workers. The British attempted to tighten control over the colonies trade, beginning with the Sugar Act of 1764. On June 10, 1768, British customs officials confiscated the Liberty because it had previously smuggled Madeira wine, which incited a riot on the streets of Boston. Four years later, not too far from Providence, the British customs boat Gaspee ran aground. Rhode Islanders were angered by the Britishs attempts to tax them in ways they thought were unfair. So well before any tea was tossed in the Boston Harbor, Rhode Island colonists boarded and burned the British Gaspee, wounding the ships captain. Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea told Globe Rhode Island Tuesday that compared to the Gaspee ordeal, the Boston Tea Party was a frat party gone awry. The burning of the Gaspee is really the first act of rebellion in the colonies, said Gorbea. Advertisement Both Newport and Providence ports brought in wealth and trade, making Rhode Island the only small state that could have surv ived independence of the federal union that was proposed in 1787. But the state had no desire to lose income in the form of import duties to this new, federal government. And so, Rhode Island held out until 1790 to be the last state to ratify the Constitution. Gorbea said the Act of Renunciation is her favorite document in the states archives, where you can see the thinking process of the authors, where the entire second graph is crossed out, but is still visible. It said, Whereas George The Third King of Great Britain entirely departing from the Duties and Character of a good King instead of protecting is endeavoring to destroy the good People of this Colony and of all the United Colonies by sending Fleets and Armies to America to confiscate our Property and spread Fire Sword and Desolation throughout our Country in order to compel us to submit to the most debasing and detestable Slavery. And whereas Protection and Allegiance are reciprocal, the latter being only due in Consequence of the former. Gorbea said, You can just see the debate in the page in front of you. The document speaks to you about what was going on at the time period. Alexa Gagosz can be reached at alexa.gagosz@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @alexagagosz. | Rhode Island declared independence on May 4, 1776. Two months later, the other 12 colonies formally broke their ties with the crown. Rhode Island Independence Day is not a state holiday, but instead, a day of special observance. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/05/04/metro/what-is-rhode-island-independence-day/ | 0.200408 |
What is Rhode Island Independence Day? | Two months later, the other 12 colonies formally broke their ties with the crown. The State Archives vault holds the original document of the Act of Renunciation, showing sections about the king crossed out. But the actual declaring of independence didnt occur until the General Assembly ratified the Declaration of Independence in Newport on July 18, 1776. And Rhode Island was actually the last state to ratify the new American Constitution more than 14 years later, on May 29, 1790. PROVIDENCE The story goes that on May 4, 1776, Rhode Island, which already had a bit of a reputation, thanks to its radical religious dissent from the Puritans up north in Massachusetts Bay Colony, became the first colony in North America to renounce its allegiance to King George III. Advertisement Rhode Islands courageous call for independence is referenced in the Rhode Island State March, written by Thomas Clarke Brown, which served as the states song from 1946 to 1996. It goes, Heres to you, beloved Rhode Island, with your hills and ocean shore. We are proud to hail you Rhody, and your patriots of yore. First to claim your independence, great your heritage and fame. The smallest State in all the Union. We will glorify your name! In 1996, the General Assembly replaced the march with Rhode Islands It for Me. The new state song has no reference to being the first to claim independence. Rhode Island Independence Day is not a state holiday, but instead, a day of special observance. And some people question whether it should even be that. The fallacy was birthed by a Slatersville man who really, really wanted a reason to hang his state flag. His successful persuasion campaign, launched in 1884, still resonates today, Casey Nilsson wrote in Rhode Island Monthly. The backstory: All colonies were required to sign oaths of allegiance to King George III. This Act of Renunciation, signed May 4, 1776, vigorously repealed that oath but did not declare independence from the British crown. Advertisement Heres why it took so long for Rhode Island to really declare independence: Rhode Island served as the commerce center of the transatlantic slave trade in the 18th century (an issue at the heart of calls for reparations by certain city leaders and Brown University students). West Indian molasses would made used to make rum in distilleries in Rhode Island, and traded for enslaved workers. The British attempted to tighten control over the colonies trade, beginning with the Sugar Act of 1764. On June 10, 1768, British customs officials confiscated the Liberty because it had previously smuggled Madeira wine, which incited a riot on the streets of Boston. Four years later, not too far from Providence, the British customs boat Gaspee ran aground. Rhode Islanders were angered by the Britishs attempts to tax them in ways they thought were unfair. So well before any tea was tossed in the Boston Harbor, Rhode Island colonists boarded and burned the British Gaspee, wounding the ships captain. Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea told Globe Rhode Island Tuesday that compared to the Gaspee ordeal, the Boston Tea Party was a frat party gone awry. The burning of the Gaspee is really the first act of rebellion in the colonies, said Gorbea. Advertisement Both Newport and Providence ports brought in wealth and trade, making Rhode Island the only small state that could have surv ived independence of the federal union that was proposed in 1787. But the state had no desire to lose income in the form of import duties to this new, federal government. And so, Rhode Island held out until 1790 to be the last state to ratify the Constitution. Gorbea said the Act of Renunciation is her favorite document in the states archives, where you can see the thinking process of the authors, where the entire second graph is crossed out, but is still visible. It said, Whereas George The Third King of Great Britain entirely departing from the Duties and Character of a good King instead of protecting is endeavoring to destroy the good People of this Colony and of all the United Colonies by sending Fleets and Armies to America to confiscate our Property and spread Fire Sword and Desolation throughout our Country in order to compel us to submit to the most debasing and detestable Slavery. And whereas Protection and Allegiance are reciprocal, the latter being only due in Consequence of the former. Gorbea said, You can just see the debate in the page in front of you. The document speaks to you about what was going on at the time period. Alexa Gagosz can be reached at alexa.gagosz@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @alexagagosz. | Rhode Island declared independence on May 4, 1776. Two months later, the other 12 colonies formally broke their ties with the crown. Rhode Island Independence Day is not a state holiday, but instead, a day of special observance.. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/05/04/metro/what-is-rhode-island-independence-day/ | 0.190048 |
How Can Auditors And Audit Committees Encourage Managers To Disclose Risks To Investors? | In settings where both the audit committee is highly effective and the financial statement auditor ... [+] intends to issue a more detailed audit report, corporate managers are more likely to disclose risks to investors. getty In settings where both the audit committee is highly effective and the financial statement auditor intends to issue a more detailed audit report, corporate managers are more likely to disclose risks to investors. Importantly, more effective audit committees or more informative audit reports alone do not encourage managers to be more transparent, according to a study forthcoming in The Accounting Review. In an article titled The Effect of Auditor Reporting Choice and Audit Committee Oversight on Management Financial Disclosures researchers performed an experiment with 145 financial executives from U.S. publicly traded companies. The vast majority of the executives were chief financial officers. The article is authored by Stephen Fuller of Suffolk University, Jennifer Joe from the University of Delaware, and Benjamin Luippold of Babson College. We conducted an experiment with highly experienced executives who provided disclosure decisions based on a case. In the case, we varied the content of the auditors critical audit matter discussion regarding a subjective financial reporting issue, as well as how vigorously the audit committee conducted its oversight of financial reporting, says Fuller. In the experiment, managers only increased their public disclosures when the auditor provided a more detailed discussion of the subjective financial reporting issue in its report and the audit committee oversight was highly effective. Specifically, a highly effective audit committee was composed of financial experts who were more actively involved in discussions of accounting and disclosure issues. We also found that the improved management disclosures were quantitative in nature which would likely be valuable to investors. It surprised us that neither of the factors we studied were sufficient on their own to motivate improved disclosure, states Fuller. The study describes concerns that have been expressed over auditor reporting of critical audit matters becoming boiler-plate and being no more informative to investors than the prior pass/fail audit report. Such concerns may be valid. When the auditors reporting of the accounting issue was more boiler-plate, managers in the experiment were less apt to publicly disclose risks associated with the accounting issue. Given our findings, we encourage auditors to provide a meaningful discussion of critical audit matters in their reports and audit committees to be more diligent in performing their responsibilities. We feel that will result in investors receiving the information about company risks that they crave, says Fuller. Fuller concludes, There is a lot of research currently being performed in this area. The first wave of public company reporting with the new expanded audit report has just happened and so we will begin to see how auditors have implemented the new standard. In addition, more research is needed to fully understand how a variety of stakeholders make decisions related to critical audit matters. | In settings where both the audit committee is highly effective and the financial statement auditor intends to issue a more detailed audit report, managers are more likely to disclose risks to investors. | bart | 1 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/josephbrazel/2021/05/04/how-can-auditors-and-audit-committees-encourage-managers-to-disclose-risks-to-investors/ | 0.367824 |
How Can Auditors And Audit Committees Encourage Managers To Disclose Risks To Investors? | In settings where both the audit committee is highly effective and the financial statement auditor ... [+] intends to issue a more detailed audit report, corporate managers are more likely to disclose risks to investors. getty In settings where both the audit committee is highly effective and the financial statement auditor intends to issue a more detailed audit report, corporate managers are more likely to disclose risks to investors. Importantly, more effective audit committees or more informative audit reports alone do not encourage managers to be more transparent, according to a study forthcoming in The Accounting Review. In an article titled The Effect of Auditor Reporting Choice and Audit Committee Oversight on Management Financial Disclosures researchers performed an experiment with 145 financial executives from U.S. publicly traded companies. The vast majority of the executives were chief financial officers. The article is authored by Stephen Fuller of Suffolk University, Jennifer Joe from the University of Delaware, and Benjamin Luippold of Babson College. We conducted an experiment with highly experienced executives who provided disclosure decisions based on a case. In the case, we varied the content of the auditors critical audit matter discussion regarding a subjective financial reporting issue, as well as how vigorously the audit committee conducted its oversight of financial reporting, says Fuller. In the experiment, managers only increased their public disclosures when the auditor provided a more detailed discussion of the subjective financial reporting issue in its report and the audit committee oversight was highly effective. Specifically, a highly effective audit committee was composed of financial experts who were more actively involved in discussions of accounting and disclosure issues. We also found that the improved management disclosures were quantitative in nature which would likely be valuable to investors. It surprised us that neither of the factors we studied were sufficient on their own to motivate improved disclosure, states Fuller. The study describes concerns that have been expressed over auditor reporting of critical audit matters becoming boiler-plate and being no more informative to investors than the prior pass/fail audit report. Such concerns may be valid. When the auditors reporting of the accounting issue was more boiler-plate, managers in the experiment were less apt to publicly disclose risks associated with the accounting issue. Given our findings, we encourage auditors to provide a meaningful discussion of critical audit matters in their reports and audit committees to be more diligent in performing their responsibilities. We feel that will result in investors receiving the information about company risks that they crave, says Fuller. Fuller concludes, There is a lot of research currently being performed in this area. The first wave of public company reporting with the new expanded audit report has just happened and so we will begin to see how auditors have implemented the new standard. In addition, more research is needed to fully understand how a variety of stakeholders make decisions related to critical audit matters. | In settings where both the audit committee is highly effective and the financial statement auditor intends to issue a more detailed audit report, corporate managers are more likely to disclose risks to investors. In the experiment, managers only increased their public disclosures when the auditor provided a more detailed discussion of the subjective financial reporting issue. | pegasus | 2 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/josephbrazel/2021/05/04/how-can-auditors-and-audit-committees-encourage-managers-to-disclose-risks-to-investors/ | 0.477606 |
Who are the fastest NFL players in tracks 100m? | When DK Metcalf lines up to race the 100m against some of the U.S. best sprinters on Sunday, he will also compete against history a long line of football speedsters to excel in track (most of whom did so before entering the NFL). Heres a list of the fastest wind-legal 100m times from men who played in an NFL regular season game (statistics via World Athletics, Tilastopaja.org and Pro Football Reference): 1. Jim Hines 9.95 (1968) The 1968 Olympic 100m gold medalist was the first man to break 10 seconds with electronic timing and remains the only NFL player to do so. Hines was a sixth-round pick in the 1968 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins. He joined the team after the Mexico City Games, was given the number 99 and later an unfortunate nickname for a wide receiver Oops. He played in 10 games between 1969 and 1970 for the Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs. 2. Trindon Holliday 10.00 (2009) The 5-foot-5 return specialist placed second in the 2007 USATF Outdoor Championships behind Tyson Gay, but passed on a world championships spot to focus on football. He was eliminated in the 2008 Olympic Trials semifinals, was drafted in 2010 in the sixth round by the Houston Texans, then played among five teams in the regular season from 2011-14. (All-Pro Raiders wide receiver Cliff Branch ran a recorded 10.0 at the 1972 NCAA Championships, which was presumably hand timed and is not counted by World Athletics.) 3/4. Jeff Demps/Jacoby Ford 10.01 (2008/2009) Demps is the lone active sprinter on this list. His best time came at the 2008 Olympic Trials, counting as the national high school record though it came the summer after the end of his prep career. He later won a national football title at the University of Florida, was part of the 4x100m relay at the 2012 Olympics and played in two NFL games as a return specialist in 2013. Ford is better known for his days as a Raiders wide receiver (57 receptions from 2010-13), but he clocked 10.01 while a Clemson sprinter in 2009. As Jesse Squire noted, an argument can be made that Ford is the fastest man who played significantly in the NFL. Story continues 5/6. Bob Hayes/Ron Brown 10.06 (1964/1983) Hayes is the only man with an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring, achieving the former at the 1964 Tokyo Games and the latter in 1972 during a Hall of Fame wide receiving career mostly with the Dallas Cowboys. He ran 10.06 to dominate the Olympic final, which Tim Layden covered as part of this story last year. Brown ran his 10.06 in 1983, after he turned down the Cleveland Browns, who drafted him in the second round that year, to pursue the 1984 Olympics. Brown finished fourth in the 100m in Los Angeles and earned relay gold. He then went to the NFL, playing 100 games primarily as a return specialist. 7. Alvis Whitted 10.07 (1996) Sixth in the 1996 Olympic Trials 200m won by Michael Johnson in a world record (that Johnson later broke at the Atlanta Games). Whitted ran that final in lane two, sandwiched among three individual Olympic gold medalists Carl Lewis (lane one), Mike Marsh (four) and Johnson (five). Whitted returned to NC State, then played nine seasons as a wide receiver between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Raiders. 8. Darrell Green 10.08 (1983) Known as the NFLs Fastest Man for winning the leagues annual head-to-head sprint competition four times in the 1980s and 90s. Green, a Hall of Fame cornerback for Washington who never competed at the Olympics, dusted 1984 relay gold medalists Brown and Sam Graddy, 1992 Olympic bobsledder Herschel Walker, bobsledder and masters sprint champion Willie Gault and Mel Gray, the Detroit Lions ace return specialist. Green also reportedly ran a 4.09-second 40-yard dash, faster than the NFL Combine record (4.22), though Green tweeted in March that it was somewhere in the range of 4.09ish. 9. Sam Graddy 10.09 (1984) 1984 Olympic 100m silver medalist behind Lewis. Graddy played 43 games over five NFL seasons as a wide receiver. 10. Willie Gault 10.10 (1982) Gault qualified for the 1980 Olympics as part of the 4x100m relay pool, but the U.S. boycotted the Moscow Games. He then began an 11-year NFL career as a wide receiver, winning Super Bowl XX with the Chicago Bears (and helped organize the Super Bowl Shuffle, where he was the second solo singer between Walter Payton and Mike Singletary). While playing football, he wanted to bid for LA 84, but was barred over rules that kept professional athletes out of the Games. In 1988, Gault traveled to the Calgary Winter Games with the U.S. bobsled team as a non-competing alternate. Gault owns 100m masters world records for ages 45-49 (10.72), 50-54 (10.88) and 55-59 (11.30). *Half of the men on this list (plus Branch) played for the Raiders, who werent shy about drafting or signing speed. OlympicTalk is on Apple News. Favorite us! More: Olympics DK Metcalf entered in 100m at USATF Golden Games track meet on NBC Sports Kerri Walsh Jennings closer to 6th Olympics, but qualifying may come down... originally appeared on NBCSports.com | Jim Hines is the only NFL player to break 10 seconds with electronic timing. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://sports.yahoo.com/fastest-nfl-players-track-100m-200911170.html?src=rss | 0.159039 |
Who are the fastest NFL players in tracks 100m? | When DK Metcalf lines up to race the 100m against some of the U.S. best sprinters on Sunday, he will also compete against history a long line of football speedsters to excel in track (most of whom did so before entering the NFL). Heres a list of the fastest wind-legal 100m times from men who played in an NFL regular season game (statistics via World Athletics, Tilastopaja.org and Pro Football Reference): 1. Jim Hines 9.95 (1968) The 1968 Olympic 100m gold medalist was the first man to break 10 seconds with electronic timing and remains the only NFL player to do so. Hines was a sixth-round pick in the 1968 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins. He joined the team after the Mexico City Games, was given the number 99 and later an unfortunate nickname for a wide receiver Oops. He played in 10 games between 1969 and 1970 for the Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs. 2. Trindon Holliday 10.00 (2009) The 5-foot-5 return specialist placed second in the 2007 USATF Outdoor Championships behind Tyson Gay, but passed on a world championships spot to focus on football. He was eliminated in the 2008 Olympic Trials semifinals, was drafted in 2010 in the sixth round by the Houston Texans, then played among five teams in the regular season from 2011-14. (All-Pro Raiders wide receiver Cliff Branch ran a recorded 10.0 at the 1972 NCAA Championships, which was presumably hand timed and is not counted by World Athletics.) 3/4. Jeff Demps/Jacoby Ford 10.01 (2008/2009) Demps is the lone active sprinter on this list. His best time came at the 2008 Olympic Trials, counting as the national high school record though it came the summer after the end of his prep career. He later won a national football title at the University of Florida, was part of the 4x100m relay at the 2012 Olympics and played in two NFL games as a return specialist in 2013. Ford is better known for his days as a Raiders wide receiver (57 receptions from 2010-13), but he clocked 10.01 while a Clemson sprinter in 2009. As Jesse Squire noted, an argument can be made that Ford is the fastest man who played significantly in the NFL. Story continues 5/6. Bob Hayes/Ron Brown 10.06 (1964/1983) Hayes is the only man with an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring, achieving the former at the 1964 Tokyo Games and the latter in 1972 during a Hall of Fame wide receiving career mostly with the Dallas Cowboys. He ran 10.06 to dominate the Olympic final, which Tim Layden covered as part of this story last year. Brown ran his 10.06 in 1983, after he turned down the Cleveland Browns, who drafted him in the second round that year, to pursue the 1984 Olympics. Brown finished fourth in the 100m in Los Angeles and earned relay gold. He then went to the NFL, playing 100 games primarily as a return specialist. 7. Alvis Whitted 10.07 (1996) Sixth in the 1996 Olympic Trials 200m won by Michael Johnson in a world record (that Johnson later broke at the Atlanta Games). Whitted ran that final in lane two, sandwiched among three individual Olympic gold medalists Carl Lewis (lane one), Mike Marsh (four) and Johnson (five). Whitted returned to NC State, then played nine seasons as a wide receiver between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Raiders. 8. Darrell Green 10.08 (1983) Known as the NFLs Fastest Man for winning the leagues annual head-to-head sprint competition four times in the 1980s and 90s. Green, a Hall of Fame cornerback for Washington who never competed at the Olympics, dusted 1984 relay gold medalists Brown and Sam Graddy, 1992 Olympic bobsledder Herschel Walker, bobsledder and masters sprint champion Willie Gault and Mel Gray, the Detroit Lions ace return specialist. Green also reportedly ran a 4.09-second 40-yard dash, faster than the NFL Combine record (4.22), though Green tweeted in March that it was somewhere in the range of 4.09ish. 9. Sam Graddy 10.09 (1984) 1984 Olympic 100m silver medalist behind Lewis. Graddy played 43 games over five NFL seasons as a wide receiver. 10. Willie Gault 10.10 (1982) Gault qualified for the 1980 Olympics as part of the 4x100m relay pool, but the U.S. boycotted the Moscow Games. He then began an 11-year NFL career as a wide receiver, winning Super Bowl XX with the Chicago Bears (and helped organize the Super Bowl Shuffle, where he was the second solo singer between Walter Payton and Mike Singletary). While playing football, he wanted to bid for LA 84, but was barred over rules that kept professional athletes out of the Games. In 1988, Gault traveled to the Calgary Winter Games with the U.S. bobsled team as a non-competing alternate. Gault owns 100m masters world records for ages 45-49 (10.72), 50-54 (10.88) and 55-59 (11.30). *Half of the men on this list (plus Branch) played for the Raiders, who werent shy about drafting or signing speed. OlympicTalk is on Apple News. Favorite us! More: Olympics DK Metcalf entered in 100m at USATF Golden Games track meet on NBC Sports Kerri Walsh Jennings closer to 6th Olympics, but qualifying may come down... originally appeared on NBCSports.com | Jim Hines is the only NFL player to break 10 seconds in the 100m. Jeff Demps/Jacoby Ford are the fastest men who played significantly in the NFL. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://sports.yahoo.com/fastest-nfl-players-track-100m-200911170.html?src=rss | 0.448769 |
Who are the fastest NFL players in tracks 100m? | When DK Metcalf lines up to race the 100m against some of the U.S. best sprinters on Sunday, he will also compete against history a long line of football speedsters to excel in track (most of whom did so before entering the NFL). Heres a list of the fastest wind-legal 100m times from men who played in an NFL regular season game (statistics via World Athletics, Tilastopaja.org and Pro Football Reference): 1. Jim Hines 9.95 (1968) The 1968 Olympic 100m gold medalist was the first man to break 10 seconds with electronic timing and remains the only NFL player to do so. Hines was a sixth-round pick in the 1968 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins. He joined the team after the Mexico City Games, was given the number 99 and later an unfortunate nickname for a wide receiver Oops. He played in 10 games between 1969 and 1970 for the Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs. 2. Trindon Holliday 10.00 (2009) The 5-foot-5 return specialist placed second in the 2007 USATF Outdoor Championships behind Tyson Gay, but passed on a world championships spot to focus on football. He was eliminated in the 2008 Olympic Trials semifinals, was drafted in 2010 in the sixth round by the Houston Texans, then played among five teams in the regular season from 2011-14. (All-Pro Raiders wide receiver Cliff Branch ran a recorded 10.0 at the 1972 NCAA Championships, which was presumably hand timed and is not counted by World Athletics.) 3/4. Jeff Demps/Jacoby Ford 10.01 (2008/2009) Demps is the lone active sprinter on this list. His best time came at the 2008 Olympic Trials, counting as the national high school record though it came the summer after the end of his prep career. He later won a national football title at the University of Florida, was part of the 4x100m relay at the 2012 Olympics and played in two NFL games as a return specialist in 2013. Ford is better known for his days as a Raiders wide receiver (57 receptions from 2010-13), but he clocked 10.01 while a Clemson sprinter in 2009. As Jesse Squire noted, an argument can be made that Ford is the fastest man who played significantly in the NFL. Story continues 5/6. Bob Hayes/Ron Brown 10.06 (1964/1983) Hayes is the only man with an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring, achieving the former at the 1964 Tokyo Games and the latter in 1972 during a Hall of Fame wide receiving career mostly with the Dallas Cowboys. He ran 10.06 to dominate the Olympic final, which Tim Layden covered as part of this story last year. Brown ran his 10.06 in 1983, after he turned down the Cleveland Browns, who drafted him in the second round that year, to pursue the 1984 Olympics. Brown finished fourth in the 100m in Los Angeles and earned relay gold. He then went to the NFL, playing 100 games primarily as a return specialist. 7. Alvis Whitted 10.07 (1996) Sixth in the 1996 Olympic Trials 200m won by Michael Johnson in a world record (that Johnson later broke at the Atlanta Games). Whitted ran that final in lane two, sandwiched among three individual Olympic gold medalists Carl Lewis (lane one), Mike Marsh (four) and Johnson (five). Whitted returned to NC State, then played nine seasons as a wide receiver between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Raiders. 8. Darrell Green 10.08 (1983) Known as the NFLs Fastest Man for winning the leagues annual head-to-head sprint competition four times in the 1980s and 90s. Green, a Hall of Fame cornerback for Washington who never competed at the Olympics, dusted 1984 relay gold medalists Brown and Sam Graddy, 1992 Olympic bobsledder Herschel Walker, bobsledder and masters sprint champion Willie Gault and Mel Gray, the Detroit Lions ace return specialist. Green also reportedly ran a 4.09-second 40-yard dash, faster than the NFL Combine record (4.22), though Green tweeted in March that it was somewhere in the range of 4.09ish. 9. Sam Graddy 10.09 (1984) 1984 Olympic 100m silver medalist behind Lewis. Graddy played 43 games over five NFL seasons as a wide receiver. 10. Willie Gault 10.10 (1982) Gault qualified for the 1980 Olympics as part of the 4x100m relay pool, but the U.S. boycotted the Moscow Games. He then began an 11-year NFL career as a wide receiver, winning Super Bowl XX with the Chicago Bears (and helped organize the Super Bowl Shuffle, where he was the second solo singer between Walter Payton and Mike Singletary). While playing football, he wanted to bid for LA 84, but was barred over rules that kept professional athletes out of the Games. In 1988, Gault traveled to the Calgary Winter Games with the U.S. bobsled team as a non-competing alternate. Gault owns 100m masters world records for ages 45-49 (10.72), 50-54 (10.88) and 55-59 (11.30). *Half of the men on this list (plus Branch) played for the Raiders, who werent shy about drafting or signing speed. OlympicTalk is on Apple News. Favorite us! More: Olympics DK Metcalf entered in 100m at USATF Golden Games track meet on NBC Sports Kerri Walsh Jennings closer to 6th Olympics, but qualifying may come down... originally appeared on NBCSports.com | Jim Hines is the only NFL player to break 10 seconds in the 100m. Jeff Demps/Jacoby Ford are the fastest men who played significantly in the NFL. Most of the players on this list did so before entering the NFL, though some did so after. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://sports.yahoo.com/fastest-nfl-players-track-100m-200911170.html?src=rss | 0.481091 |
What can I do in Georgia now that I am fully vaccinated? | How we interacted in December 2019 compared to our baseline now is completely different, and it has a lot to do with comfort, said Dr. Jose Vazquez, Augusta Universitys chief of infectious diseases. I call it the shifting baseline syndrome because were at a different baseline than we were before COVID. Remember, you dont reach full vaccination until at least two weeks after getting your second dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine or the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Heres a look at frequently asked questions about navigating life after vaccination. Braves employees Jamiya Brinson, left, and Kaitlynne Grize help facilitate the Atlanta Braves' free vaccination clinic at Truist Park earlier this month. CDC says its not time to stop wearing masks altogether, at least not yet, especially indoors. There are still many unvaccinated people, including children too young to get the shots, and its hard to know who is vaccinated and who is not. So experts still recommend that everyone mask up when indoors in public spaces. The CDC says to limit your indoor interactions with unvaccinated people to just one other household at a time. The visit can include children, but all should be at low risk for severe COVID-19. Its okay if both people are vaccinated because research has thus far shown the virus doesnt travel on surfaces, including hands, Vazquez says. If someone hasnt been vaccinated, you may want to refrain from shaking hands out of an abundance of caution. Fans stand socially distanced during a rendition of "God Bless America" during the seventh inning stretch of an opening day baseball game. The Braves will soon return to full capacity. Experts say based on what we know now, a fully vaccinated person going to a sporting event in Atlanta would be considered relatively safe. But Dr. Michael Eriksen, founding dean of Georgia States School of Public Health, said to remember that while the vaccines are incredible, none provide 100% protection, and there are still questions about how long immunity lasts and about how well the vaccines cover evolving mutations. So going to a game doesnt come with zero risks. It would be safest for vaccinated people to be grouped together, he said. (Note while some other sports teams, such as Los Angeles Dodgers, are grouping vaccinated fans, the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta United have not announced any plans to do this.) The Atlanta Hawks are considering having a vaccinated section for fans. Those who are unvaccinated will face a significant risk of exposure to the coronavirus based on the sheer number of people crowded together. For those who plan to go to a game, Eriksen recommends wearing a mask and practicing social distancing. With only about a third of adults in Georgia fully vaccinated, its best if kids under 16, who do not yet have access to vaccines, dont go to games. If they do go, experts said they should wear masks and maintain social distancing. Its also best for them to sit and interact with only vaccinated adults. While kids may pose more of a risk of transmitting the virus to unvaccinated people than getting seriously ill from being infected, children can get very sick from the virus. While coronavirus can spread between people via respiratory droplets, the CDC isnt aware of any evidence about the coronavirus spreading through the water in pools. Chlorine is a disinfectant, so the primary risk is going to be close contact with someone. Experts recommend using outdoor pools and being careful not to be too crowded with other people. Again, people who are unvaccinated would be at much higher risk than those who are vaccinated. Remember, dont wear cloth masks in the water: They are difficult to breathe through when wet. Do wear a mask when changing, however, and minimize the time in changing rooms, which are often crowded and not well-ventilated. Outdoor playdates are safer. Varkey encourages play dates to take place outside and says children can play together at a park or playground with minimal risk. Indoor playdates, he said, are harder, and he encourages parents to have an honest conversation about risk tolerance. What makes me more concerned is going into a packed dinner with multiple families with some vaccinated and some unvaccinated and there happens to be one mildly sick child (with the coronavirus) and it turns into a super spreader event, he said. Those who are fully vaccinated are at relatively low risk at a gym. But for the unvaccinated, gyms are one of the highest-risk settings because of the viruss ability to easily spread between those who are exercising, breathing heavily in poorly ventilated spaces. If you do go back to the gym, it is recommended that you wear a mask. Indoor dining and drinking at restaurants and bars is riskier than some other places for multiple reasons, according to the CDC: People from different households are gathering in the same space, physical distancing can be hard to maintain, and diners have to take off masks to eat and drink. Ways to lower the risk are to go with outdoor seating and avoid busy times of day or night. CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and visiting professor of health policy and management at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, offers this advice: If youre going to be in very close proximity to other people and there are lots of diners packed together, thats when I would try to limit the time as much as possible. Even so, vaccinated people can make it work dining indoor and be at relatively low risk. If youre fully vaccinated and can be separated from others by at least 6 feet and youre dining with somebody also fully vaccinated, Wen said, I wouldnt have a limitation to that time period. Eriksen said people should opt for dining outdoors whenever possible. Otherwise, he added, diners eating indoors should sit by an open window or under a ceiling fan. Ventilation matters, he said. He also encourages people to patronize establishments that require their workers wear masks, even if they are no longer required by the governors orders. That is fine. You dont need to shake hands, and you can conduct social distancing in your home. The CDC says if youve been around someone who has COVID-19, you do not need to stay away from others or get tested unless you have symptoms. Vazquez recommends keeping at least 3 feet of distance and wearing a face covering on buses and trains. Yes! Once grandparents are fully vaccinated, experts say they can hug unvaccinated grandkids when those children are all living in one household and are not at high risk for severe disease. Recently-updated CDC guidance states that fully vaccinated people may travel more freely within the United States. Travelers do not need to get COVID testing before or after travel and do not need to quarantine, unless required by local or state authorities. If you are fully vaccinated with an FDA-authorized vaccine, you should get tested three to five 3-5 after travel. You do not need to get tested before leaving the United States unless your destination requires it. | There are still many unvaccinated people, including children too young to get the shots, and its hard to know who is vaccinated and who is not. Experts say based on what we know now, a fully vaccinated person going to a sporting event in Atlanta would be considered relatively safe. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-news/what-can-i-do-in-georgia-now-that-i-am-fully-vaccinated/XD7GSD7M6RGHROBJ2KOPEB244Q/ | 0.226324 |
Whats going on with Kevin McCarthy and Liz Cheney? | House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) signaled Tuesday that he would support ousting Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyo. ), the most powerful Republican woman in Congress, saying rank-and-file members have doubts about her ability to do the job. Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who joined Democrats in voting to impeach former President Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. The tensions mark an increasing fight over the future of the Republican Party, including whether it will continue to tether itself to the divisive populism of Trump, who may run again in 2024, or move on. Cheney, whose father served as vice president to George W. Bush, in many ways represents the old guard of Republicans who want to move away from Trump. In February, the Republican Conference weighed removing Cheney from leadership after her impeachment vote, but no opponent came forward to challenge her. At that time, McCarthy was publicly silent on Cheney, and then backed her in a closed-door meeting about whether to remove her from the No. 3 leadership position. Advertisement Since then, Cheney hasnt held her tongue when asked by reporters about Trump. She and McCarthy have stopped appearing together at news conferences, including after Cheneys comments about Trumps 2020 election falsehoods and a proposed bipartisan commission to investigate the insurrection made headlines during an annual policy retreat in Florida last week. CNN reported that, in a closed door Republican conference meeting in Sea Island, Ga., on Monday, Cheney said that embracing Trumps false allegation that the election was stolen is a poison in the bloodstream of our democracy .... We cant whitewash what happened on Jan. 6 or perpetuate Trumps big lie. It is a threat to democracy. What he did on Jan. 6 is a line that cannot be crossed. Although McCarthy opposed the impeachment, he stated at the time that the president bears responsibility for [the Jan. 6] attack on Congress by mob rioters. The Republican leader has since walked back his post- Jan. 6 criticisms of Trump and sought to again ingratiate himself with the former president, while Cheney publicly and privately insists that Trump should play no role in the future of the party. Though exiled from social media, Trump remains popular with the GOP base and is still a major source of fundraising for the party. He and his supporters have targeted Cheney and plan to back a primary challenger against her in 2022. She is so low that her only chance would be if vast numbers of people run against her which, hopefully, wont happen, said Trump in a written statement issued Monday afternoon. They never liked her much, but I say shell never run in a Wyoming election again! On Tuesday, Trump created a place on his website to communicate directly with supporters. McCarthy on Tuesday suggested that Cheney no longer has a place on his leadership team, especially as Republicans seek to regain control of the House in 2022. I have heard from members concerned about her ability to carry out the job as conference chair, to carry out the message, McCarthy said Tuesday on Fox News Fox and Friends. We all need to be working as one if were able to win the majority. Remember, majorities are not given, they are earned. And thats about the message about going forward. Advertisement Theres no concern about how she voted on impeachment. That decision has been made, McCarthy said. Cheney spokesman Jeremy Adler said in response to the Fox News interview, This is about whether the Republican Party is going to perpetuate lies about the 2020 election and attempt to whitewash what happened on Jan 6. Liz will not do that. That is the issue. But in an exchange reportedly caught on a live mic and reviewed by Axios before the Fox and Friends interview, McCarthy had a harsher take. I think shes got real problems, McCarthy told anchor Steve Doocy off-air, according to Axios. Ive had it with ... Ive had it with her. You know, Ive lost confidence. ... Well, someone just has to bring a motion, but I assume that will probably take place, appearing to refer to a motion to remove Cheney from her leadership role. Advertisement McCarthys office did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the alleged pre-tape comments. The earliest that a vote on Cheneys future could happen is when the Republican Conference next meets May 12. | House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says he would support ousting Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney. | bart | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-05-04/mccarthy-v-cheney-whats-going-on-in-the-gop-house-leadership | 0.170004 |
Whats going on with Kevin McCarthy and Liz Cheney? | House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) signaled Tuesday that he would support ousting Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyo. ), the most powerful Republican woman in Congress, saying rank-and-file members have doubts about her ability to do the job. Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who joined Democrats in voting to impeach former President Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. The tensions mark an increasing fight over the future of the Republican Party, including whether it will continue to tether itself to the divisive populism of Trump, who may run again in 2024, or move on. Cheney, whose father served as vice president to George W. Bush, in many ways represents the old guard of Republicans who want to move away from Trump. In February, the Republican Conference weighed removing Cheney from leadership after her impeachment vote, but no opponent came forward to challenge her. At that time, McCarthy was publicly silent on Cheney, and then backed her in a closed-door meeting about whether to remove her from the No. 3 leadership position. Advertisement Since then, Cheney hasnt held her tongue when asked by reporters about Trump. She and McCarthy have stopped appearing together at news conferences, including after Cheneys comments about Trumps 2020 election falsehoods and a proposed bipartisan commission to investigate the insurrection made headlines during an annual policy retreat in Florida last week. CNN reported that, in a closed door Republican conference meeting in Sea Island, Ga., on Monday, Cheney said that embracing Trumps false allegation that the election was stolen is a poison in the bloodstream of our democracy .... We cant whitewash what happened on Jan. 6 or perpetuate Trumps big lie. It is a threat to democracy. What he did on Jan. 6 is a line that cannot be crossed. Although McCarthy opposed the impeachment, he stated at the time that the president bears responsibility for [the Jan. 6] attack on Congress by mob rioters. The Republican leader has since walked back his post- Jan. 6 criticisms of Trump and sought to again ingratiate himself with the former president, while Cheney publicly and privately insists that Trump should play no role in the future of the party. Though exiled from social media, Trump remains popular with the GOP base and is still a major source of fundraising for the party. He and his supporters have targeted Cheney and plan to back a primary challenger against her in 2022. She is so low that her only chance would be if vast numbers of people run against her which, hopefully, wont happen, said Trump in a written statement issued Monday afternoon. They never liked her much, but I say shell never run in a Wyoming election again! On Tuesday, Trump created a place on his website to communicate directly with supporters. McCarthy on Tuesday suggested that Cheney no longer has a place on his leadership team, especially as Republicans seek to regain control of the House in 2022. I have heard from members concerned about her ability to carry out the job as conference chair, to carry out the message, McCarthy said Tuesday on Fox News Fox and Friends. We all need to be working as one if were able to win the majority. Remember, majorities are not given, they are earned. And thats about the message about going forward. Advertisement Theres no concern about how she voted on impeachment. That decision has been made, McCarthy said. Cheney spokesman Jeremy Adler said in response to the Fox News interview, This is about whether the Republican Party is going to perpetuate lies about the 2020 election and attempt to whitewash what happened on Jan 6. Liz will not do that. That is the issue. But in an exchange reportedly caught on a live mic and reviewed by Axios before the Fox and Friends interview, McCarthy had a harsher take. I think shes got real problems, McCarthy told anchor Steve Doocy off-air, according to Axios. Ive had it with ... Ive had it with her. You know, Ive lost confidence. ... Well, someone just has to bring a motion, but I assume that will probably take place, appearing to refer to a motion to remove Cheney from her leadership role. Advertisement McCarthys office did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the alleged pre-tape comments. The earliest that a vote on Cheneys future could happen is when the Republican Conference next meets May 12. | House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says he would support ousting Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney. Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who joined Democrats in voting to impeach former President Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. | bart | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-05-04/mccarthy-v-cheney-whats-going-on-in-the-gop-house-leadership | 0.203647 |
Whats going on with Kevin McCarthy and Liz Cheney? | House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) signaled Tuesday that he would support ousting Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyo. ), the most powerful Republican woman in Congress, saying rank-and-file members have doubts about her ability to do the job. Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who joined Democrats in voting to impeach former President Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. The tensions mark an increasing fight over the future of the Republican Party, including whether it will continue to tether itself to the divisive populism of Trump, who may run again in 2024, or move on. Cheney, whose father served as vice president to George W. Bush, in many ways represents the old guard of Republicans who want to move away from Trump. In February, the Republican Conference weighed removing Cheney from leadership after her impeachment vote, but no opponent came forward to challenge her. At that time, McCarthy was publicly silent on Cheney, and then backed her in a closed-door meeting about whether to remove her from the No. 3 leadership position. Advertisement Since then, Cheney hasnt held her tongue when asked by reporters about Trump. She and McCarthy have stopped appearing together at news conferences, including after Cheneys comments about Trumps 2020 election falsehoods and a proposed bipartisan commission to investigate the insurrection made headlines during an annual policy retreat in Florida last week. CNN reported that, in a closed door Republican conference meeting in Sea Island, Ga., on Monday, Cheney said that embracing Trumps false allegation that the election was stolen is a poison in the bloodstream of our democracy .... We cant whitewash what happened on Jan. 6 or perpetuate Trumps big lie. It is a threat to democracy. What he did on Jan. 6 is a line that cannot be crossed. Although McCarthy opposed the impeachment, he stated at the time that the president bears responsibility for [the Jan. 6] attack on Congress by mob rioters. The Republican leader has since walked back his post- Jan. 6 criticisms of Trump and sought to again ingratiate himself with the former president, while Cheney publicly and privately insists that Trump should play no role in the future of the party. Though exiled from social media, Trump remains popular with the GOP base and is still a major source of fundraising for the party. He and his supporters have targeted Cheney and plan to back a primary challenger against her in 2022. She is so low that her only chance would be if vast numbers of people run against her which, hopefully, wont happen, said Trump in a written statement issued Monday afternoon. They never liked her much, but I say shell never run in a Wyoming election again! On Tuesday, Trump created a place on his website to communicate directly with supporters. McCarthy on Tuesday suggested that Cheney no longer has a place on his leadership team, especially as Republicans seek to regain control of the House in 2022. I have heard from members concerned about her ability to carry out the job as conference chair, to carry out the message, McCarthy said Tuesday on Fox News Fox and Friends. We all need to be working as one if were able to win the majority. Remember, majorities are not given, they are earned. And thats about the message about going forward. Advertisement Theres no concern about how she voted on impeachment. That decision has been made, McCarthy said. Cheney spokesman Jeremy Adler said in response to the Fox News interview, This is about whether the Republican Party is going to perpetuate lies about the 2020 election and attempt to whitewash what happened on Jan 6. Liz will not do that. That is the issue. But in an exchange reportedly caught on a live mic and reviewed by Axios before the Fox and Friends interview, McCarthy had a harsher take. I think shes got real problems, McCarthy told anchor Steve Doocy off-air, according to Axios. Ive had it with ... Ive had it with her. You know, Ive lost confidence. ... Well, someone just has to bring a motion, but I assume that will probably take place, appearing to refer to a motion to remove Cheney from her leadership role. Advertisement McCarthys office did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the alleged pre-tape comments. The earliest that a vote on Cheneys future could happen is when the Republican Conference next meets May 12. | House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says he would support ousting Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney. Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach former President Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. The tensions mark an increasing fight over the future of the Republican Party, including whether it will continue to tether itself to Trump. | bart | 2 | https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-05-04/mccarthy-v-cheney-whats-going-on-in-the-gop-house-leadership | 0.322732 |
Could Phil Jurkovec Be A First Round Draft Pick in 2022? | Get ready folks, because this is a storyline you are going to hear about frequently between now and the end of the season. While he still has a big season at Boston College ahead of him, many are going to wonder what the future holds for quarterback Phil Jurkovec. Earlier today, The Athletic did a mock draft that many tweeted out that had Jurkovec heading into the '22 NFL Draft. The mock had the sturdy junior being drafted 15th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers, his hometown team. Jurkovec exploded on to the scene in 2020, just a half a year removed from transferring to Boston College from Notre Dame. He was electric, throwing for over 2500 yards in just ten games, while showing good decision making for a first year starter. He led multiple last minute drives, and showed a winners mentality when BC needed it most. At 6'5 and 250 pounds, he was hard to bring down, and was surprisingly agile, moving the pocket and shedding tackles to avoid pressure. His play caught the attention of many scouts and media members, drawing comparisons to Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. If he was to go to the NFL next year would be the optimal time to do it. The 2022 NFL Draft quarterback class appears to be weaker than the 2020 group that produced five first round picks. JT Daniels of Georgia, Sam Howell (UNC) Kedon Slovis (USC), Spencer Rattler (Oklahoma) and Malik Willis (Liberty) are all the front runners to go in the first round, but all have question marks and are relatively unproven. Every year there is a quarterback that comes out of nowhere and becomes the darling of the draft. In 2021 it was Zach Wilson. If Jurkovec takes that next step, and continues to improve in his decision making and his touch, he could easily join this group. He is going to have an elite offensive line in front of him, and good targets that will help him look good for scouts. All logic point to even better numbers than his already impressive 2020 numbers. Of course most Boston College fans want to see Jurkovec stay in Chestnut Hill in 2022. But things will only get tougher with four of his offensive linemen most likely leaving after the season, and the possibility of losing CJ Lewis, Kobay White, and even Zay Flowers as well. The 2022 NFL Draft may be the perfect time for Jurkovec to take the next step to the NFL. Stay tuned folks, this story is going to be one to monitor. But better yet, just enjoy the time Jurkovec is here, he could be playing on Sunday's sooner rather than later. | Boston College quarterback Phil Jurkovec could be a first round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://www.si.com/college/bostoncollege/football/phil-jurkovec-first-round-nfl-draft-pick-mock-2022 | 0.48921 |
Could Phil Jurkovec Be A First Round Draft Pick in 2022? | Get ready folks, because this is a storyline you are going to hear about frequently between now and the end of the season. While he still has a big season at Boston College ahead of him, many are going to wonder what the future holds for quarterback Phil Jurkovec. Earlier today, The Athletic did a mock draft that many tweeted out that had Jurkovec heading into the '22 NFL Draft. The mock had the sturdy junior being drafted 15th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers, his hometown team. Jurkovec exploded on to the scene in 2020, just a half a year removed from transferring to Boston College from Notre Dame. He was electric, throwing for over 2500 yards in just ten games, while showing good decision making for a first year starter. He led multiple last minute drives, and showed a winners mentality when BC needed it most. At 6'5 and 250 pounds, he was hard to bring down, and was surprisingly agile, moving the pocket and shedding tackles to avoid pressure. His play caught the attention of many scouts and media members, drawing comparisons to Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. If he was to go to the NFL next year would be the optimal time to do it. The 2022 NFL Draft quarterback class appears to be weaker than the 2020 group that produced five first round picks. JT Daniels of Georgia, Sam Howell (UNC) Kedon Slovis (USC), Spencer Rattler (Oklahoma) and Malik Willis (Liberty) are all the front runners to go in the first round, but all have question marks and are relatively unproven. Every year there is a quarterback that comes out of nowhere and becomes the darling of the draft. In 2021 it was Zach Wilson. If Jurkovec takes that next step, and continues to improve in his decision making and his touch, he could easily join this group. He is going to have an elite offensive line in front of him, and good targets that will help him look good for scouts. All logic point to even better numbers than his already impressive 2020 numbers. Of course most Boston College fans want to see Jurkovec stay in Chestnut Hill in 2022. But things will only get tougher with four of his offensive linemen most likely leaving after the season, and the possibility of losing CJ Lewis, Kobay White, and even Zay Flowers as well. The 2022 NFL Draft may be the perfect time for Jurkovec to take the next step to the NFL. Stay tuned folks, this story is going to be one to monitor. But better yet, just enjoy the time Jurkovec is here, he could be playing on Sunday's sooner rather than later. | Boston College quarterback Phil Jurkovec could be a first round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. He has been compared to Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.si.com/college/bostoncollege/football/phil-jurkovec-first-round-nfl-draft-pick-mock-2022 | 0.564717 |
Could Phil Jurkovec Be A First Round Draft Pick in 2022? | Get ready folks, because this is a storyline you are going to hear about frequently between now and the end of the season. While he still has a big season at Boston College ahead of him, many are going to wonder what the future holds for quarterback Phil Jurkovec. Earlier today, The Athletic did a mock draft that many tweeted out that had Jurkovec heading into the '22 NFL Draft. The mock had the sturdy junior being drafted 15th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers, his hometown team. Jurkovec exploded on to the scene in 2020, just a half a year removed from transferring to Boston College from Notre Dame. He was electric, throwing for over 2500 yards in just ten games, while showing good decision making for a first year starter. He led multiple last minute drives, and showed a winners mentality when BC needed it most. At 6'5 and 250 pounds, he was hard to bring down, and was surprisingly agile, moving the pocket and shedding tackles to avoid pressure. His play caught the attention of many scouts and media members, drawing comparisons to Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. If he was to go to the NFL next year would be the optimal time to do it. The 2022 NFL Draft quarterback class appears to be weaker than the 2020 group that produced five first round picks. JT Daniels of Georgia, Sam Howell (UNC) Kedon Slovis (USC), Spencer Rattler (Oklahoma) and Malik Willis (Liberty) are all the front runners to go in the first round, but all have question marks and are relatively unproven. Every year there is a quarterback that comes out of nowhere and becomes the darling of the draft. In 2021 it was Zach Wilson. If Jurkovec takes that next step, and continues to improve in his decision making and his touch, he could easily join this group. He is going to have an elite offensive line in front of him, and good targets that will help him look good for scouts. All logic point to even better numbers than his already impressive 2020 numbers. Of course most Boston College fans want to see Jurkovec stay in Chestnut Hill in 2022. But things will only get tougher with four of his offensive linemen most likely leaving after the season, and the possibility of losing CJ Lewis, Kobay White, and even Zay Flowers as well. The 2022 NFL Draft may be the perfect time for Jurkovec to take the next step to the NFL. Stay tuned folks, this story is going to be one to monitor. But better yet, just enjoy the time Jurkovec is here, he could be playing on Sunday's sooner rather than later. | Boston College quarterback Phil Jurkovec could be a first round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. He has been compared to Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. The 2022 quarterback class appears to be weaker than the 2020 group that produced five first round picks. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.si.com/college/bostoncollege/football/phil-jurkovec-first-round-nfl-draft-pick-mock-2022 | 0.628161 |
Can DeVonta Smith go Where no Eagles Rookie WR has Gone Before? | The Heisman Trophy winner from Alabama certainly has the pedigree required to make a strong run at breaking rookie records that have stood for decades in some cases PHILADELPHIA Jalen Reagor had a turn to carve his name into the Eagles record books as a rookie. He fell well below expectations, and, yes, missing five games due to injury and some internal dysfunction didnt help his cause. Next up to make a run at some rookie records, some of which are decades old, is DeVonta Smith. Sooner or later, marks set decades ago by first-year pass-catcher will eventually fall, and perhaps Smith is the one who will finally do it. There doesnt seem to be any downside to the Heisman Trophy-winning receiver out of the University of Alabama, except maybe his weight of 166 pounds. That hasnt been a detriment, so far, despite playing in the rugged SEC. I don't care too much about what people say about my weight, he said shortly after the Eagles traded up two spots to make him the 10th overall selection in the 2021 NFL Draft on Thursday. I understand reporters have a job. Its their job to make a story. I just let them do their job. I can't get mad at them for doing their job. Inside, though, Smith does a slow burn over the whole weight thing. DeVontas been hearing hes too small for years and its definitely a sore point with him because theres really nothing he can do about it, said Christopher Walsh, who has been covering the Crimson Tide since 2004 and is the publisher of SI BamaCentral. He has great hands, runs great routes, and even last year, Jaylen Waddle was going to be the most exciting player, he was going to be the one. No, it was Smith. He kept plugging along and answering his critics. On top of that, Ill tell you flat out, hes a really nice kid, just a totally nice kid. Not a single rookie has topped 1,000-yards receiving in Eagles history. The closes anyone came, and it is still the record heading into this season, was 2008, when DeSean Jackson collected 912. The other two rookie marks Smith will try to break are for catches, which was set at 81 by tight end Keith Jackson in 1988, and touchdowns, a record established by Calvin Williams, who had nine in 1990. Jordan Matthews came close to passing each of them in 2014 when the second-round pick had 67 receptions for 872 yards and eight touchdowns. Reagor, taken with the 21st overall pick in the 2020 draft, had just 31 catches for 396 and only one touchdown, though he added another with a punt return. Odds released by www.BetOnline.ag placed the over/under number on Smiths receiving yards at 900 with his over/under TD total set at seven. Last year, Reagors odds in the days after him being drafted were 700 yards and four scores. The same betting service also set Smiths odds of winning the NFLs Offensive Rookie of the Year award at 12-1, which are the same odds that the No. 4 pick of the Falcons, Kyle Pitts, has. Of the players ahead of Smith and Pitts, only one is a non-quarterback and that is the Bengals' JaMarr Chase at 9-1. Six times in the last 11 years the award has gone to a quarterback. The last non-quarterback to win was the Giants RB Saquon Barkley in 2018 and the only three WRs who did it this century were Aquan Boldin in 2003, Percy Harvin in 2009, and Odell Beckham, Jr. in 2014. I'm glad he's on my team, said Eagles sixth-round pick JaCoby Stevens, who matched up with Smith during his time at LSU. I'm glad that I have to try to go against him in practice and thats not so much as public as the game, because he's somebody like I said in zooms when they asked me who is the hardest person I've covered in 2020 or defended in 2020, and that was DeVonta Smith hands down. Just because he can run every route. He makes every route look the same. We hear often he's a quarterback at receiver. When he's running the crossing routes at Alabama, he knows the holes and the gaps in the zone, and believe it or not, a lot of receivers don't know that. So, he knows when to sit down and when to idle his speed back to appear open for his quarterback. I'm happy that DeVonta Smith is on my team. That's one less guy that I have to worry about covering in the game in a sense in this draft class. Ed Kracz is the publisher of SI.coms EagleMaven and co-host of the Eagles Unfiltered Podcast. Check out the latest Eagles news at www.SI.com/NFL/Eagles and please follow him on Twitter: @kracze. | DeVonta Smith is expected to break a number of rookie records this season. The Alabama receiver has been criticized for being too small. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://www.si.com/nfl/eagles/news/can-devonta-smith-go-where-no-eagles-rookie-wr-has-gone-before | 0.106065 |
Can DeVonta Smith go Where no Eagles Rookie WR has Gone Before? | The Heisman Trophy winner from Alabama certainly has the pedigree required to make a strong run at breaking rookie records that have stood for decades in some cases PHILADELPHIA Jalen Reagor had a turn to carve his name into the Eagles record books as a rookie. He fell well below expectations, and, yes, missing five games due to injury and some internal dysfunction didnt help his cause. Next up to make a run at some rookie records, some of which are decades old, is DeVonta Smith. Sooner or later, marks set decades ago by first-year pass-catcher will eventually fall, and perhaps Smith is the one who will finally do it. There doesnt seem to be any downside to the Heisman Trophy-winning receiver out of the University of Alabama, except maybe his weight of 166 pounds. That hasnt been a detriment, so far, despite playing in the rugged SEC. I don't care too much about what people say about my weight, he said shortly after the Eagles traded up two spots to make him the 10th overall selection in the 2021 NFL Draft on Thursday. I understand reporters have a job. Its their job to make a story. I just let them do their job. I can't get mad at them for doing their job. Inside, though, Smith does a slow burn over the whole weight thing. DeVontas been hearing hes too small for years and its definitely a sore point with him because theres really nothing he can do about it, said Christopher Walsh, who has been covering the Crimson Tide since 2004 and is the publisher of SI BamaCentral. He has great hands, runs great routes, and even last year, Jaylen Waddle was going to be the most exciting player, he was going to be the one. No, it was Smith. He kept plugging along and answering his critics. On top of that, Ill tell you flat out, hes a really nice kid, just a totally nice kid. Not a single rookie has topped 1,000-yards receiving in Eagles history. The closes anyone came, and it is still the record heading into this season, was 2008, when DeSean Jackson collected 912. The other two rookie marks Smith will try to break are for catches, which was set at 81 by tight end Keith Jackson in 1988, and touchdowns, a record established by Calvin Williams, who had nine in 1990. Jordan Matthews came close to passing each of them in 2014 when the second-round pick had 67 receptions for 872 yards and eight touchdowns. Reagor, taken with the 21st overall pick in the 2020 draft, had just 31 catches for 396 and only one touchdown, though he added another with a punt return. Odds released by www.BetOnline.ag placed the over/under number on Smiths receiving yards at 900 with his over/under TD total set at seven. Last year, Reagors odds in the days after him being drafted were 700 yards and four scores. The same betting service also set Smiths odds of winning the NFLs Offensive Rookie of the Year award at 12-1, which are the same odds that the No. 4 pick of the Falcons, Kyle Pitts, has. Of the players ahead of Smith and Pitts, only one is a non-quarterback and that is the Bengals' JaMarr Chase at 9-1. Six times in the last 11 years the award has gone to a quarterback. The last non-quarterback to win was the Giants RB Saquon Barkley in 2018 and the only three WRs who did it this century were Aquan Boldin in 2003, Percy Harvin in 2009, and Odell Beckham, Jr. in 2014. I'm glad he's on my team, said Eagles sixth-round pick JaCoby Stevens, who matched up with Smith during his time at LSU. I'm glad that I have to try to go against him in practice and thats not so much as public as the game, because he's somebody like I said in zooms when they asked me who is the hardest person I've covered in 2020 or defended in 2020, and that was DeVonta Smith hands down. Just because he can run every route. He makes every route look the same. We hear often he's a quarterback at receiver. When he's running the crossing routes at Alabama, he knows the holes and the gaps in the zone, and believe it or not, a lot of receivers don't know that. So, he knows when to sit down and when to idle his speed back to appear open for his quarterback. I'm happy that DeVonta Smith is on my team. That's one less guy that I have to worry about covering in the game in a sense in this draft class. Ed Kracz is the publisher of SI.coms EagleMaven and co-host of the Eagles Unfiltered Podcast. Check out the latest Eagles news at www.SI.com/NFL/Eagles and please follow him on Twitter: @kracze. | DeVonta Smith is expected to break a number of rookie records this season. The Alabama receiver has been criticized for being too small. The Eagles have never had a rookie top 1,000-yard receiving season. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.si.com/nfl/eagles/news/can-devonta-smith-go-where-no-eagles-rookie-wr-has-gone-before | 0.3129 |
Can DeVonta Smith go Where no Eagles Rookie WR has Gone Before? | The Heisman Trophy winner from Alabama certainly has the pedigree required to make a strong run at breaking rookie records that have stood for decades in some cases PHILADELPHIA Jalen Reagor had a turn to carve his name into the Eagles record books as a rookie. He fell well below expectations, and, yes, missing five games due to injury and some internal dysfunction didnt help his cause. Next up to make a run at some rookie records, some of which are decades old, is DeVonta Smith. Sooner or later, marks set decades ago by first-year pass-catcher will eventually fall, and perhaps Smith is the one who will finally do it. There doesnt seem to be any downside to the Heisman Trophy-winning receiver out of the University of Alabama, except maybe his weight of 166 pounds. That hasnt been a detriment, so far, despite playing in the rugged SEC. I don't care too much about what people say about my weight, he said shortly after the Eagles traded up two spots to make him the 10th overall selection in the 2021 NFL Draft on Thursday. I understand reporters have a job. Its their job to make a story. I just let them do their job. I can't get mad at them for doing their job. Inside, though, Smith does a slow burn over the whole weight thing. DeVontas been hearing hes too small for years and its definitely a sore point with him because theres really nothing he can do about it, said Christopher Walsh, who has been covering the Crimson Tide since 2004 and is the publisher of SI BamaCentral. He has great hands, runs great routes, and even last year, Jaylen Waddle was going to be the most exciting player, he was going to be the one. No, it was Smith. He kept plugging along and answering his critics. On top of that, Ill tell you flat out, hes a really nice kid, just a totally nice kid. Not a single rookie has topped 1,000-yards receiving in Eagles history. The closes anyone came, and it is still the record heading into this season, was 2008, when DeSean Jackson collected 912. The other two rookie marks Smith will try to break are for catches, which was set at 81 by tight end Keith Jackson in 1988, and touchdowns, a record established by Calvin Williams, who had nine in 1990. Jordan Matthews came close to passing each of them in 2014 when the second-round pick had 67 receptions for 872 yards and eight touchdowns. Reagor, taken with the 21st overall pick in the 2020 draft, had just 31 catches for 396 and only one touchdown, though he added another with a punt return. Odds released by www.BetOnline.ag placed the over/under number on Smiths receiving yards at 900 with his over/under TD total set at seven. Last year, Reagors odds in the days after him being drafted were 700 yards and four scores. The same betting service also set Smiths odds of winning the NFLs Offensive Rookie of the Year award at 12-1, which are the same odds that the No. 4 pick of the Falcons, Kyle Pitts, has. Of the players ahead of Smith and Pitts, only one is a non-quarterback and that is the Bengals' JaMarr Chase at 9-1. Six times in the last 11 years the award has gone to a quarterback. The last non-quarterback to win was the Giants RB Saquon Barkley in 2018 and the only three WRs who did it this century were Aquan Boldin in 2003, Percy Harvin in 2009, and Odell Beckham, Jr. in 2014. I'm glad he's on my team, said Eagles sixth-round pick JaCoby Stevens, who matched up with Smith during his time at LSU. I'm glad that I have to try to go against him in practice and thats not so much as public as the game, because he's somebody like I said in zooms when they asked me who is the hardest person I've covered in 2020 or defended in 2020, and that was DeVonta Smith hands down. Just because he can run every route. He makes every route look the same. We hear often he's a quarterback at receiver. When he's running the crossing routes at Alabama, he knows the holes and the gaps in the zone, and believe it or not, a lot of receivers don't know that. So, he knows when to sit down and when to idle his speed back to appear open for his quarterback. I'm happy that DeVonta Smith is on my team. That's one less guy that I have to worry about covering in the game in a sense in this draft class. Ed Kracz is the publisher of SI.coms EagleMaven and co-host of the Eagles Unfiltered Podcast. Check out the latest Eagles news at www.SI.com/NFL/Eagles and please follow him on Twitter: @kracze. | DeVonta Smith is expected to break a number of rookie records this season. The Alabama receiver has been criticized for being too small. The Eagles have not had a rookie top 1,000-yard receiving season since 2008. Smith is a favorite to win Offensive Rookie of the Year. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.si.com/nfl/eagles/news/can-devonta-smith-go-where-no-eagles-rookie-wr-has-gone-before | 0.332737 |
Who can the 49ers Look to Fill in at Slot Receiver? | Slot receiver is a missing piece to the offense of the 49ers. Kyle Shanahan explains how they can fill that need. Slot receiver is a missing piece to the offense of the 49ers. With Kendrick Bourne gone, they don't have that clear-cut player who can slide into that spot. Sure, Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk are capable, but the 49ers are going to want to keep them on the outside since they excel so much there. The draft seemed like the 49ers were going to address the slot position, but ultimately they decided to not take a receiver at all. "I think we have some guys on our team who have done it," said Shanahan at his post-draft presser. "I think we have guys who are about to show they can do it. Hopefully guys like Jalen (Hurd) can get healthy and have a chance to compete with these guys, so he can show he can do it." The 49ers will be looking for Jalen Hurd, Richie James Jr., and perhaps Mohammed Sanu or River Cracraft to step up there. Wide receiver has been where the 49ers have spent most of their draft capital under Shanahan. It is time they finally start letting their talent get some chances. I believe James is the best to handle it right now. He demonstrated when given a sizeable workload last season that he can produce. He simply just needs the opportunities. That way, at least, the 49ers can ease Hurd back in. The guy has had a brutal start to his NFL career, from a back injury, to then suffering a torn ACL. Let Hurd take his time, then look to slowly increase his chances. Until then, James is the ideal option there in terms of receivers on the roster. Taking the entire offense into account, Shanahan does incorporate his running backs there. Basically, he has never seen offensive players based on their position, but what they can do with their talents. Shanahan also mentioned that just because there is vacancy at slot receiver does not mean they HAVE to address it or need it to be successful. That is true with what I just pointed out. Just because they do not have an exclusive slot receiver does not mean the offense cannot be successful. The 49ers will look for their receivers to flourish and step up in the slot, but until then Shanahan can make it up with the other skill guys at his disposal. | With Kendrick Bourne gone, the 49ers don't have that clear-cut player who can slide into that spot. The 49ers will be looking for Jalen Hurd, Richie James Jr., and perhaps Mohammed Sanu to step up there. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.si.com/nfl/49ers/news/who-can-the-49ers-look-to-fill-in-at-slot-receiver | 0.112617 |
Who can the 49ers Look to Fill in at Slot Receiver? | Slot receiver is a missing piece to the offense of the 49ers. Kyle Shanahan explains how they can fill that need. Slot receiver is a missing piece to the offense of the 49ers. With Kendrick Bourne gone, they don't have that clear-cut player who can slide into that spot. Sure, Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk are capable, but the 49ers are going to want to keep them on the outside since they excel so much there. The draft seemed like the 49ers were going to address the slot position, but ultimately they decided to not take a receiver at all. "I think we have some guys on our team who have done it," said Shanahan at his post-draft presser. "I think we have guys who are about to show they can do it. Hopefully guys like Jalen (Hurd) can get healthy and have a chance to compete with these guys, so he can show he can do it." The 49ers will be looking for Jalen Hurd, Richie James Jr., and perhaps Mohammed Sanu or River Cracraft to step up there. Wide receiver has been where the 49ers have spent most of their draft capital under Shanahan. It is time they finally start letting their talent get some chances. I believe James is the best to handle it right now. He demonstrated when given a sizeable workload last season that he can produce. He simply just needs the opportunities. That way, at least, the 49ers can ease Hurd back in. The guy has had a brutal start to his NFL career, from a back injury, to then suffering a torn ACL. Let Hurd take his time, then look to slowly increase his chances. Until then, James is the ideal option there in terms of receivers on the roster. Taking the entire offense into account, Shanahan does incorporate his running backs there. Basically, he has never seen offensive players based on their position, but what they can do with their talents. Shanahan also mentioned that just because there is vacancy at slot receiver does not mean they HAVE to address it or need it to be successful. That is true with what I just pointed out. Just because they do not have an exclusive slot receiver does not mean the offense cannot be successful. The 49ers will look for their receivers to flourish and step up in the slot, but until then Shanahan can make it up with the other skill guys at his disposal. | Slot receiver is a missing piece to the offense of the 49ers. With Kendrick Bourne gone, they don't have that clear-cut player who can slide into that spot. The 49ers will be looking for Jalen Hurd, Richie James Jr., and perhaps Mohammed Sanu or River Cracraft to step up there. | pegasus | 2 | https://www.si.com/nfl/49ers/news/who-can-the-49ers-look-to-fill-in-at-slot-receiver | 0.601975 |
Will Quebec and Canada ever reach herd immunity for COVID-19? | With the emergence of the more transmissible B.1.1.7 variant, officials estimate 80-per-cent vaccination coverage is needed for immunity. Photo by John Mahoney / Montreal Gazette Article content If Quebec and Canada can get to an 85-ish per cent vaccination rate, theres a chance we can attain a type of herd immunity that would relegate COVID-19 to the ranks of an annoying common cold, immunologists forecast. Throwing a large wrench into this prognostication, however, is the emergence of variants that are more transmissible, more adept at evading the bodys immune response, or less likely to be suppressed by vaccines designed to quell the original version of the disease. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. tap here to see other videos from our team. Back to video I think it depends on whether or not variants of concern stick their noses up, said Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh, chair of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) for the Public Health Agency of Canada. If we dont have variants of concern that are escaping immunization, I think we might be able to get there with an 85-ish per cent vaccination coverage. But to get there we also have to vaccinate teenagers and children, because theyre 20 per cent of the Canadian population. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Picking an exact percentage is problematic, Quebecs public health director Horacio Arruda said Tuesday, because it depends on how the virus will mutate, and how the cycles of the disease will play over the years. Herd immunity is related to the characteristics of the virus, he said. For measles, you need 95 per cent for getting herd immunity. But I think with a vaccine, and especially a second dose, we will be in a good condition to lower the rates and lower the impact of the disease. The provincial goal of 75 per cent coverage has been far surpassed in the 70 and over age contingent who were among the first eligible in Quebec, with an 89 per cent vaccination rate as of this week. In the 60 to 69 age range, 78 per cent of Quebecers have been vaccinated. Health Minister Christian Dub tweeted Tuesday that the 55-and-over group had just hit 75 per cent coverage. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Montreal public health director Mylne Drouin set a goal of 80 per cent vaccination in order to contend with greater transmissibility of variants that have become the predominant strains in the province, particularly the B.1.1.7 first identified in the United Kingdom. In the United States, experts are saying the goal of attaining herd immunity is unlikely in the near future, if ever, due to new variants and the fact 30 per cent of Americans are either resistant to vaccines or lack access to them. Now, the New York Times reported Monday, experts are concluding that the virus will most likely become a manageable threat that will continue to circulate in the United States for years to come, still causing hospitalizations and deaths but in much smaller numbers. In a generation or two, it could transition to be more like its cousin, the common cold, in which case children would get infected when young, and then be partially immunized against serious side-effects later in life. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content When the coronavirus first emerged, health experts predicted 60 to 70 per cent would have to be vaccinated in the U.S. to starve the pathogen of the fuel it needs to survive: unprotected humans. But with the emergence of the B.1.1.7 variant that is 60 per cent more transmissible, officials estimate 80 per cent vaccination coverage is needed. Even if large swaths hit that target, if the coverage is 95 per cent in the United States as a whole, but 70 per cent in some small town, the virus doesnt care, said Marc Lipsitch, an epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health told the New York Times. It will make its way around the small town. On Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden announced hes shifting the nations strategy as the pace of vaccination slows and trying to get at least one dose in the arms of Americans by July 4 Independence Day. U.S. regulators may allow 12-15 year-olds to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine by the end of the week. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Canada has fared well to date, with vaccination rates of close to 80 per cent, Quach-Thanh noted. The most critical goal is to attain the highest level of immunization to lessen the most severe effects of the disease. If very high rates of vaccination can be achieved in the elderly and in those with comorbid conditions (eg. 85-90 per cent) the public health impact of continued COVID-19 circulation would be reduced dramatically (i.e. reduced hospitalizations and deaths) Dr. Brian Ward, professor of infectious diseases at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, wrote in an email. Many people are thinking about and preparing for endemic COVID (that would remain forever). Whether or not the virus(es) mutate toward higher or lower virulence is currently unknown. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Many vaccines can be tweaked to contend with new variants and most companies are already working on new versions to combat them, because everyone knows its likely to come at one point, given the spread of diseases in other countries, that we will see emerge a variant that is able to escape most of the vaccines that we have, Quach-Thanh said. The best defence in the meantime is to curtail transmission as quickly as possible by getting vaccinated and keeping up physical distancing measures and masking. By stopping it, just a little bit, you then decrease the risk of variants of concern emerging, she said. Minor outbreaks that flare up can be quickly contained. But the problem is this is a planetary problem, she said. All our coronavirus-related news can always be found at montrealgazette.com/tag/coronavirus. 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Will Quebec and Canada ever reach herd immunity for COVID-19? | With the emergence of the more transmissible B.1.1.7 variant, officials estimate 80-per-cent vaccination coverage is needed for immunity. Photo by John Mahoney / Montreal Gazette Article content If Quebec and Canada can get to an 85-ish per cent vaccination rate, theres a chance we can attain a type of herd immunity that would relegate COVID-19 to the ranks of an annoying common cold, immunologists forecast. Throwing a large wrench into this prognostication, however, is the emergence of variants that are more transmissible, more adept at evading the bodys immune response, or less likely to be suppressed by vaccines designed to quell the original version of the disease. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. tap here to see other videos from our team. Back to video I think it depends on whether or not variants of concern stick their noses up, said Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh, chair of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) for the Public Health Agency of Canada. If we dont have variants of concern that are escaping immunization, I think we might be able to get there with an 85-ish per cent vaccination coverage. But to get there we also have to vaccinate teenagers and children, because theyre 20 per cent of the Canadian population. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Picking an exact percentage is problematic, Quebecs public health director Horacio Arruda said Tuesday, because it depends on how the virus will mutate, and how the cycles of the disease will play over the years. Herd immunity is related to the characteristics of the virus, he said. For measles, you need 95 per cent for getting herd immunity. But I think with a vaccine, and especially a second dose, we will be in a good condition to lower the rates and lower the impact of the disease. The provincial goal of 75 per cent coverage has been far surpassed in the 70 and over age contingent who were among the first eligible in Quebec, with an 89 per cent vaccination rate as of this week. In the 60 to 69 age range, 78 per cent of Quebecers have been vaccinated. Health Minister Christian Dub tweeted Tuesday that the 55-and-over group had just hit 75 per cent coverage. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Montreal public health director Mylne Drouin set a goal of 80 per cent vaccination in order to contend with greater transmissibility of variants that have become the predominant strains in the province, particularly the B.1.1.7 first identified in the United Kingdom. In the United States, experts are saying the goal of attaining herd immunity is unlikely in the near future, if ever, due to new variants and the fact 30 per cent of Americans are either resistant to vaccines or lack access to them. Now, the New York Times reported Monday, experts are concluding that the virus will most likely become a manageable threat that will continue to circulate in the United States for years to come, still causing hospitalizations and deaths but in much smaller numbers. In a generation or two, it could transition to be more like its cousin, the common cold, in which case children would get infected when young, and then be partially immunized against serious side-effects later in life. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content When the coronavirus first emerged, health experts predicted 60 to 70 per cent would have to be vaccinated in the U.S. to starve the pathogen of the fuel it needs to survive: unprotected humans. But with the emergence of the B.1.1.7 variant that is 60 per cent more transmissible, officials estimate 80 per cent vaccination coverage is needed. Even if large swaths hit that target, if the coverage is 95 per cent in the United States as a whole, but 70 per cent in some small town, the virus doesnt care, said Marc Lipsitch, an epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health told the New York Times. It will make its way around the small town. On Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden announced hes shifting the nations strategy as the pace of vaccination slows and trying to get at least one dose in the arms of Americans by July 4 Independence Day. U.S. regulators may allow 12-15 year-olds to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine by the end of the week. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Canada has fared well to date, with vaccination rates of close to 80 per cent, Quach-Thanh noted. The most critical goal is to attain the highest level of immunization to lessen the most severe effects of the disease. If very high rates of vaccination can be achieved in the elderly and in those with comorbid conditions (eg. 85-90 per cent) the public health impact of continued COVID-19 circulation would be reduced dramatically (i.e. reduced hospitalizations and deaths) Dr. Brian Ward, professor of infectious diseases at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, wrote in an email. Many people are thinking about and preparing for endemic COVID (that would remain forever). Whether or not the virus(es) mutate toward higher or lower virulence is currently unknown. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Many vaccines can be tweaked to contend with new variants and most companies are already working on new versions to combat them, because everyone knows its likely to come at one point, given the spread of diseases in other countries, that we will see emerge a variant that is able to escape most of the vaccines that we have, Quach-Thanh said. The best defence in the meantime is to curtail transmission as quickly as possible by getting vaccinated and keeping up physical distancing measures and masking. By stopping it, just a little bit, you then decrease the risk of variants of concern emerging, she said. Minor outbreaks that flare up can be quickly contained. But the problem is this is a planetary problem, she said. All our coronavirus-related news can always be found at montrealgazette.com/tag/coronavirus. 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Will Jimmy Garoppolo Really Help Trey Lance Take His Job? | Jimmy Garoppolo went on the radio recently and essentially said he will help develop Trey Lance so Lance can take his job. And Garoppolo laid it on thick. This is rich. Jimmy Garoppolo went on ESPN radio recently and essentially said he will help develop Trey Lance so Lance can take his job. And Garoppolo laid it on thick. You would have thought he was bearing his soul, not merely repeating the company line. First, he invoked Tom Brady. "Tom kind of showed me the ropes, Garoppolo said. "The competition between us was awesome. It really made me grow as a rookie and as a young player. So, that's kind of what me and Trey, we'll mold our relationship into that." Next, Garoppolo talked about how he shares a common background with Lance, which will help Garoppolo accelerate Lance's growth. "I try to use my own personal experiences and just what I went through, what helped me, what challenged me as a young player," Garoppolo said. "I'm going to use those tools that helped me and try to help Trey out. It's hard to come into this league; I know how it was coming from an FCS school to the NFL. It's a bit of an adjustment, the speed, whatever you want to call it, it's just different. So, whatever I can do to help him, I'll be more than happy." That's baloney. That's propaganda. That's P.R. That's what teams and players say, not how they work. And what's more, it's not how human beings work. If I were the starting quarterback, and the 49ers traded up to get Lance, I might be polite to him, but I doubt I would like him much, and I wouldn't go out of my way to help him take my job. It's just not human nature. We know what he would do. He was supposed to be Jimmy Garoppolo's "mentor" in New England. And certainly Brady mentored him -- mentored him out the door. That's what Garoppolo will try to do to Lance. Because they're professional athletes. Pay no attention to the words Garoppolo says. | Jimmy Garoppolo said he will help develop Trey Lance so Lance can take his job. This is rich. | bart | 0 | https://www.si.com/nfl/49ers/news/will-49ers-qb-jimmy-garoppolo-really-help-trey-lance-take-his-job | 0.353961 |
Will Jimmy Garoppolo Really Help Trey Lance Take His Job? | Jimmy Garoppolo went on the radio recently and essentially said he will help develop Trey Lance so Lance can take his job. And Garoppolo laid it on thick. This is rich. Jimmy Garoppolo went on ESPN radio recently and essentially said he will help develop Trey Lance so Lance can take his job. And Garoppolo laid it on thick. You would have thought he was bearing his soul, not merely repeating the company line. First, he invoked Tom Brady. "Tom kind of showed me the ropes, Garoppolo said. "The competition between us was awesome. It really made me grow as a rookie and as a young player. So, that's kind of what me and Trey, we'll mold our relationship into that." Next, Garoppolo talked about how he shares a common background with Lance, which will help Garoppolo accelerate Lance's growth. "I try to use my own personal experiences and just what I went through, what helped me, what challenged me as a young player," Garoppolo said. "I'm going to use those tools that helped me and try to help Trey out. It's hard to come into this league; I know how it was coming from an FCS school to the NFL. It's a bit of an adjustment, the speed, whatever you want to call it, it's just different. So, whatever I can do to help him, I'll be more than happy." That's baloney. That's propaganda. That's P.R. That's what teams and players say, not how they work. And what's more, it's not how human beings work. If I were the starting quarterback, and the 49ers traded up to get Lance, I might be polite to him, but I doubt I would like him much, and I wouldn't go out of my way to help him take my job. It's just not human nature. We know what he would do. He was supposed to be Jimmy Garoppolo's "mentor" in New England. And certainly Brady mentored him -- mentored him out the door. That's what Garoppolo will try to do to Lance. Because they're professional athletes. Pay no attention to the words Garoppolo says. | Jimmy Garoppolo said he will help develop Trey Lance so Lance can take his job. That's baloney, that's propaganda, and it's not how human beings work. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.si.com/nfl/49ers/news/will-49ers-qb-jimmy-garoppolo-really-help-trey-lance-take-his-job | 0.336519 |
Will Jimmy Garoppolo Really Help Trey Lance Take His Job? | Jimmy Garoppolo went on the radio recently and essentially said he will help develop Trey Lance so Lance can take his job. And Garoppolo laid it on thick. This is rich. Jimmy Garoppolo went on ESPN radio recently and essentially said he will help develop Trey Lance so Lance can take his job. And Garoppolo laid it on thick. You would have thought he was bearing his soul, not merely repeating the company line. First, he invoked Tom Brady. "Tom kind of showed me the ropes, Garoppolo said. "The competition between us was awesome. It really made me grow as a rookie and as a young player. So, that's kind of what me and Trey, we'll mold our relationship into that." Next, Garoppolo talked about how he shares a common background with Lance, which will help Garoppolo accelerate Lance's growth. "I try to use my own personal experiences and just what I went through, what helped me, what challenged me as a young player," Garoppolo said. "I'm going to use those tools that helped me and try to help Trey out. It's hard to come into this league; I know how it was coming from an FCS school to the NFL. It's a bit of an adjustment, the speed, whatever you want to call it, it's just different. So, whatever I can do to help him, I'll be more than happy." That's baloney. That's propaganda. That's P.R. That's what teams and players say, not how they work. And what's more, it's not how human beings work. If I were the starting quarterback, and the 49ers traded up to get Lance, I might be polite to him, but I doubt I would like him much, and I wouldn't go out of my way to help him take my job. It's just not human nature. We know what he would do. He was supposed to be Jimmy Garoppolo's "mentor" in New England. And certainly Brady mentored him -- mentored him out the door. That's what Garoppolo will try to do to Lance. Because they're professional athletes. Pay no attention to the words Garoppolo says. | Jimmy Garoppolo said he will help develop Trey Lance so Lance can take his job. This is rich. If I were the starting quarterback, and the 49ers traded up to get Lance, I might be polite to him, but I doubt I would like him much. It's just not human nature. | bart | 2 | https://www.si.com/nfl/49ers/news/will-49ers-qb-jimmy-garoppolo-really-help-trey-lance-take-his-job | 0.434122 |
What If Biden Doesnt Cancel Student Loans? | Heres what you need to know. Student Loans Its possible that Biden wont cancel your student loans. Despite the lobbying from progressives and the pressure to enact up to $50,000 of student loan forgiveness, Biden, ultimately, may decide not to cancel student loan debt. Most recently, Biden didnt include student loan cancellation in the latest stimulus package. This doesnt mean he doesnt want your student loans cancelled. Biden supports of $10,000 of student loan forgiveness, and since becoming president, he has cancelled $2.3 billion of student loans. However, he may not be able to enact student loan cancellation by executive order unilaterally without further congressional authorization. The answer to that question, or at least a legal opinion, will be at the center of a memorandum that U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will deliver to the president in the coming weeks. The Education Department, under President Donald Trump, wrote in a legal memo that the president doesnt have existing unilateral authority to cancel student loans. Bidens Education Department may reach the same or a different conclusion. However, the Education Department can only recommend; Biden will be the final decisionmaker. Here are three scenarios: Option 1: Congress cancels student loans Remember: there are two main paths to student loan cancellation. If the president cannot cancel student loans, Congress would be the appropriate federal branch of government that could cancel student loan debt. Currently, progressive Democrats in Congress have rallied around a proposal from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to cancel up to $50,000 of student loans. The U.S. Department of Education says that up to $50,000 of student loan cancellation would fully cancel student loans for 36 million student loan borrowers. Importantly, this proposal is only for federal student loans and for student loan borrowers who earn up to $125,000 a year. The reality, however, is this student loan proposal wont become law. Congress wont pass any legislation that cancels up to $50,000 of student loan debt per borrower. There arent enough votes in Congress. Its also unlikely there are enough votes in Congress to cancel student loan debt of any amount. That may come as a surprise. It doesnt mean there isnt support to reform higher education or help borrowers manage student loan debt. Rather, it means, if put to a floor vote, Democrats likely wouldnt be able to secure enough votes to pass any legislation for wide-scale student loan cancellation. Congress could draft legislation that moderate Democrats and perhaps some Republicans could support. That could be a tall order, but finding more common ground on student loans will be the best bet to get student loan forgiveness. Option 2: Change the bankruptcy laws on student loans If the president or Congress doesnt cancel student loans, there are still other options to help student loan borrowers. For example, Congress could amend the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to make student loan cancellation in bankruptcy more accessible for borrowers. As a U.S. senator, Biden opposed student loan forgiveness in bankruptcy. However, as president and a presidential candidate, Biden now says student loan borrowers should be able to discharge student loans in bankruptcy. Warren, a former bankruptcy law professor at Harvard, has been a leading advocate for student loan reform, particularly on this issue. This may be one issue that Democrats and Republicans could find some common ground. Option 3: Simplify student loan repayment plans Another option is that Congress could simplify student loan repayment. This is area that is ripe for bipartisanship. Currently, there are four income-driven repayment plans: Income-Based Repayment (IBR), Pay As You Earn (PAYE), Revised Pay As You Earn (REPAYE) and Income-Contingent Repayment (ICR). These income-driven repayment plans base your monthly payment on your discretionary income, typically 10-20%, and allow you to get federal student loan forgiveness on your remaining balance after 20 years (undergraduate student loans) or 25 years (graduate student loans). They are especially helpful for student loan borrowers who are struggling to make student loan payments or who are unemployed. Congress could simplify student loan repayment in several ways. For example, Congress could make enrollment automatic (with an ability to opt out) so that student loan borrowers dont have to sign up proactively. Second, Congress could simplify the number of student loan repayment plans to minimize confusion. Third, Congress could consider student loan cancellation earlier than 20 years or 25 years. For example, Trump proposed student loan cancellation for undergraduate student loans after 15 years. Student loan cancellation: next steps Biden could still enact student loan cancellation, if the Education Department says he has the legal authority. That legal memo and student loan review could be delivered to the president within weeks. Importantly, any recommendation from the Education Department is simply an opinion and not legally binding. Therefore, its possible that any unilateral executive action on student loan cancellation could be challenged in court. As he has indicated, Biden wants student loan cancellation three ways. In addition to wide-scale student loan cancellation, Biden also want to reform higher education. However, there is no guarantee that Congress will act on any of his agenda. While these three options are not the only potential next steps, they represent three potential paths that Congress could navigate if Biden doesnt cancel student loans. In any event, make sure you have a student loans game plan. Here are some helpful options to consider: Student Loans: Related Reading | Biden supports of $10,000 of student loan forgiveness, and since becoming president, he has cancelled $2.3 billion of student loans. | bart | 0 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2021/05/04/what-if-biden-doesnt-cancel-student-loans/ | 0.134531 |
What If Biden Doesnt Cancel Student Loans? | Heres what you need to know. Student Loans Its possible that Biden wont cancel your student loans. Despite the lobbying from progressives and the pressure to enact up to $50,000 of student loan forgiveness, Biden, ultimately, may decide not to cancel student loan debt. Most recently, Biden didnt include student loan cancellation in the latest stimulus package. This doesnt mean he doesnt want your student loans cancelled. Biden supports of $10,000 of student loan forgiveness, and since becoming president, he has cancelled $2.3 billion of student loans. However, he may not be able to enact student loan cancellation by executive order unilaterally without further congressional authorization. The answer to that question, or at least a legal opinion, will be at the center of a memorandum that U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will deliver to the president in the coming weeks. The Education Department, under President Donald Trump, wrote in a legal memo that the president doesnt have existing unilateral authority to cancel student loans. Bidens Education Department may reach the same or a different conclusion. However, the Education Department can only recommend; Biden will be the final decisionmaker. Here are three scenarios: Option 1: Congress cancels student loans Remember: there are two main paths to student loan cancellation. If the president cannot cancel student loans, Congress would be the appropriate federal branch of government that could cancel student loan debt. Currently, progressive Democrats in Congress have rallied around a proposal from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to cancel up to $50,000 of student loans. The U.S. Department of Education says that up to $50,000 of student loan cancellation would fully cancel student loans for 36 million student loan borrowers. Importantly, this proposal is only for federal student loans and for student loan borrowers who earn up to $125,000 a year. The reality, however, is this student loan proposal wont become law. Congress wont pass any legislation that cancels up to $50,000 of student loan debt per borrower. There arent enough votes in Congress. Its also unlikely there are enough votes in Congress to cancel student loan debt of any amount. That may come as a surprise. It doesnt mean there isnt support to reform higher education or help borrowers manage student loan debt. Rather, it means, if put to a floor vote, Democrats likely wouldnt be able to secure enough votes to pass any legislation for wide-scale student loan cancellation. Congress could draft legislation that moderate Democrats and perhaps some Republicans could support. That could be a tall order, but finding more common ground on student loans will be the best bet to get student loan forgiveness. Option 2: Change the bankruptcy laws on student loans If the president or Congress doesnt cancel student loans, there are still other options to help student loan borrowers. For example, Congress could amend the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to make student loan cancellation in bankruptcy more accessible for borrowers. As a U.S. senator, Biden opposed student loan forgiveness in bankruptcy. However, as president and a presidential candidate, Biden now says student loan borrowers should be able to discharge student loans in bankruptcy. Warren, a former bankruptcy law professor at Harvard, has been a leading advocate for student loan reform, particularly on this issue. This may be one issue that Democrats and Republicans could find some common ground. Option 3: Simplify student loan repayment plans Another option is that Congress could simplify student loan repayment. This is area that is ripe for bipartisanship. Currently, there are four income-driven repayment plans: Income-Based Repayment (IBR), Pay As You Earn (PAYE), Revised Pay As You Earn (REPAYE) and Income-Contingent Repayment (ICR). These income-driven repayment plans base your monthly payment on your discretionary income, typically 10-20%, and allow you to get federal student loan forgiveness on your remaining balance after 20 years (undergraduate student loans) or 25 years (graduate student loans). They are especially helpful for student loan borrowers who are struggling to make student loan payments or who are unemployed. Congress could simplify student loan repayment in several ways. For example, Congress could make enrollment automatic (with an ability to opt out) so that student loan borrowers dont have to sign up proactively. Second, Congress could simplify the number of student loan repayment plans to minimize confusion. Third, Congress could consider student loan cancellation earlier than 20 years or 25 years. For example, Trump proposed student loan cancellation for undergraduate student loans after 15 years. Student loan cancellation: next steps Biden could still enact student loan cancellation, if the Education Department says he has the legal authority. That legal memo and student loan review could be delivered to the president within weeks. Importantly, any recommendation from the Education Department is simply an opinion and not legally binding. Therefore, its possible that any unilateral executive action on student loan cancellation could be challenged in court. As he has indicated, Biden wants student loan cancellation three ways. In addition to wide-scale student loan cancellation, Biden also want to reform higher education. However, there is no guarantee that Congress will act on any of his agenda. While these three options are not the only potential next steps, they represent three potential paths that Congress could navigate if Biden doesnt cancel student loans. In any event, make sure you have a student loans game plan. Here are some helpful options to consider: Student Loans: Related Reading | Biden supports of $10,000 of student loan forgiveness, and since becoming president, he has cancelled $2.3 billion of student loans. However, he may not be able to enact student loan cancellation by executive order unilaterally without further congressional authorization. | bart | 2 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2021/05/04/what-if-biden-doesnt-cancel-student-loans/ | 0.276461 |
Why Is It So Difficult To Invest In Employees Mental Health? | If your employees are suffering, so will your business. It's time to embrace mental health. Unsplash/Rasvan Chisu A recent research report from Ginger showed 96% of CEOs believe their companies are doing enough for employee mental health. But get thisonly 69% of employees agreed. Whenever theres a difference of opinion that reveals a gap like this one, its worth investigating why. Certainly, finding research on the problem isnt the issue. All signs point to a crisis in addressing employees chronic pain, alcohol/opioid abuse, burnout, stress, and anxiety. Americans are not able to afford, find or access care, according to Mental Health America, which offers a detailed breakdown of statistics by race, age, and type of mental illness. Improving the state of mental health in the U.S. depends on businesses investing in their greatest asset, employees, by helping to identify risks and connect people to resources. The invisible nature of these issuesand employees resistance to sharing their personal health concernsmakes measuring them tricky. Employees who may need the help most may mask their symptoms or refuse help because they worry about keeping their job, facing stigma or being able to afford care. Others arent aware of the mental health benefits their employer offers. Still, not investing in your companys mental well being is a sign you may not be thinking long term enough. Invest From The Top Down Much of a companys performance can be attributed to how prepared the leadership team is to deal with crisis. Im defining leadership broadly. An EY study shows 80% of board members felt unprepared for a major risk event such as the pandemic. Still, theres value in connecting with employees at all levels. Understanding how a coworker feels is a critical social skill that grows communication, connection, and loyalty, enhancing individual productivity, team cohesion, and employee alignment to organizational goals, according to a 2021 Workplace Culture Report. Invest in Data As the pandemic continues to play out, your company has a rare opportunity to rethink your mental wellness strategy. Organizations need a framework to decode messy human interactions, and employees need wisdom and guidance in real-time and at scale, says Janine Yancey, founder and CEO of EmTrain. In response to the problem, EmTrain developed a global dataset to help clients benchmark workplace culture shifts. Pulse surveys worked particularly well for employers during the pandemic, which was a time of rapid, unexpected change. Employers can also use data to offer actionable feedback to managers and train them in the type of crisis management they need. There is no one size fits all strategy, other than being as kind and human as you possibly can be. Invest In Ending The Silence Pre pandemic, only 11% of U.S. adults surveyed reported symptoms of anxiety and depression, according to the journal Nature. Post-pandemic, 42% of Americans reported symptoms of anxiety and depression. Thats quite a leap, especially because self-disclosure of disability or illness has traditionally been one of the toughest issues to solve. Theres a long list of reasons why people arent getting the help they need. I suggest becoming as familiar with as many as possible. Its good to know what you dont know. The pandemic exposed a lot of inequality, bias, stigma, and lack of resources and emphasized how care needs to be customized for different people. For example, Black women are more prone to report feeling hopeless than white, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Theres also a giant gap in understanding whether mental health qualifies as a disability protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act. Many employees arent aware that mental health issues, such as severe anxiety, PTSD or post-partum depression can qualify as disabilities. Invest By Type of Intervention A Deloitte analysis of the economic payoffs of mental health interventions breaks down interventions by efficacy. Overall, the goal of the review, done in Canada, was to show not only that total payoff for various programs varies widely but that it can have a significant impact on employees general quality of lifeand thats good for business, too. To put it bluntly, leaders make choices and choices create change, said Paul Polman, chair of The Valuable 500. One CEO is not enough to impact change, he added. Find out more about how disability is your business, a core value of The Valuable 500. Start investing time, money and human kindness today. | All signs point to a crisis in addressing employees chronic pain, alcohol/opioid abuse, burnout, stress, and anxiety. Americans are not able to afford, find or access care, according to Mental Health America. | pegasus | 1 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/denisebrodey/2021/05/04/why-is-it-so-difficult-to-invest-in-employees-mental-health/ | 0.11461 |
Why Is It So Difficult To Invest In Employees Mental Health? | If your employees are suffering, so will your business. It's time to embrace mental health. Unsplash/Rasvan Chisu A recent research report from Ginger showed 96% of CEOs believe their companies are doing enough for employee mental health. But get thisonly 69% of employees agreed. Whenever theres a difference of opinion that reveals a gap like this one, its worth investigating why. Certainly, finding research on the problem isnt the issue. All signs point to a crisis in addressing employees chronic pain, alcohol/opioid abuse, burnout, stress, and anxiety. Americans are not able to afford, find or access care, according to Mental Health America, which offers a detailed breakdown of statistics by race, age, and type of mental illness. Improving the state of mental health in the U.S. depends on businesses investing in their greatest asset, employees, by helping to identify risks and connect people to resources. The invisible nature of these issuesand employees resistance to sharing their personal health concernsmakes measuring them tricky. Employees who may need the help most may mask their symptoms or refuse help because they worry about keeping their job, facing stigma or being able to afford care. Others arent aware of the mental health benefits their employer offers. Still, not investing in your companys mental well being is a sign you may not be thinking long term enough. Invest From The Top Down Much of a companys performance can be attributed to how prepared the leadership team is to deal with crisis. Im defining leadership broadly. An EY study shows 80% of board members felt unprepared for a major risk event such as the pandemic. Still, theres value in connecting with employees at all levels. Understanding how a coworker feels is a critical social skill that grows communication, connection, and loyalty, enhancing individual productivity, team cohesion, and employee alignment to organizational goals, according to a 2021 Workplace Culture Report. Invest in Data As the pandemic continues to play out, your company has a rare opportunity to rethink your mental wellness strategy. Organizations need a framework to decode messy human interactions, and employees need wisdom and guidance in real-time and at scale, says Janine Yancey, founder and CEO of EmTrain. In response to the problem, EmTrain developed a global dataset to help clients benchmark workplace culture shifts. Pulse surveys worked particularly well for employers during the pandemic, which was a time of rapid, unexpected change. Employers can also use data to offer actionable feedback to managers and train them in the type of crisis management they need. There is no one size fits all strategy, other than being as kind and human as you possibly can be. Invest In Ending The Silence Pre pandemic, only 11% of U.S. adults surveyed reported symptoms of anxiety and depression, according to the journal Nature. Post-pandemic, 42% of Americans reported symptoms of anxiety and depression. Thats quite a leap, especially because self-disclosure of disability or illness has traditionally been one of the toughest issues to solve. Theres a long list of reasons why people arent getting the help they need. I suggest becoming as familiar with as many as possible. Its good to know what you dont know. The pandemic exposed a lot of inequality, bias, stigma, and lack of resources and emphasized how care needs to be customized for different people. For example, Black women are more prone to report feeling hopeless than white, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Theres also a giant gap in understanding whether mental health qualifies as a disability protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act. Many employees arent aware that mental health issues, such as severe anxiety, PTSD or post-partum depression can qualify as disabilities. Invest By Type of Intervention A Deloitte analysis of the economic payoffs of mental health interventions breaks down interventions by efficacy. Overall, the goal of the review, done in Canada, was to show not only that total payoff for various programs varies widely but that it can have a significant impact on employees general quality of lifeand thats good for business, too. To put it bluntly, leaders make choices and choices create change, said Paul Polman, chair of The Valuable 500. One CEO is not enough to impact change, he added. Find out more about how disability is your business, a core value of The Valuable 500. Start investing time, money and human kindness today. | All signs point to a crisis in addressing employees chronic pain, alcohol/opioid abuse, burnout, stress, and anxiety. Americans are not able to afford, find or access care, according to Mental Health America. The pandemic exposed a lot of inequality, bias, stigma and lack of resources. | bart | 2 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/denisebrodey/2021/05/04/why-is-it-so-difficult-to-invest-in-employees-mental-health/ | 0.210499 |
Can Washington Football Team Survive Its Deceptively Difficult Schedule? | The Washington Football Team's journey to the playoffs and a division title in 2021 is not as easy as it appears. ASHBURN, Va. -- The Washington Football Team will play the 21st hardest schedule in 2021, per ESPN. Remember, the NFL has a 17-game schedule now. (As a sidebar: We don't love it. It leads to bad football being extended and more wear and tear on players, regardless of shortening up the offseason and the preseason schedule.) Anyway ... The WFT, as a result of winning the NFC East, despite a 7-9 record, has to plow through a first-place gauntlet and hosts both Super Bowl teams, the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Bucs, along with road games at the Green Bay Packers and the Buffalo Bills. The strength of schedule ranking by ESPN is based on current rosters of teams, which softens the blow for the WFT theoretically ... but we're not buying it. READ MORE: Filling Needs More Important This is a brutal schedule and grind for Washington. Sure, the Giants, Cowboys and Eagles have holes and major questions but as we all know - what you are in May doesn't mean you will be that in September or December. In addition to the four 'premium' games above - Washington also has to host Seattle and New Orleans, which I guess you can look at as a break because were they road games, well, those are two really tough environments to play in. But both of those teams are still expected to be very competitive. The teams ranked below the WFT with a so-called easier strength of schedule are Arizona, Baltimore, Green Bay and Kansas City. The Cardinals play in the best division in football and the Ravens, Packers and Chiefs all won a playoff game last year so theoretically they should have a tougher road. Here's the bottom line - using any formula -- you can spit out a set of results that you want ... or maybe don't want. Here's the truth: We never know how a season is going to turn out because of a myriad of factors. If anyone thought the WFT was going to win three straight road games against Dallas, undefeated Pittsburgh and San Francisco last year -- that would have been a joke. Yet they did. This year -- maybe they'll win eight or nine games and not make the playoffs. Here's what we know. On paper, the WFT has a tough road ahead and the path to the playoffs will probably look very different in December and January than it does now. | The Washington Football Team will play the 21st hardest schedule in 2021, per ESPN. | pegasus | 0 | https://www.si.com/nfl/washingtonfootball/news/can-washington-football-team-survive-its-deceptively-difficult-schedule | 0.116796 |
Can Washington Football Team Survive Its Deceptively Difficult Schedule? | The Washington Football Team's journey to the playoffs and a division title in 2021 is not as easy as it appears. ASHBURN, Va. -- The Washington Football Team will play the 21st hardest schedule in 2021, per ESPN. Remember, the NFL has a 17-game schedule now. (As a sidebar: We don't love it. It leads to bad football being extended and more wear and tear on players, regardless of shortening up the offseason and the preseason schedule.) Anyway ... The WFT, as a result of winning the NFC East, despite a 7-9 record, has to plow through a first-place gauntlet and hosts both Super Bowl teams, the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Bucs, along with road games at the Green Bay Packers and the Buffalo Bills. The strength of schedule ranking by ESPN is based on current rosters of teams, which softens the blow for the WFT theoretically ... but we're not buying it. READ MORE: Filling Needs More Important This is a brutal schedule and grind for Washington. Sure, the Giants, Cowboys and Eagles have holes and major questions but as we all know - what you are in May doesn't mean you will be that in September or December. In addition to the four 'premium' games above - Washington also has to host Seattle and New Orleans, which I guess you can look at as a break because were they road games, well, those are two really tough environments to play in. But both of those teams are still expected to be very competitive. The teams ranked below the WFT with a so-called easier strength of schedule are Arizona, Baltimore, Green Bay and Kansas City. The Cardinals play in the best division in football and the Ravens, Packers and Chiefs all won a playoff game last year so theoretically they should have a tougher road. Here's the bottom line - using any formula -- you can spit out a set of results that you want ... or maybe don't want. Here's the truth: We never know how a season is going to turn out because of a myriad of factors. If anyone thought the WFT was going to win three straight road games against Dallas, undefeated Pittsburgh and San Francisco last year -- that would have been a joke. Yet they did. This year -- maybe they'll win eight or nine games and not make the playoffs. Here's what we know. On paper, the WFT has a tough road ahead and the path to the playoffs will probably look very different in December and January than it does now. | The Washington Football Team will play the 21st hardest schedule in 2021, per ESPN. The WFT has to plow through a first-place gauntlet and hosts both Super Bowl teams. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.si.com/nfl/washingtonfootball/news/can-washington-football-team-survive-its-deceptively-difficult-schedule | 0.178408 |
Can Washington Football Team Survive Its Deceptively Difficult Schedule? | The Washington Football Team's journey to the playoffs and a division title in 2021 is not as easy as it appears. ASHBURN, Va. -- The Washington Football Team will play the 21st hardest schedule in 2021, per ESPN. Remember, the NFL has a 17-game schedule now. (As a sidebar: We don't love it. It leads to bad football being extended and more wear and tear on players, regardless of shortening up the offseason and the preseason schedule.) Anyway ... The WFT, as a result of winning the NFC East, despite a 7-9 record, has to plow through a first-place gauntlet and hosts both Super Bowl teams, the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Bucs, along with road games at the Green Bay Packers and the Buffalo Bills. The strength of schedule ranking by ESPN is based on current rosters of teams, which softens the blow for the WFT theoretically ... but we're not buying it. READ MORE: Filling Needs More Important This is a brutal schedule and grind for Washington. Sure, the Giants, Cowboys and Eagles have holes and major questions but as we all know - what you are in May doesn't mean you will be that in September or December. In addition to the four 'premium' games above - Washington also has to host Seattle and New Orleans, which I guess you can look at as a break because were they road games, well, those are two really tough environments to play in. But both of those teams are still expected to be very competitive. The teams ranked below the WFT with a so-called easier strength of schedule are Arizona, Baltimore, Green Bay and Kansas City. The Cardinals play in the best division in football and the Ravens, Packers and Chiefs all won a playoff game last year so theoretically they should have a tougher road. Here's the bottom line - using any formula -- you can spit out a set of results that you want ... or maybe don't want. Here's the truth: We never know how a season is going to turn out because of a myriad of factors. If anyone thought the WFT was going to win three straight road games against Dallas, undefeated Pittsburgh and San Francisco last year -- that would have been a joke. Yet they did. This year -- maybe they'll win eight or nine games and not make the playoffs. Here's what we know. On paper, the WFT has a tough road ahead and the path to the playoffs will probably look very different in December and January than it does now. | The Washington Football Team will play the 21st hardest schedule in 2021, according to ESPN. The WFT has to plow through a first-place gauntlet and hosts both Super Bowl teams. This is a brutal schedule and grind for the WFT, but it's not as easy as it appears. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.si.com/nfl/washingtonfootball/news/can-washington-football-team-survive-its-deceptively-difficult-schedule | 0.23245 |
What will Fonterra come out with tomorrow for its capital restructure? | Fonterra share trading in halt until Friday. Photo / File Fonterra's capital restructure proposals, due to be revealed tomorrow morning, have been kept surprisingly watertight considering it has 10,000 heavily invested and involved farmer-shareholders, but it's a safe bet the main thrust will be measures to stop milk supply loss by demanding less capital from its farmers. This New Zealand's biggest company and the world's fourth largest dairy company by revenue could do by making it less costly to join and supply milk to the big farmer-owned co-operative. It's a measure new chairman Peter McBride signalled he was very keen on in a Herald interview back in December. Another safe bet is that the proposals being offered tomorrow for farmer consultation (and presumably the board will show leadership by signalling its favourite) will seek to simplify Fonterra's current complex hybrid capital structure. As a co-operative, only farmers can own shares. But public non-voting, dividend-carrying units in those shares are listed on the NZX and the ASX, and farmer-shareholders themselves can trade shares in the market. Fonterra is in a trading halt until Friday morning to give farmers and the market time to digest the proposals for change. Farmers must buy a share for every kilogram of milk solids they supply to Fonterra, unlike its growing dairy processing competition which generally doesn't require this. With those shares trading anywhere from $4-plus to $6 in their heyday, that's a very expensive proposition for a young farmer juggling land and cow costs, or any other entrant to the industry. All the while New Zealand's milk production is flatlining, Fonterra's market share of milk is eroding, while competitors like Open Country Dairy are getting bigger, attracting more milk suppliers and paying similar prices for milk - but without a dividend. McBride signalled his concern about the compulsory nature of Fonterra's capital in a Herald interview late last year after he took on the chair's job. He identified "structural issues" as needing attention. "The compulsory nature of capital, the flexibility we can offer to farmers. I'm really hot on succession planning in this industry, how we facilitate young farmers into the co-operative and onto farms. If we don't, where is the future?" Asked if the cost of buying into Fonterra was too high, he said: "Yes. But it's also about highly indebted farmers and the implications for them as well. And that's notwithstanding [the issue of] the company's performance as well in terms of its earnings per share, dividends and share value." While there's speculation today that a significant capital restructure might torpedo the Fonterra Shareholders' Fund which introduced listed units and trading in 2012 under the Trading Among Farmers (Taf) scheme, McBride in a Herald interview agreed the fund, which has its own board and administration, would be challenging to dismantle. And as Jarden investment bank senior analyst Arie Dekker has noted, farmers own a big proportion of the fund anyway. And given the fund is capped at about $500 million, Dekker questioned where the money would come from to disestablish it. Dekker will be closely reading tomorrow's announcements. In March in the Herald he said farmers had invested $8 billion over a decade in Fonterra for a disappointing return. Future capital was looking scarce, he said. It would be helpful for Fonterra's leaders to say why the business was retaining capital in overseas and mature businesses where it did not have a competitive advantage, or where categories were mature, against investment in priority areas which should provide better returns. Fonterra may be more competitive and its farmers might be happier with a smaller capital base, Dekker said. The choice was to shrink the co-operative or reduce the amount of capital invested. "It's difficult to see how they can hold on to everything and make it easier for incoming and outgoing farmers to hold less capital in the co-operative." Mechanisms already exit for farmers to enter Fonterra and get time to pay off the shares, but for existing farmers more flexibility could be offered on the share standard, Dekker said. | Fonterra's capital restructure proposals have been kept surprisingly watertight. The main thrust will be measures to stop milk supply loss by demanding less capital from its farmers. | pegasus | 1 | https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/what-will-fonterra-come-out-with-tomorrow-for-its-capital-restructure/CVSFDQ4QPOPEWPZJA23LQ4R5BU/ | 0.172253 |
What will Fonterra come out with tomorrow for its capital restructure? | Fonterra share trading in halt until Friday. Photo / File Fonterra's capital restructure proposals, due to be revealed tomorrow morning, have been kept surprisingly watertight considering it has 10,000 heavily invested and involved farmer-shareholders, but it's a safe bet the main thrust will be measures to stop milk supply loss by demanding less capital from its farmers. This New Zealand's biggest company and the world's fourth largest dairy company by revenue could do by making it less costly to join and supply milk to the big farmer-owned co-operative. It's a measure new chairman Peter McBride signalled he was very keen on in a Herald interview back in December. Another safe bet is that the proposals being offered tomorrow for farmer consultation (and presumably the board will show leadership by signalling its favourite) will seek to simplify Fonterra's current complex hybrid capital structure. As a co-operative, only farmers can own shares. But public non-voting, dividend-carrying units in those shares are listed on the NZX and the ASX, and farmer-shareholders themselves can trade shares in the market. Fonterra is in a trading halt until Friday morning to give farmers and the market time to digest the proposals for change. Farmers must buy a share for every kilogram of milk solids they supply to Fonterra, unlike its growing dairy processing competition which generally doesn't require this. With those shares trading anywhere from $4-plus to $6 in their heyday, that's a very expensive proposition for a young farmer juggling land and cow costs, or any other entrant to the industry. All the while New Zealand's milk production is flatlining, Fonterra's market share of milk is eroding, while competitors like Open Country Dairy are getting bigger, attracting more milk suppliers and paying similar prices for milk - but without a dividend. McBride signalled his concern about the compulsory nature of Fonterra's capital in a Herald interview late last year after he took on the chair's job. He identified "structural issues" as needing attention. "The compulsory nature of capital, the flexibility we can offer to farmers. I'm really hot on succession planning in this industry, how we facilitate young farmers into the co-operative and onto farms. If we don't, where is the future?" Asked if the cost of buying into Fonterra was too high, he said: "Yes. But it's also about highly indebted farmers and the implications for them as well. And that's notwithstanding [the issue of] the company's performance as well in terms of its earnings per share, dividends and share value." While there's speculation today that a significant capital restructure might torpedo the Fonterra Shareholders' Fund which introduced listed units and trading in 2012 under the Trading Among Farmers (Taf) scheme, McBride in a Herald interview agreed the fund, which has its own board and administration, would be challenging to dismantle. And as Jarden investment bank senior analyst Arie Dekker has noted, farmers own a big proportion of the fund anyway. And given the fund is capped at about $500 million, Dekker questioned where the money would come from to disestablish it. Dekker will be closely reading tomorrow's announcements. In March in the Herald he said farmers had invested $8 billion over a decade in Fonterra for a disappointing return. Future capital was looking scarce, he said. It would be helpful for Fonterra's leaders to say why the business was retaining capital in overseas and mature businesses where it did not have a competitive advantage, or where categories were mature, against investment in priority areas which should provide better returns. Fonterra may be more competitive and its farmers might be happier with a smaller capital base, Dekker said. The choice was to shrink the co-operative or reduce the amount of capital invested. "It's difficult to see how they can hold on to everything and make it easier for incoming and outgoing farmers to hold less capital in the co-operative." Mechanisms already exit for farmers to enter Fonterra and get time to pay off the shares, but for existing farmers more flexibility could be offered on the share standard, Dekker said. | Fonterra's capital restructure proposals have been kept surprisingly watertight. The main thrust will be measures to stop milk supply loss by demanding less capital from its farmers. New chairman Peter McBride signalled he was very keen on making it less costly to join and supply milk to Fonterra. | pegasus | 2 | https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/what-will-fonterra-come-out-with-tomorrow-for-its-capital-restructure/CVSFDQ4QPOPEWPZJA23LQ4R5BU/ | 0.170082 |
Should secondary school pupils wear masks for longer? | Reuters Secondary school students in England have to wear face masks in class if they're unable to properly follow social distancing rules Lots of secondary school students in England are currently required to wear masks in their classrooms if they're unable to properly social distance. Face coverings also have to worn in communal areas like corridors, and on school buses and other forms of public transport. Last month, education secretary Gavin Williamson announced that face masks would remain in English secondary schools until at least the 17 May when lockdown rules are further eased in line with the government's roadmap. The Department for Education (DfE) has said it plans to remove the requirement on secondary school pupils and staff to wear masks in class as part of the next stage of lifting the lockdown. Last week, schools minister Nick Gibb also said he hoped that pupils would no longer have to wear face masks in class in secondary schools and colleges in England from mid-May, depending on "the data". However, a group of scientists and unions are calling for the masks to remain in secondary schools until at least 21 June when all lockdown rules are expected to be lifted in line with the government's current plans. They say face coverings should continue to be worn by pupils and staff members to prevent negative "consequences" on the health of pupils and parents. Reuters Some unions and scientists are calling for face coverings to be worn by students in England until at least 21 June The group has written a joint letter to Mr Williamson calling for masks to stay in schools. It's said face coverings "can reduce transmission in schools" allowing children to "continue in-person education without disruption". "Evidence both in the UK and worldwide does not suggest harm of general use to either adults or children, and whilst we acknowledge that it may be more challenging to communicate while wearing masks, and accept that some children and adults may not be able to wear them, it is very clear that the benefits far outweigh any potential risks at the current time," the letter states. To enjoy the CBBC Newsround website at its best you will need to have JavaScript turned on. WATCH: Toby, Dinah and Austin want clear masks in all schools (subtitles available) March 2021 "We support mask wearing in schools at this time, with exemptions for children who cannot wear them. Clear face coverings may aid communication. We call on the government to provide clear masks for staff and school children, where needed, in order to aid communication and we support exemptions for children who cannot wear masks." The letter, from five unions representing teachers and support staff, as well as scientists, public health experts and parents, highlights concerns about the risks of people developing something called long Covid, which is when people suffer from the effects of the coronavirus for a long time after they've had it. However, at this moment in time, the government is still planning to lift the requirement for face masks in secondary schools later this month. "It is expected that face coverings will no longer be required in classrooms at step three of the road map, which will be no earlier than May 17," said a DfE spokeswoman. "The lifting of further restrictions at step three will follow a review of the latest data on infection and vaccination rates, and all other school safety measures, including regular asymptomatic testing, will remain in place." Let us know in the comments. Oops you can't see this activity! To enjoy Newsround at its best you will need to have JavaScript turned on. If you can't see this vote, try here. | Secondary school students in England are currently required to wear masks in class if they're unable to properly social distance. | pegasus | 0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/56985353 | 0.113873 |
Should secondary school pupils wear masks for longer? | Reuters Secondary school students in England have to wear face masks in class if they're unable to properly follow social distancing rules Lots of secondary school students in England are currently required to wear masks in their classrooms if they're unable to properly social distance. Face coverings also have to worn in communal areas like corridors, and on school buses and other forms of public transport. Last month, education secretary Gavin Williamson announced that face masks would remain in English secondary schools until at least the 17 May when lockdown rules are further eased in line with the government's roadmap. The Department for Education (DfE) has said it plans to remove the requirement on secondary school pupils and staff to wear masks in class as part of the next stage of lifting the lockdown. Last week, schools minister Nick Gibb also said he hoped that pupils would no longer have to wear face masks in class in secondary schools and colleges in England from mid-May, depending on "the data". However, a group of scientists and unions are calling for the masks to remain in secondary schools until at least 21 June when all lockdown rules are expected to be lifted in line with the government's current plans. They say face coverings should continue to be worn by pupils and staff members to prevent negative "consequences" on the health of pupils and parents. Reuters Some unions and scientists are calling for face coverings to be worn by students in England until at least 21 June The group has written a joint letter to Mr Williamson calling for masks to stay in schools. It's said face coverings "can reduce transmission in schools" allowing children to "continue in-person education without disruption". "Evidence both in the UK and worldwide does not suggest harm of general use to either adults or children, and whilst we acknowledge that it may be more challenging to communicate while wearing masks, and accept that some children and adults may not be able to wear them, it is very clear that the benefits far outweigh any potential risks at the current time," the letter states. To enjoy the CBBC Newsround website at its best you will need to have JavaScript turned on. WATCH: Toby, Dinah and Austin want clear masks in all schools (subtitles available) March 2021 "We support mask wearing in schools at this time, with exemptions for children who cannot wear them. Clear face coverings may aid communication. We call on the government to provide clear masks for staff and school children, where needed, in order to aid communication and we support exemptions for children who cannot wear masks." The letter, from five unions representing teachers and support staff, as well as scientists, public health experts and parents, highlights concerns about the risks of people developing something called long Covid, which is when people suffer from the effects of the coronavirus for a long time after they've had it. However, at this moment in time, the government is still planning to lift the requirement for face masks in secondary schools later this month. "It is expected that face coverings will no longer be required in classrooms at step three of the road map, which will be no earlier than May 17," said a DfE spokeswoman. "The lifting of further restrictions at step three will follow a review of the latest data on infection and vaccination rates, and all other school safety measures, including regular asymptomatic testing, will remain in place." Let us know in the comments. Oops you can't see this activity! To enjoy Newsround at its best you will need to have JavaScript turned on. If you can't see this vote, try here. | secondary school students in England have to wear face masks in class if they're unable to properly follow social distancing rules. Last month, education secretary Gavin Williamson announced that face masks would remain in English secondary schools until at least the 17 May. | bart | 1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/56985353 | 0.239912 |
Should secondary school pupils wear masks for longer? | Reuters Secondary school students in England have to wear face masks in class if they're unable to properly follow social distancing rules Lots of secondary school students in England are currently required to wear masks in their classrooms if they're unable to properly social distance. Face coverings also have to worn in communal areas like corridors, and on school buses and other forms of public transport. Last month, education secretary Gavin Williamson announced that face masks would remain in English secondary schools until at least the 17 May when lockdown rules are further eased in line with the government's roadmap. The Department for Education (DfE) has said it plans to remove the requirement on secondary school pupils and staff to wear masks in class as part of the next stage of lifting the lockdown. Last week, schools minister Nick Gibb also said he hoped that pupils would no longer have to wear face masks in class in secondary schools and colleges in England from mid-May, depending on "the data". However, a group of scientists and unions are calling for the masks to remain in secondary schools until at least 21 June when all lockdown rules are expected to be lifted in line with the government's current plans. They say face coverings should continue to be worn by pupils and staff members to prevent negative "consequences" on the health of pupils and parents. Reuters Some unions and scientists are calling for face coverings to be worn by students in England until at least 21 June The group has written a joint letter to Mr Williamson calling for masks to stay in schools. It's said face coverings "can reduce transmission in schools" allowing children to "continue in-person education without disruption". "Evidence both in the UK and worldwide does not suggest harm of general use to either adults or children, and whilst we acknowledge that it may be more challenging to communicate while wearing masks, and accept that some children and adults may not be able to wear them, it is very clear that the benefits far outweigh any potential risks at the current time," the letter states. To enjoy the CBBC Newsround website at its best you will need to have JavaScript turned on. WATCH: Toby, Dinah and Austin want clear masks in all schools (subtitles available) March 2021 "We support mask wearing in schools at this time, with exemptions for children who cannot wear them. Clear face coverings may aid communication. We call on the government to provide clear masks for staff and school children, where needed, in order to aid communication and we support exemptions for children who cannot wear masks." The letter, from five unions representing teachers and support staff, as well as scientists, public health experts and parents, highlights concerns about the risks of people developing something called long Covid, which is when people suffer from the effects of the coronavirus for a long time after they've had it. However, at this moment in time, the government is still planning to lift the requirement for face masks in secondary schools later this month. "It is expected that face coverings will no longer be required in classrooms at step three of the road map, which will be no earlier than May 17," said a DfE spokeswoman. "The lifting of further restrictions at step three will follow a review of the latest data on infection and vaccination rates, and all other school safety measures, including regular asymptomatic testing, will remain in place." Let us know in the comments. Oops you can't see this activity! To enjoy Newsround at its best you will need to have JavaScript turned on. If you can't see this vote, try here. | Secondary school students in England are currently required to wear masks in class if they're unable to properly social distance. The Department for Education has said it plans to remove the requirement on secondary school pupils and staff to wear masks in class. A group of scientists and unions are calling for the masks to remain in secondary schools until at least 21 June. | pegasus | 2 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/56985353 | 0.351338 |
Which football manager has the most tattoos? | With Ryan Masons arms showing a bit of ink, I wondered: who are the most heavily tattooed football managers? writes Stuart Edwards. Masons arms have nothing on those of Jorge Sampaoli, the Argentinian coach who is currently at Marseille. Sampaoli must be in the running for the title of most inked manager, writes Graeme Hall (and many others), sporting as he does two full sleeves of very heavy, dark tattoos. Interestingly, though, theyre a very new addition: as recently as 2016, when in charge of the Chilean national team, he had nary a Celtic cross to speak of. Hes 61 now, so therefore embarked on his ink odyssey after turning 56. We thought wed missed the deadline for a midlife crisis, but Sampaoli has given us fresh hope. Michael Appleton's probably the best bet in England:https://t.co/UYpQwoJGvZ CorpusAdams (@CorpusAdams) April 28, 2021 The Lincoln City manager Michael Appletons work is also pretty impressive, but the winner is surely the former Liverpool defender Daniel Agger or at least he will be when he becomes a manager next month. Daniel Agger is due to become head coach of HB Kge in June this year, and when he does so hes presumably in with a shout, suggests Mike Coxon. Aside from the fact hes got 22 separate tattoos that cover almost all of his arms, legs and torso, hes also a qualified tattoo artist himself. Perhaps he could dole out a novel punishment for turning up late to training? Daniel Agger has signed up to take over at HB Kge at the end of the season - he will take some beating! pic.twitter.com/cLIDJne7aj Steve Hyde (@StevenJamesHyde) April 21, 2021 Daniel Agger (right) and Lars Jacobsen are unveiled as the incoming coaches of HB Kge. Photograph: Mads Claus Rasmussen/EPA Hanging around Which club has spent the longest time in the same league division, where promotion and relegation are both possible? muses Alistair Murdoch. Thanks to John Holden, who emailed a comprehensive answer. The with promotion/relegation makes this a tricky question, writes John. Obviously, people will mention Rochdales 36-year streak in the fourth tier, but they should have been relegated from the old Fourth Division twice (1978 and 1980) back before it had relegation to a lower division. Same with Scotland many teams were stuck in the lowest division, but couldnt get relegated anywhere. Once you add in relegation, teams bounce up and down quite readily in Scotland. In the post-war years, Oldham have been particularly stable: they spent 17 straight seasons in the old Second Division before promotion in 1991, and followed that up with 21 years in League One between 1997 and 2018. Forest Green spent 20 years in the Conference (and should have been relegated twice) until their promotion. Fortuna Kln spent 26 straight years in the 2. Bundesliga until 2000, with the last 19 being a non-regional league. Brescia spent 18 years in Serie B following the second world war. NK Solin also had 17 years in the Croatian second tier after independence, as did Woking in the Conference at one point. Oldham manager Joe Royle (centre) is congratulated on their promotion in 1991. Photograph: Action Images There are a few interesting active streaks. FC Winterthur have been in the second tier in Switzerland since 2000, though were lucky to avoid relegation in 2003 after a points deduction due to league expansion, and FC Wil have also been in the same league since relegation in 2004. FC Frederica (are the FCs a prerequisite?) also have an active streak in the Danish second tier stretching back to 2001, matching Austria Lustenau. Mito HollyHock have been in the J2 League consecutively since 2000, though that league didnt start relegating until 2012. The current active streaks in the UK: Morecambe have been in League Two for 14 straight years; Derby County and Nottingham Forest have been in the Championship for 13 years. And for EFL completists, League Ones current longest streak belongs to Gillingham, for whom next season will be their ninth in the division. Mind the gap With four games to go Manchester City are 63 points above Sheffield United but could end 75 points apart if City win all their remaining games and the Blades lose theirs. In Derbys terrible 2007-08 campaign, when they picked up only 11 points, they finished 76 points behind Manchester United. What is the biggest gap between top and bottom in a season? asks Chris Sloley. That Derby side hold a few unwanted records, but this isnt one of them. Last year Norwich finished bottom with 21 points, 78 fewer than Liverpool. And in the 2018-19 season, Huddersfield (16) finished a spectacular 82 points behind the champions Manchester City. Thats the biggest gap we can find. It was matched in Scotland in 2001-02, when Celtic won the title with 103 points and St Johnstone finished bottom with 21. Badge chicanery In last weeks Knowledge archive we looked at teams who had inverted the badge of their shirt. There are a few more to mention: Belgium 1990, Anderlecht 1990-92 and, best of the lot, Middlesbrough 1996-97. I feel we have to mention that Boro kit, writes Jonathan Cullen. They had a badge on their left sleeve, absolutely wild. I cant help but think this and their relegation were linked. Paul Merson models Middlesbroughs away kit during a pre-season friendly in 1997. What is the fewest points ever to separate first and last in a league? We have talked about tightly packed leagues before, a couple of years back, when Darren Beach pointed out that the Romanian third division ended with first and last (16th) divided by only 10 points in 1983-84. (Amazingly, there were just two points between second and second-to-last). The final table in Morocco showed only an eight-point difference between first and last (14th) and that was three points for a win, too. Darren also pointed out that at the end of the 1974-75 season in England, the top 10 were separated by only eight points. To answer the question though, we had to look further back to the inter-war years. First, to 1927-28, when Everton topped the First Division with 53 points and Middlesbrough finished bottom with 37 points. The same thing happened 10 years later, when Arsenal topped the First Division with 52 points, 16 ahead of bottom-placed West Brom. Even adjusted to three points for a win, the difference is 25 points (in a 22-team league), which is slimmer than anything that has passed in the real-life three points for a win world. The tightest English top flight since the switch (1981) came in 1996-97, when a comparatively massive 41 points separated Manchester United from Nottingham Forest. Roma had three players substituted due to injury in the first 37 minutes of their Europa League semi against Manchester United. Is this a record? asks Naman Shah. Gordon (@ElVaselina) May 4, 2021 Chelsea have played five matches against Real Madrid but not once at the Bernabu. What are the most matches one team has played against another without playing at their usual home ground? asks Christopher Page. Kenn Rushworth (@14Autumns) May 3, 2021 Rohan Ricketts has played in the leagues of 12 different Fifa nations in his wonderful, globetrotting career: England, USA, Hungary, Moldova, Germany, Ireland, India, Ecuador, Thailand, Hong Kong, Bangladesh and Canada. Whats the record? wonders Sam Woller. Matt Wicks (@1mattwicks1) April 29, 2021 Kilmarnock recently lost their 12th penalty shootout in a row, winces Graeme Stockton. Myles Cameron McSorley (@y2Jtwo) April 28, 2021 | Jorge Sampaoli is the most heavily tattooed football manager. Daniel Agger is the best bet in England. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/05/which-football-manager-has-the-most-tattoos | 0.664524 |
Which football manager has the most tattoos? | With Ryan Masons arms showing a bit of ink, I wondered: who are the most heavily tattooed football managers? writes Stuart Edwards. Masons arms have nothing on those of Jorge Sampaoli, the Argentinian coach who is currently at Marseille. Sampaoli must be in the running for the title of most inked manager, writes Graeme Hall (and many others), sporting as he does two full sleeves of very heavy, dark tattoos. Interestingly, though, theyre a very new addition: as recently as 2016, when in charge of the Chilean national team, he had nary a Celtic cross to speak of. Hes 61 now, so therefore embarked on his ink odyssey after turning 56. We thought wed missed the deadline for a midlife crisis, but Sampaoli has given us fresh hope. Michael Appleton's probably the best bet in England:https://t.co/UYpQwoJGvZ CorpusAdams (@CorpusAdams) April 28, 2021 The Lincoln City manager Michael Appletons work is also pretty impressive, but the winner is surely the former Liverpool defender Daniel Agger or at least he will be when he becomes a manager next month. Daniel Agger is due to become head coach of HB Kge in June this year, and when he does so hes presumably in with a shout, suggests Mike Coxon. Aside from the fact hes got 22 separate tattoos that cover almost all of his arms, legs and torso, hes also a qualified tattoo artist himself. Perhaps he could dole out a novel punishment for turning up late to training? Daniel Agger has signed up to take over at HB Kge at the end of the season - he will take some beating! pic.twitter.com/cLIDJne7aj Steve Hyde (@StevenJamesHyde) April 21, 2021 Daniel Agger (right) and Lars Jacobsen are unveiled as the incoming coaches of HB Kge. Photograph: Mads Claus Rasmussen/EPA Hanging around Which club has spent the longest time in the same league division, where promotion and relegation are both possible? muses Alistair Murdoch. Thanks to John Holden, who emailed a comprehensive answer. The with promotion/relegation makes this a tricky question, writes John. Obviously, people will mention Rochdales 36-year streak in the fourth tier, but they should have been relegated from the old Fourth Division twice (1978 and 1980) back before it had relegation to a lower division. Same with Scotland many teams were stuck in the lowest division, but couldnt get relegated anywhere. Once you add in relegation, teams bounce up and down quite readily in Scotland. In the post-war years, Oldham have been particularly stable: they spent 17 straight seasons in the old Second Division before promotion in 1991, and followed that up with 21 years in League One between 1997 and 2018. Forest Green spent 20 years in the Conference (and should have been relegated twice) until their promotion. Fortuna Kln spent 26 straight years in the 2. Bundesliga until 2000, with the last 19 being a non-regional league. Brescia spent 18 years in Serie B following the second world war. NK Solin also had 17 years in the Croatian second tier after independence, as did Woking in the Conference at one point. Oldham manager Joe Royle (centre) is congratulated on their promotion in 1991. Photograph: Action Images There are a few interesting active streaks. FC Winterthur have been in the second tier in Switzerland since 2000, though were lucky to avoid relegation in 2003 after a points deduction due to league expansion, and FC Wil have also been in the same league since relegation in 2004. FC Frederica (are the FCs a prerequisite?) also have an active streak in the Danish second tier stretching back to 2001, matching Austria Lustenau. Mito HollyHock have been in the J2 League consecutively since 2000, though that league didnt start relegating until 2012. The current active streaks in the UK: Morecambe have been in League Two for 14 straight years; Derby County and Nottingham Forest have been in the Championship for 13 years. And for EFL completists, League Ones current longest streak belongs to Gillingham, for whom next season will be their ninth in the division. Mind the gap With four games to go Manchester City are 63 points above Sheffield United but could end 75 points apart if City win all their remaining games and the Blades lose theirs. In Derbys terrible 2007-08 campaign, when they picked up only 11 points, they finished 76 points behind Manchester United. What is the biggest gap between top and bottom in a season? asks Chris Sloley. That Derby side hold a few unwanted records, but this isnt one of them. Last year Norwich finished bottom with 21 points, 78 fewer than Liverpool. And in the 2018-19 season, Huddersfield (16) finished a spectacular 82 points behind the champions Manchester City. Thats the biggest gap we can find. It was matched in Scotland in 2001-02, when Celtic won the title with 103 points and St Johnstone finished bottom with 21. Badge chicanery In last weeks Knowledge archive we looked at teams who had inverted the badge of their shirt. There are a few more to mention: Belgium 1990, Anderlecht 1990-92 and, best of the lot, Middlesbrough 1996-97. I feel we have to mention that Boro kit, writes Jonathan Cullen. They had a badge on their left sleeve, absolutely wild. I cant help but think this and their relegation were linked. Paul Merson models Middlesbroughs away kit during a pre-season friendly in 1997. What is the fewest points ever to separate first and last in a league? We have talked about tightly packed leagues before, a couple of years back, when Darren Beach pointed out that the Romanian third division ended with first and last (16th) divided by only 10 points in 1983-84. (Amazingly, there were just two points between second and second-to-last). The final table in Morocco showed only an eight-point difference between first and last (14th) and that was three points for a win, too. Darren also pointed out that at the end of the 1974-75 season in England, the top 10 were separated by only eight points. To answer the question though, we had to look further back to the inter-war years. First, to 1927-28, when Everton topped the First Division with 53 points and Middlesbrough finished bottom with 37 points. The same thing happened 10 years later, when Arsenal topped the First Division with 52 points, 16 ahead of bottom-placed West Brom. Even adjusted to three points for a win, the difference is 25 points (in a 22-team league), which is slimmer than anything that has passed in the real-life three points for a win world. The tightest English top flight since the switch (1981) came in 1996-97, when a comparatively massive 41 points separated Manchester United from Nottingham Forest. Roma had three players substituted due to injury in the first 37 minutes of their Europa League semi against Manchester United. Is this a record? asks Naman Shah. Gordon (@ElVaselina) May 4, 2021 Chelsea have played five matches against Real Madrid but not once at the Bernabu. What are the most matches one team has played against another without playing at their usual home ground? asks Christopher Page. Kenn Rushworth (@14Autumns) May 3, 2021 Rohan Ricketts has played in the leagues of 12 different Fifa nations in his wonderful, globetrotting career: England, USA, Hungary, Moldova, Germany, Ireland, India, Ecuador, Thailand, Hong Kong, Bangladesh and Canada. Whats the record? wonders Sam Woller. Matt Wicks (@1mattwicks1) April 29, 2021 Kilmarnock recently lost their 12th penalty shootout in a row, winces Graeme Stockton. Myles Cameron McSorley (@y2Jtwo) April 28, 2021 | Jorge Sampaoli is one of the most heavily tattooed football managers. Lincoln City manager Michael Appletons work is also pretty impressive. Daniel Agger is due to become head coach of HB Kge in June. | bart | 1 | https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/05/which-football-manager-has-the-most-tattoos | 0.655349 |
Which football manager has the most tattoos? | With Ryan Masons arms showing a bit of ink, I wondered: who are the most heavily tattooed football managers? writes Stuart Edwards. Masons arms have nothing on those of Jorge Sampaoli, the Argentinian coach who is currently at Marseille. Sampaoli must be in the running for the title of most inked manager, writes Graeme Hall (and many others), sporting as he does two full sleeves of very heavy, dark tattoos. Interestingly, though, theyre a very new addition: as recently as 2016, when in charge of the Chilean national team, he had nary a Celtic cross to speak of. Hes 61 now, so therefore embarked on his ink odyssey after turning 56. We thought wed missed the deadline for a midlife crisis, but Sampaoli has given us fresh hope. Michael Appleton's probably the best bet in England:https://t.co/UYpQwoJGvZ CorpusAdams (@CorpusAdams) April 28, 2021 The Lincoln City manager Michael Appletons work is also pretty impressive, but the winner is surely the former Liverpool defender Daniel Agger or at least he will be when he becomes a manager next month. Daniel Agger is due to become head coach of HB Kge in June this year, and when he does so hes presumably in with a shout, suggests Mike Coxon. Aside from the fact hes got 22 separate tattoos that cover almost all of his arms, legs and torso, hes also a qualified tattoo artist himself. Perhaps he could dole out a novel punishment for turning up late to training? Daniel Agger has signed up to take over at HB Kge at the end of the season - he will take some beating! pic.twitter.com/cLIDJne7aj Steve Hyde (@StevenJamesHyde) April 21, 2021 Daniel Agger (right) and Lars Jacobsen are unveiled as the incoming coaches of HB Kge. Photograph: Mads Claus Rasmussen/EPA Hanging around Which club has spent the longest time in the same league division, where promotion and relegation are both possible? muses Alistair Murdoch. Thanks to John Holden, who emailed a comprehensive answer. The with promotion/relegation makes this a tricky question, writes John. Obviously, people will mention Rochdales 36-year streak in the fourth tier, but they should have been relegated from the old Fourth Division twice (1978 and 1980) back before it had relegation to a lower division. Same with Scotland many teams were stuck in the lowest division, but couldnt get relegated anywhere. Once you add in relegation, teams bounce up and down quite readily in Scotland. In the post-war years, Oldham have been particularly stable: they spent 17 straight seasons in the old Second Division before promotion in 1991, and followed that up with 21 years in League One between 1997 and 2018. Forest Green spent 20 years in the Conference (and should have been relegated twice) until their promotion. Fortuna Kln spent 26 straight years in the 2. Bundesliga until 2000, with the last 19 being a non-regional league. Brescia spent 18 years in Serie B following the second world war. NK Solin also had 17 years in the Croatian second tier after independence, as did Woking in the Conference at one point. Oldham manager Joe Royle (centre) is congratulated on their promotion in 1991. Photograph: Action Images There are a few interesting active streaks. FC Winterthur have been in the second tier in Switzerland since 2000, though were lucky to avoid relegation in 2003 after a points deduction due to league expansion, and FC Wil have also been in the same league since relegation in 2004. FC Frederica (are the FCs a prerequisite?) also have an active streak in the Danish second tier stretching back to 2001, matching Austria Lustenau. Mito HollyHock have been in the J2 League consecutively since 2000, though that league didnt start relegating until 2012. The current active streaks in the UK: Morecambe have been in League Two for 14 straight years; Derby County and Nottingham Forest have been in the Championship for 13 years. And for EFL completists, League Ones current longest streak belongs to Gillingham, for whom next season will be their ninth in the division. Mind the gap With four games to go Manchester City are 63 points above Sheffield United but could end 75 points apart if City win all their remaining games and the Blades lose theirs. In Derbys terrible 2007-08 campaign, when they picked up only 11 points, they finished 76 points behind Manchester United. What is the biggest gap between top and bottom in a season? asks Chris Sloley. That Derby side hold a few unwanted records, but this isnt one of them. Last year Norwich finished bottom with 21 points, 78 fewer than Liverpool. And in the 2018-19 season, Huddersfield (16) finished a spectacular 82 points behind the champions Manchester City. Thats the biggest gap we can find. It was matched in Scotland in 2001-02, when Celtic won the title with 103 points and St Johnstone finished bottom with 21. Badge chicanery In last weeks Knowledge archive we looked at teams who had inverted the badge of their shirt. There are a few more to mention: Belgium 1990, Anderlecht 1990-92 and, best of the lot, Middlesbrough 1996-97. I feel we have to mention that Boro kit, writes Jonathan Cullen. They had a badge on their left sleeve, absolutely wild. I cant help but think this and their relegation were linked. Paul Merson models Middlesbroughs away kit during a pre-season friendly in 1997. What is the fewest points ever to separate first and last in a league? We have talked about tightly packed leagues before, a couple of years back, when Darren Beach pointed out that the Romanian third division ended with first and last (16th) divided by only 10 points in 1983-84. (Amazingly, there were just two points between second and second-to-last). The final table in Morocco showed only an eight-point difference between first and last (14th) and that was three points for a win, too. Darren also pointed out that at the end of the 1974-75 season in England, the top 10 were separated by only eight points. To answer the question though, we had to look further back to the inter-war years. First, to 1927-28, when Everton topped the First Division with 53 points and Middlesbrough finished bottom with 37 points. The same thing happened 10 years later, when Arsenal topped the First Division with 52 points, 16 ahead of bottom-placed West Brom. Even adjusted to three points for a win, the difference is 25 points (in a 22-team league), which is slimmer than anything that has passed in the real-life three points for a win world. The tightest English top flight since the switch (1981) came in 1996-97, when a comparatively massive 41 points separated Manchester United from Nottingham Forest. Roma had three players substituted due to injury in the first 37 minutes of their Europa League semi against Manchester United. Is this a record? asks Naman Shah. Gordon (@ElVaselina) May 4, 2021 Chelsea have played five matches against Real Madrid but not once at the Bernabu. What are the most matches one team has played against another without playing at their usual home ground? asks Christopher Page. Kenn Rushworth (@14Autumns) May 3, 2021 Rohan Ricketts has played in the leagues of 12 different Fifa nations in his wonderful, globetrotting career: England, USA, Hungary, Moldova, Germany, Ireland, India, Ecuador, Thailand, Hong Kong, Bangladesh and Canada. Whats the record? wonders Sam Woller. Matt Wicks (@1mattwicks1) April 29, 2021 Kilmarnock recently lost their 12th penalty shootout in a row, winces Graeme Stockton. Myles Cameron McSorley (@y2Jtwo) April 28, 2021 | Jorge Sampaoli is one of the most heavily tattooed football managers. Lincoln City manager Michael Appletons work is also pretty impressive. Daniel Agger is due to become head coach of HB Kge in June this year. Rochdale have spent the longest time in the same league division. | bart | 2 | https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/05/which-football-manager-has-the-most-tattoos | 0.695872 |
How do the 'big six' rate on a new fan engagement table? | Manchester United fans protest outside Old Trafford With the failure of the European Super League and the ongoing fan protests against club owners, relationships between some of the biggest Premier League clubs and their fans feel like they are at an all-time low. So it is no surprise a new league table rating how football clubs engage with supporters places those 'big six' English teams firmly in the bottom half - with the message they are "failing fans to some extent". Protests at Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal have shown the discontent among supporters with United's Supporters' Trust writing to Red Devils' co-owner Joel Glazer asking for better fan engagement. The Fan Engagement Index, external-link which rates dialogue, governance and transparency, shows how the so-called Big Six compare to England's 91 other professional clubs. Manchester City rated highest of the six at 46th, but that was still in the bottom half for the 2019-20 season. Next is Arsenal at 47th, followed by Manchester United (59th), Tottenham (62nd), Liverpool (64th) and Chelsea (78th). Only City and Arsenal improved their scores from 2018-19. The best-faring top flight teams from the 2019-20 season are Norwich (10th), Leicester (11th) and Everton (13th) with League Two Exeter City top of the table for the second year running. Liverpool owner John W Henry apologises in message to fans 'A lot of clubs not covering themselves with glory on fans' Exeter are one of eight League One and League Two clubs who make up the top 10 and are partly run by supporters' trusts or have fan representation on their boards. Reading are the highest-ranked Championship team in eighth. Salford City - part-owned by several former Manchester United players including Gary and Phil Neville, Bolton Wanderers, Sheffield Wednesday, Macclesfield Town and Swindon Town make up the bottom five clubs. Fan engagement consultant Kevin Rye, who compiled the index, said the results for the 'big six' showed they were "failing fans to some extent" but admitted "you did not need to look at the table for that" and "a lot of clubs aren't exactly covering themselves in glory". All of the 'big six', except Tottenham, have apologised or showed regret for their part in the Super League. Chelsea announced on Tuesday that three supporter advisors will attend board meetings "to ensure general supporter sentiment is considered" while Liverpool have met one of its supporters' groups to discuss changes to its structure. It all comes in advance of a government-led fan review, which will consider supporter involvement and ownership models. "Clubs have become detached from fans and despite people saying this for a long time, clubs carry on as if there isn't a problem," Rye told BBC Sport. "We have now seen a very sensible first step by Chelsea and there are models of dealing with this beyond saying that every club needs to have fan ownership. It's a culture and an attitude. "Premier League clubs that do fan engagement well are Norwich, Everton and Leicester and the reasons for that is their leadership; the people at the top and who run departments all understand what the fan is and how it is different from a customer. They make sure that attitude goes across the whole club." Exeter, who are attempting to reach the League Two play-offs this weekend, have been a supporter-owned club for 20 years, having been left in 4.5m debt by previous owners. Chairman of their supporters' trust and board member Nick Hawker says that the club is run "for the benefit of supporters and community" and "huge good will comes out of that". He says the fact supporters donate 100,000 to the running of the club each year, and almost double that over the last year, is proof of what it means to them. He also explains how there is a club trust agreement which has a list of matters where fans have the final say, including Exeter City's name, its playing colours and whether to sell the club or move stadium. With debt affecting many clubs, he says fan ownership can play a part in running clubs more responsibly and sustainably. "Listening to what fans want could solve a lot of football's problems," he tells BBC Sport. Nobody really. Most clubs in the United Kingdom were born in the late 1800s or early 1900s often through churches or working men's clubs and they are so deeply-rooted in the community. "We don't own Exeter City, it's in our safe-keeping. That's what some Premier League owners have to understand." "Clubs are specific institutions." Fan Engagement Index 2019-20 Top 20 Position Club Division Dialogue Governance Transparency Total 1 Exeter City League Two 60 80 55 195 2 Carlisle United League Two 75 65 35 175 3 Cambridge United League Two 65 65 45 175 4 Newport County League Two 50 80 40 170 5 AFC Wimbledon League One 45 65 60 170 6 Lincoln City League One 75 50 40 165 7 Doncaster Rovers Premier League 65 65 30 160 8 Reading Championship 80 15 55 150 9 Portsmouth League One 75 45 20 140 10 Norwich City Premier League 60 45 35 140 11 Leicester City Premier League 75 35 20 130 12 Grimsby Town League Two 60 65 5 130 13 Everton Premier League 65 25 30 120 14 Tranmere Rovers League One 60 45 15 120 15 Wycombe Wanderers League One 45 55 20 120 16 Accrington Stanley League One 65 30 20 115 17 Luton Town Championship 75 35 0 110 18 Bristol Rovers League One 60 30 20 110 19 Oldham Athletic League Two 45 50 15 110 20 Rochdale League One 40 35 35 110 46 Man City Premier League 35 25 15 75 47 Arsenal Premier League 25 35 15 75 59 Man Utd Premier League 15 35 15 65 62 Tottenham Premier League 30 15 15 60 60 Liverpool Premier League 25 35 0 60 78 Chelsea Premier League 20 5 15 40 NB: Where total scores are equal, dialogue is given added weight | The 'big six' are in the bottom half of a new fan engagement table. Exeter City top of the table for the second year running. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56988691 | 0.332328 |
How do the 'big six' rate on a new fan engagement table? | Manchester United fans protest outside Old Trafford With the failure of the European Super League and the ongoing fan protests against club owners, relationships between some of the biggest Premier League clubs and their fans feel like they are at an all-time low. So it is no surprise a new league table rating how football clubs engage with supporters places those 'big six' English teams firmly in the bottom half - with the message they are "failing fans to some extent". Protests at Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal have shown the discontent among supporters with United's Supporters' Trust writing to Red Devils' co-owner Joel Glazer asking for better fan engagement. The Fan Engagement Index, external-link which rates dialogue, governance and transparency, shows how the so-called Big Six compare to England's 91 other professional clubs. Manchester City rated highest of the six at 46th, but that was still in the bottom half for the 2019-20 season. Next is Arsenal at 47th, followed by Manchester United (59th), Tottenham (62nd), Liverpool (64th) and Chelsea (78th). Only City and Arsenal improved their scores from 2018-19. The best-faring top flight teams from the 2019-20 season are Norwich (10th), Leicester (11th) and Everton (13th) with League Two Exeter City top of the table for the second year running. Liverpool owner John W Henry apologises in message to fans 'A lot of clubs not covering themselves with glory on fans' Exeter are one of eight League One and League Two clubs who make up the top 10 and are partly run by supporters' trusts or have fan representation on their boards. Reading are the highest-ranked Championship team in eighth. Salford City - part-owned by several former Manchester United players including Gary and Phil Neville, Bolton Wanderers, Sheffield Wednesday, Macclesfield Town and Swindon Town make up the bottom five clubs. Fan engagement consultant Kevin Rye, who compiled the index, said the results for the 'big six' showed they were "failing fans to some extent" but admitted "you did not need to look at the table for that" and "a lot of clubs aren't exactly covering themselves in glory". All of the 'big six', except Tottenham, have apologised or showed regret for their part in the Super League. Chelsea announced on Tuesday that three supporter advisors will attend board meetings "to ensure general supporter sentiment is considered" while Liverpool have met one of its supporters' groups to discuss changes to its structure. It all comes in advance of a government-led fan review, which will consider supporter involvement and ownership models. "Clubs have become detached from fans and despite people saying this for a long time, clubs carry on as if there isn't a problem," Rye told BBC Sport. "We have now seen a very sensible first step by Chelsea and there are models of dealing with this beyond saying that every club needs to have fan ownership. It's a culture and an attitude. "Premier League clubs that do fan engagement well are Norwich, Everton and Leicester and the reasons for that is their leadership; the people at the top and who run departments all understand what the fan is and how it is different from a customer. They make sure that attitude goes across the whole club." Exeter, who are attempting to reach the League Two play-offs this weekend, have been a supporter-owned club for 20 years, having been left in 4.5m debt by previous owners. Chairman of their supporters' trust and board member Nick Hawker says that the club is run "for the benefit of supporters and community" and "huge good will comes out of that". He says the fact supporters donate 100,000 to the running of the club each year, and almost double that over the last year, is proof of what it means to them. He also explains how there is a club trust agreement which has a list of matters where fans have the final say, including Exeter City's name, its playing colours and whether to sell the club or move stadium. With debt affecting many clubs, he says fan ownership can play a part in running clubs more responsibly and sustainably. "Listening to what fans want could solve a lot of football's problems," he tells BBC Sport. Nobody really. Most clubs in the United Kingdom were born in the late 1800s or early 1900s often through churches or working men's clubs and they are so deeply-rooted in the community. "We don't own Exeter City, it's in our safe-keeping. That's what some Premier League owners have to understand." "Clubs are specific institutions." Fan Engagement Index 2019-20 Top 20 Position Club Division Dialogue Governance Transparency Total 1 Exeter City League Two 60 80 55 195 2 Carlisle United League Two 75 65 35 175 3 Cambridge United League Two 65 65 45 175 4 Newport County League Two 50 80 40 170 5 AFC Wimbledon League One 45 65 60 170 6 Lincoln City League One 75 50 40 165 7 Doncaster Rovers Premier League 65 65 30 160 8 Reading Championship 80 15 55 150 9 Portsmouth League One 75 45 20 140 10 Norwich City Premier League 60 45 35 140 11 Leicester City Premier League 75 35 20 130 12 Grimsby Town League Two 60 65 5 130 13 Everton Premier League 65 25 30 120 14 Tranmere Rovers League One 60 45 15 120 15 Wycombe Wanderers League One 45 55 20 120 16 Accrington Stanley League One 65 30 20 115 17 Luton Town Championship 75 35 0 110 18 Bristol Rovers League One 60 30 20 110 19 Oldham Athletic League Two 45 50 15 110 20 Rochdale League One 40 35 35 110 46 Man City Premier League 35 25 15 75 47 Arsenal Premier League 25 35 15 75 59 Man Utd Premier League 15 35 15 65 62 Tottenham Premier League 30 15 15 60 60 Liverpool Premier League 25 35 0 60 78 Chelsea Premier League 20 5 15 40 NB: Where total scores are equal, dialogue is given added weight | The 'big six' are in the bottom half of a new fan engagement table. Exeter City top of the table for the second year running. Manchester City rated highest of the six at 46th. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56988691 | 0.55462 |
How do the 'big six' rate on a new fan engagement table? | Manchester United fans protest outside Old Trafford With the failure of the European Super League and the ongoing fan protests against club owners, relationships between some of the biggest Premier League clubs and their fans feel like they are at an all-time low. So it is no surprise a new league table rating how football clubs engage with supporters places those 'big six' English teams firmly in the bottom half - with the message they are "failing fans to some extent". Protests at Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal have shown the discontent among supporters with United's Supporters' Trust writing to Red Devils' co-owner Joel Glazer asking for better fan engagement. The Fan Engagement Index, external-link which rates dialogue, governance and transparency, shows how the so-called Big Six compare to England's 91 other professional clubs. Manchester City rated highest of the six at 46th, but that was still in the bottom half for the 2019-20 season. Next is Arsenal at 47th, followed by Manchester United (59th), Tottenham (62nd), Liverpool (64th) and Chelsea (78th). Only City and Arsenal improved their scores from 2018-19. The best-faring top flight teams from the 2019-20 season are Norwich (10th), Leicester (11th) and Everton (13th) with League Two Exeter City top of the table for the second year running. Liverpool owner John W Henry apologises in message to fans 'A lot of clubs not covering themselves with glory on fans' Exeter are one of eight League One and League Two clubs who make up the top 10 and are partly run by supporters' trusts or have fan representation on their boards. Reading are the highest-ranked Championship team in eighth. Salford City - part-owned by several former Manchester United players including Gary and Phil Neville, Bolton Wanderers, Sheffield Wednesday, Macclesfield Town and Swindon Town make up the bottom five clubs. Fan engagement consultant Kevin Rye, who compiled the index, said the results for the 'big six' showed they were "failing fans to some extent" but admitted "you did not need to look at the table for that" and "a lot of clubs aren't exactly covering themselves in glory". All of the 'big six', except Tottenham, have apologised or showed regret for their part in the Super League. Chelsea announced on Tuesday that three supporter advisors will attend board meetings "to ensure general supporter sentiment is considered" while Liverpool have met one of its supporters' groups to discuss changes to its structure. It all comes in advance of a government-led fan review, which will consider supporter involvement and ownership models. "Clubs have become detached from fans and despite people saying this for a long time, clubs carry on as if there isn't a problem," Rye told BBC Sport. "We have now seen a very sensible first step by Chelsea and there are models of dealing with this beyond saying that every club needs to have fan ownership. It's a culture and an attitude. "Premier League clubs that do fan engagement well are Norwich, Everton and Leicester and the reasons for that is their leadership; the people at the top and who run departments all understand what the fan is and how it is different from a customer. They make sure that attitude goes across the whole club." Exeter, who are attempting to reach the League Two play-offs this weekend, have been a supporter-owned club for 20 years, having been left in 4.5m debt by previous owners. Chairman of their supporters' trust and board member Nick Hawker says that the club is run "for the benefit of supporters and community" and "huge good will comes out of that". He says the fact supporters donate 100,000 to the running of the club each year, and almost double that over the last year, is proof of what it means to them. He also explains how there is a club trust agreement which has a list of matters where fans have the final say, including Exeter City's name, its playing colours and whether to sell the club or move stadium. With debt affecting many clubs, he says fan ownership can play a part in running clubs more responsibly and sustainably. "Listening to what fans want could solve a lot of football's problems," he tells BBC Sport. Nobody really. Most clubs in the United Kingdom were born in the late 1800s or early 1900s often through churches or working men's clubs and they are so deeply-rooted in the community. "We don't own Exeter City, it's in our safe-keeping. That's what some Premier League owners have to understand." "Clubs are specific institutions." Fan Engagement Index 2019-20 Top 20 Position Club Division Dialogue Governance Transparency Total 1 Exeter City League Two 60 80 55 195 2 Carlisle United League Two 75 65 35 175 3 Cambridge United League Two 65 65 45 175 4 Newport County League Two 50 80 40 170 5 AFC Wimbledon League One 45 65 60 170 6 Lincoln City League One 75 50 40 165 7 Doncaster Rovers Premier League 65 65 30 160 8 Reading Championship 80 15 55 150 9 Portsmouth League One 75 45 20 140 10 Norwich City Premier League 60 45 35 140 11 Leicester City Premier League 75 35 20 130 12 Grimsby Town League Two 60 65 5 130 13 Everton Premier League 65 25 30 120 14 Tranmere Rovers League One 60 45 15 120 15 Wycombe Wanderers League One 45 55 20 120 16 Accrington Stanley League One 65 30 20 115 17 Luton Town Championship 75 35 0 110 18 Bristol Rovers League One 60 30 20 110 19 Oldham Athletic League Two 45 50 15 110 20 Rochdale League One 40 35 35 110 46 Man City Premier League 35 25 15 75 47 Arsenal Premier League 25 35 15 75 59 Man Utd Premier League 15 35 15 65 62 Tottenham Premier League 30 15 15 60 60 Liverpool Premier League 25 35 0 60 78 Chelsea Premier League 20 5 15 40 NB: Where total scores are equal, dialogue is given added weight | Fan Engagement Index rates dialogue, governance and transparency. Manchester City rated highest of the 'big six' at 46th. Next is Arsenal at 47th, followed by Manchester United (59th), Tottenham (62nd), Liverpool (64th) and Chelsea (78th) Premier League clubs that do fan engagement well are Norwich, Everton and Leicester. | pegasus | 2 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56988691 | 0.695509 |
Who do these mysterious handprints belong to? | Reuters More than 100 black and red handprints have been discovered on the walls of a cave in Mexico - and they've been there for more than a thousand years! The markings, which are believed to have been left by children's hands, were found on the Yucatn peninsula. Archaeologists have worked out that the 137 prints are more than 1,200 years old and think they are likely connected to a coming-of-age ritual of the ancient Mayan people, left by children when they reached puberty. The time at which the handprints were made was a period at which major advances in math and art were being made in Mayan society. The cave in which they were found is located some 10 metres beneath a ceiba tree, considered sacred by the Mayan people. Archaeologist Sergio Grosjean said: "They imprinted their hands on the walls in black which symbolized death, but that didn't mean they were going to be killed, but, rather, death from a ritual perspective. "Afterwards, these children imprinted their hands in red, which was a reference to war or life." The Maya civilisation began long ago in a place called 'Mesoamerica'. This huge area is made up of Mexico and part of Central America. They were experts at reading the stars and even built their cities as a map of the sky! They were also inspired by the creatures of the forest and shared many legends about animals, plants and nature spirits. Today there are more than seven million Maya people, most of whom live in Central America and southern Mexico. Other Mayan artefacts have also been found in the cave, including a carved face and six painted sculptures, dating from between 800 and 1,000 AD. The sculptures were made at a time when the Mayan region was experiencing severe drought that may have caused people to suddenly abandon major cities that are today archaeological sites visited by tourists. Grosjean was also part of a team of archaeologists who discovered another set of Mayan cave paintings in the east of Yucatn state in 2018. That cave also has handprints on its walls. | More than 100 black and red handprints have been discovered on the walls of a cave in Mexico. The markings, which are believed to have been left by children's hands, were found on the Yucatn peninsula. | bart | 1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/56992026 | 0.126385 |
Can Cleveland Cavaliers find light at end of dark rebuild tunnel like Phoenix Suns finally did? | In many ways, that represents todays Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns of three years ago. Back then, the Suns had a new head coach (Igor Kokoskov). They ranked second last in offensive rating and No. 29 in defensive rating, finishing with the Western Conferences worst record. While seemingly stuck on the treadmill to obscurity, there were some intriguing young pieces scattered throughout the roster -- Kelly Oubre Jr. and Devin Booker both in Year 3 and Mikal Bridges as well as Deandre Ayton arriving in the draft. Despite the horrendous record, in large part because of poor coaching and a group not yet equipped to win consistently, those individuals created a sense of optimism. It was just hard to see, buried beneath a pile of losses. The following year, the Suns changed coaches, made a few roster tweaks, added another lottery pick (Cameron Johnson), some stabilizing veterans, and took a respectable step forward. Now, thanks to Chris Pauls arrival, Phoenix is a title contender. There are similarities to the 2018-19 Suns. Head coach J.B. Bickerstaff in his first full season. An over-reliance on youth. A rash of injuries that played a large part in crippling Play-In hopes. An intriguing young core with an unknown ceiling. A still-developing culture. Growing pains. Maddening inconsistency. Unnecessary drama. Parts being better than the sum. No two rebuilds are the same. Sometimes cycling through coaches or general managers is the only way to finally emerge from the darkness. One teams path, based on innumerable circumstances, could be windier. Theres also no guarantee it will work. The Suns had six grueling losing seasons, starting in 2013-14, before climbing the Western Conference mountain. It was hardly a straight shot to the top. Nonetheless, theyve become a hopeful guiding light. We all know the history of the Phoenix Suns. You can ask Charles Barkley about that, Jarrett Allen said with a smile following a hard-fought 134-118 loss in OT. We know that we can come and be a team like that. We are eliminated from Play-In contention. So, we were not the best team like they were. Were building to be at that level. You can look at Collin Sexton, one of the best scorers in the league right now. Darius Garland, one of the best PGs. And then Isaac Okoro, tonight spoke for itself. Were a young team just like they were, building to where we want to be. Even though the Cavs are far from a finished product, with plenty of work ahead this summer, Tuesday night helped show the potential -- and it didnt require looking toward the other side. Okoro, the fifth pick in the 2020 draft, had a career game. His most productive since high school. He scored 32 points on 10-of-16 from the field, 3-of-4 from 3-point range and 9-of-9 from the foul line while receiving MVP chants. He also matched his career-best with six assists -- all while fighting through cramps, playing 47 minutes, defending Booker and eventually needing an IV after the game. Weve all been through it. Just trying to find your place in the NBA, trying to find a place on the team, Allen said of Okoro. And for him, I think this was a moment where he knows that he found this place. He knows he belongs. Only seven rookies have a 30-point game this season. Now Okoro, the player labeled an offensive liability throughout an erratic first year, is one of them, joining Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, Tyrese Maxey, Theo Maledon, Immanuel Quickley and Saddiq Bey. The 32 points are the most by a Cavaliers neophyte since Jordan McRae in 2016. Uber-talented Kevin Porter Jr., now in Houston thanks to a myriad off-the-court troubles, didnt hit that threshold. Neither did Darius Garland. Even leading scorer Collin Sexton came up a few points short. Okoro now has six straight double-figure games, looking more comfortable each night and making opponents pay for leaving him open. But when you watch him, you know the skill set and then what youre hoping is that your development plan gets him to his potential, Bickerstaff told cleveland.com. We would hope so, but dont know. A guy who can score, post and playmake and then takes the other assignment on the defensive end. The difficult part for us is we didnt get that offseason with Isaac to really start that. Youre just thrown into training camp and now its survival because youre going up against the best players in the world and now youre trying to play only where youre comfortable so you can be confident. Slowly through the year, weve added more and weve driven his development to a certain point. Isaac works his ass off every single day. Hes guarded the best players on the other team every night regardless of position and never flinched and never changed his work ethic and never asked for a way out. I will bank on that type of person. It takes time. But if theres a person who is going to get there its that type of person. Its Isaac. One of the leagues best two-way players. Guys like Butler, Bostons Jaylen Brown or even Andre Iguodala. Those are the most frequent high-end comparisons. Browns first 30-point night didnt come until Year 3 by the way. Same with Iguodala. For Butler, it was his fourth season. Okoro did it in his 60th career game, temporarily hushing his critics who often evaluate his performance by the column furthest to the right on the stat sheet: points. It bothers me because of the impact it can have on the kid, Bickerstaff said of the impatience often shown. Were trying to create environments where players can flourish and criticism of a kid who started the season at 19 years old and played one year of college basketball on a season that was cut short, without a real training camp and preseason and summer league, its way too early to pass judgment on a kid like that. Like, understand the position that hes been put in. Give him some time. It was similar with Darius. There was a lot of criticism toward Darius and given a year of work and then a full season, I think we have seen how much he has improved. I truly believe Isaac will do the same. I think its easy to criticize. But its premature to pass judgment and expect him to already be a polished or finished product playing against the best players on the planet. We have high hopes for Isaac. Hours before Okoros masterpiece, following Tuesdays shootaround, the youngster had a conversation with Bickerstaff about being more involved offensively. Bickerstaff broached the idea of putting Okoro in more pick-and-rolls. While the timing coincides with Garlands absence because of an ankle injury, and the Cavs needing to find another creator, Bickerstaff told cleveland.com the adjustment is part of a bigger-picture plan. Its the next step for him, Bickerstaff said. When we watched him in college, he had a really good knack for finding the paint and making the proper reads. I wanted to kind of give him more opportunities to break the paint and put him in situations where he could get to the basket. Tonight, he did a great job. He had one turnover late, but other than that he made the simple play over and over again. I think thats want we want to see from him. Okoro relishes that freedom too. I love that. Thats all I wanted all along, Okoro said. Just being able to play off pick-and-roll and also attack the big, I feel like Im good at that. I feel like Im an all-around player. Try to do everything to help my team win. The winning part hasnt come yet. Its started to create angst among fans, unsurprisingly casting doubt when it comes to the teams direction, especially with a lower-than-desired win total and late-season collapse. There is a lot of uncertainty in a rebuild, Bickerstaff admitted. You are putting your future in a lot of unfinished products. Thats the difficult part. But when you get the type of people that weve gotten and focus on character as well as skill, you can rest a little easier. While Kevin Love, the expected veteran anchor who isnt 100 percent, flailed away Tuesday night, scoring seven points and missing eight of his 10 shots, the offensive responsibility shifted to Clevelands kids. Okoro. Allen. Sexton. The trio helped the Cavs push Phoenix throughout, refusing to back down, and forcing the game into overtime, where the undermanned squad, playing without seven players -- Garland, Larry Nance Jr., Matthew Dellavedova, Isaiah Hartenstein, Dylan Windler, Taurean Prince and Lamar Stevens -- simply ran out of gas. Cleveland isnt on the same level as Phoenix. Its still early into this process. The Cavs dont currently have two All-Star-caliber players. The Suns do. Paul and Booker are more seasoned and know how to make teammates better. That tandem can take over when its time, with Booker calmly getting to his mid-range jumper and Paul going to his right hand before shifting into his pullup. Its obvious the Cavs youngsters must mature. But there are no shortcuts here. Booker was once in the same situation as Sexton, scoring gobs of points, only to be unfairly labeled a loser early in his career. Three years ago, technically the fourth season of a rebuild, the Suns won 19 games. Paul didnt arrive as the leadership glue until this season, when his score-first backcourt mate was heading into Year 5. The Cavs are missing that guy. Theyre aware. It was supposed to be Love. That didnt work exactly as planned. Give the Suns a lot of credit, they developed a lot of young talent, but that helped them go out and acquire veteran players as well, Bickerstaff said. I think thats when you see the jump is when your young players find out who they are and theres a blend of veterans who have been there and done that. I think thats when the success comes. Sexton, starting in Garlands usual point guard spot, scored 29 points to go with seven assists and seven rebounds. In his best season, putting up identical numbers to Booker at the same stage, Sexton became the second-youngest player in franchise history to eclipse the 4,000-point mark. Obviously, we all know hes a fantastic scorer, Allen said of Sexton. The next step for him is, and was, to lead the team. You saw that tonight. He had the ball in his hands I feel like the most tonight and he made sure we were in the right spots. He called the plays that we needed to. He led the team how he should, especially with Darius out. Allen, an ideal fit at center, had 17 points, eight rebounds and five assists. Those three plus Garland. Thats the future, with another piece is coming in the draft. Not everything is great in Cleveland. But the Cavs play hard, have shown a propensity for player development and have compiled a good young core. Maybe it will lead to a Suns-like turnaround. The future is bright for us and were only going to grow and continue to get better, Sexton said. As summer comes along and as long as we continue to jell, were going to continue to stay locked in, stay working out together. Just making sure we continue to grow together and hopefully be able to turn it around for sure. You could see it tonight, it was a really good game, but just not the finish that we wanted. - New Cavs face masks for sale: Heres where you can buy Cleveland Cavaliers-themed face coverings for coronavirus protection, including a single mask ($14.99) and a 3-pack ($24.99). All NBA proceeds donated to charity. Pluto Searching for small victories as late-season collapse continues Loves best game not enough in short-handed loss to Miami | The Cleveland Cavaliers lost to the Phoenix Suns 134-118 in overtime on Tuesday night. The Suns were a team in transition three years ago. | pegasus | 0 | https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2021/05/can-cleveland-cavaliers-find-light-at-end-of-dark-rebuild-tunnel-like-phoenix-suns-finally-did.html | 0.101437 |
Can Cleveland Cavaliers find light at end of dark rebuild tunnel like Phoenix Suns finally did? | In many ways, that represents todays Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns of three years ago. Back then, the Suns had a new head coach (Igor Kokoskov). They ranked second last in offensive rating and No. 29 in defensive rating, finishing with the Western Conferences worst record. While seemingly stuck on the treadmill to obscurity, there were some intriguing young pieces scattered throughout the roster -- Kelly Oubre Jr. and Devin Booker both in Year 3 and Mikal Bridges as well as Deandre Ayton arriving in the draft. Despite the horrendous record, in large part because of poor coaching and a group not yet equipped to win consistently, those individuals created a sense of optimism. It was just hard to see, buried beneath a pile of losses. The following year, the Suns changed coaches, made a few roster tweaks, added another lottery pick (Cameron Johnson), some stabilizing veterans, and took a respectable step forward. Now, thanks to Chris Pauls arrival, Phoenix is a title contender. There are similarities to the 2018-19 Suns. Head coach J.B. Bickerstaff in his first full season. An over-reliance on youth. A rash of injuries that played a large part in crippling Play-In hopes. An intriguing young core with an unknown ceiling. A still-developing culture. Growing pains. Maddening inconsistency. Unnecessary drama. Parts being better than the sum. No two rebuilds are the same. Sometimes cycling through coaches or general managers is the only way to finally emerge from the darkness. One teams path, based on innumerable circumstances, could be windier. Theres also no guarantee it will work. The Suns had six grueling losing seasons, starting in 2013-14, before climbing the Western Conference mountain. It was hardly a straight shot to the top. Nonetheless, theyve become a hopeful guiding light. We all know the history of the Phoenix Suns. You can ask Charles Barkley about that, Jarrett Allen said with a smile following a hard-fought 134-118 loss in OT. We know that we can come and be a team like that. We are eliminated from Play-In contention. So, we were not the best team like they were. Were building to be at that level. You can look at Collin Sexton, one of the best scorers in the league right now. Darius Garland, one of the best PGs. And then Isaac Okoro, tonight spoke for itself. Were a young team just like they were, building to where we want to be. Even though the Cavs are far from a finished product, with plenty of work ahead this summer, Tuesday night helped show the potential -- and it didnt require looking toward the other side. Okoro, the fifth pick in the 2020 draft, had a career game. His most productive since high school. He scored 32 points on 10-of-16 from the field, 3-of-4 from 3-point range and 9-of-9 from the foul line while receiving MVP chants. He also matched his career-best with six assists -- all while fighting through cramps, playing 47 minutes, defending Booker and eventually needing an IV after the game. Weve all been through it. Just trying to find your place in the NBA, trying to find a place on the team, Allen said of Okoro. And for him, I think this was a moment where he knows that he found this place. He knows he belongs. Only seven rookies have a 30-point game this season. Now Okoro, the player labeled an offensive liability throughout an erratic first year, is one of them, joining Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, Tyrese Maxey, Theo Maledon, Immanuel Quickley and Saddiq Bey. The 32 points are the most by a Cavaliers neophyte since Jordan McRae in 2016. Uber-talented Kevin Porter Jr., now in Houston thanks to a myriad off-the-court troubles, didnt hit that threshold. Neither did Darius Garland. Even leading scorer Collin Sexton came up a few points short. Okoro now has six straight double-figure games, looking more comfortable each night and making opponents pay for leaving him open. But when you watch him, you know the skill set and then what youre hoping is that your development plan gets him to his potential, Bickerstaff told cleveland.com. We would hope so, but dont know. A guy who can score, post and playmake and then takes the other assignment on the defensive end. The difficult part for us is we didnt get that offseason with Isaac to really start that. Youre just thrown into training camp and now its survival because youre going up against the best players in the world and now youre trying to play only where youre comfortable so you can be confident. Slowly through the year, weve added more and weve driven his development to a certain point. Isaac works his ass off every single day. Hes guarded the best players on the other team every night regardless of position and never flinched and never changed his work ethic and never asked for a way out. I will bank on that type of person. It takes time. But if theres a person who is going to get there its that type of person. Its Isaac. One of the leagues best two-way players. Guys like Butler, Bostons Jaylen Brown or even Andre Iguodala. Those are the most frequent high-end comparisons. Browns first 30-point night didnt come until Year 3 by the way. Same with Iguodala. For Butler, it was his fourth season. Okoro did it in his 60th career game, temporarily hushing his critics who often evaluate his performance by the column furthest to the right on the stat sheet: points. It bothers me because of the impact it can have on the kid, Bickerstaff said of the impatience often shown. Were trying to create environments where players can flourish and criticism of a kid who started the season at 19 years old and played one year of college basketball on a season that was cut short, without a real training camp and preseason and summer league, its way too early to pass judgment on a kid like that. Like, understand the position that hes been put in. Give him some time. It was similar with Darius. There was a lot of criticism toward Darius and given a year of work and then a full season, I think we have seen how much he has improved. I truly believe Isaac will do the same. I think its easy to criticize. But its premature to pass judgment and expect him to already be a polished or finished product playing against the best players on the planet. We have high hopes for Isaac. Hours before Okoros masterpiece, following Tuesdays shootaround, the youngster had a conversation with Bickerstaff about being more involved offensively. Bickerstaff broached the idea of putting Okoro in more pick-and-rolls. While the timing coincides with Garlands absence because of an ankle injury, and the Cavs needing to find another creator, Bickerstaff told cleveland.com the adjustment is part of a bigger-picture plan. Its the next step for him, Bickerstaff said. When we watched him in college, he had a really good knack for finding the paint and making the proper reads. I wanted to kind of give him more opportunities to break the paint and put him in situations where he could get to the basket. Tonight, he did a great job. He had one turnover late, but other than that he made the simple play over and over again. I think thats want we want to see from him. Okoro relishes that freedom too. I love that. Thats all I wanted all along, Okoro said. Just being able to play off pick-and-roll and also attack the big, I feel like Im good at that. I feel like Im an all-around player. Try to do everything to help my team win. The winning part hasnt come yet. Its started to create angst among fans, unsurprisingly casting doubt when it comes to the teams direction, especially with a lower-than-desired win total and late-season collapse. There is a lot of uncertainty in a rebuild, Bickerstaff admitted. You are putting your future in a lot of unfinished products. Thats the difficult part. But when you get the type of people that weve gotten and focus on character as well as skill, you can rest a little easier. While Kevin Love, the expected veteran anchor who isnt 100 percent, flailed away Tuesday night, scoring seven points and missing eight of his 10 shots, the offensive responsibility shifted to Clevelands kids. Okoro. Allen. Sexton. The trio helped the Cavs push Phoenix throughout, refusing to back down, and forcing the game into overtime, where the undermanned squad, playing without seven players -- Garland, Larry Nance Jr., Matthew Dellavedova, Isaiah Hartenstein, Dylan Windler, Taurean Prince and Lamar Stevens -- simply ran out of gas. Cleveland isnt on the same level as Phoenix. Its still early into this process. The Cavs dont currently have two All-Star-caliber players. The Suns do. Paul and Booker are more seasoned and know how to make teammates better. That tandem can take over when its time, with Booker calmly getting to his mid-range jumper and Paul going to his right hand before shifting into his pullup. Its obvious the Cavs youngsters must mature. But there are no shortcuts here. Booker was once in the same situation as Sexton, scoring gobs of points, only to be unfairly labeled a loser early in his career. Three years ago, technically the fourth season of a rebuild, the Suns won 19 games. Paul didnt arrive as the leadership glue until this season, when his score-first backcourt mate was heading into Year 5. The Cavs are missing that guy. Theyre aware. It was supposed to be Love. That didnt work exactly as planned. Give the Suns a lot of credit, they developed a lot of young talent, but that helped them go out and acquire veteran players as well, Bickerstaff said. I think thats when you see the jump is when your young players find out who they are and theres a blend of veterans who have been there and done that. I think thats when the success comes. Sexton, starting in Garlands usual point guard spot, scored 29 points to go with seven assists and seven rebounds. In his best season, putting up identical numbers to Booker at the same stage, Sexton became the second-youngest player in franchise history to eclipse the 4,000-point mark. Obviously, we all know hes a fantastic scorer, Allen said of Sexton. The next step for him is, and was, to lead the team. You saw that tonight. He had the ball in his hands I feel like the most tonight and he made sure we were in the right spots. He called the plays that we needed to. He led the team how he should, especially with Darius out. Allen, an ideal fit at center, had 17 points, eight rebounds and five assists. Those three plus Garland. Thats the future, with another piece is coming in the draft. Not everything is great in Cleveland. But the Cavs play hard, have shown a propensity for player development and have compiled a good young core. Maybe it will lead to a Suns-like turnaround. The future is bright for us and were only going to grow and continue to get better, Sexton said. As summer comes along and as long as we continue to jell, were going to continue to stay locked in, stay working out together. Just making sure we continue to grow together and hopefully be able to turn it around for sure. You could see it tonight, it was a really good game, but just not the finish that we wanted. - New Cavs face masks for sale: Heres where you can buy Cleveland Cavaliers-themed face coverings for coronavirus protection, including a single mask ($14.99) and a 3-pack ($24.99). All NBA proceeds donated to charity. Pluto Searching for small victories as late-season collapse continues Loves best game not enough in short-handed loss to Miami | Cleveland Cavaliers lost to Phoenix Suns 134-118 in overtime on Tuesday night. The Suns finished with the Western Conference's worst record in 2013-14. Phoenix has since climbed the mountain and is now a title contender. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2021/05/can-cleveland-cavaliers-find-light-at-end-of-dark-rebuild-tunnel-like-phoenix-suns-finally-did.html | 0.126169 |
Can Cleveland Cavaliers find light at end of dark rebuild tunnel like Phoenix Suns finally did? | In many ways, that represents todays Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns of three years ago. Back then, the Suns had a new head coach (Igor Kokoskov). They ranked second last in offensive rating and No. 29 in defensive rating, finishing with the Western Conferences worst record. While seemingly stuck on the treadmill to obscurity, there were some intriguing young pieces scattered throughout the roster -- Kelly Oubre Jr. and Devin Booker both in Year 3 and Mikal Bridges as well as Deandre Ayton arriving in the draft. Despite the horrendous record, in large part because of poor coaching and a group not yet equipped to win consistently, those individuals created a sense of optimism. It was just hard to see, buried beneath a pile of losses. The following year, the Suns changed coaches, made a few roster tweaks, added another lottery pick (Cameron Johnson), some stabilizing veterans, and took a respectable step forward. Now, thanks to Chris Pauls arrival, Phoenix is a title contender. There are similarities to the 2018-19 Suns. Head coach J.B. Bickerstaff in his first full season. An over-reliance on youth. A rash of injuries that played a large part in crippling Play-In hopes. An intriguing young core with an unknown ceiling. A still-developing culture. Growing pains. Maddening inconsistency. Unnecessary drama. Parts being better than the sum. No two rebuilds are the same. Sometimes cycling through coaches or general managers is the only way to finally emerge from the darkness. One teams path, based on innumerable circumstances, could be windier. Theres also no guarantee it will work. The Suns had six grueling losing seasons, starting in 2013-14, before climbing the Western Conference mountain. It was hardly a straight shot to the top. Nonetheless, theyve become a hopeful guiding light. We all know the history of the Phoenix Suns. You can ask Charles Barkley about that, Jarrett Allen said with a smile following a hard-fought 134-118 loss in OT. We know that we can come and be a team like that. We are eliminated from Play-In contention. So, we were not the best team like they were. Were building to be at that level. You can look at Collin Sexton, one of the best scorers in the league right now. Darius Garland, one of the best PGs. And then Isaac Okoro, tonight spoke for itself. Were a young team just like they were, building to where we want to be. Even though the Cavs are far from a finished product, with plenty of work ahead this summer, Tuesday night helped show the potential -- and it didnt require looking toward the other side. Okoro, the fifth pick in the 2020 draft, had a career game. His most productive since high school. He scored 32 points on 10-of-16 from the field, 3-of-4 from 3-point range and 9-of-9 from the foul line while receiving MVP chants. He also matched his career-best with six assists -- all while fighting through cramps, playing 47 minutes, defending Booker and eventually needing an IV after the game. Weve all been through it. Just trying to find your place in the NBA, trying to find a place on the team, Allen said of Okoro. And for him, I think this was a moment where he knows that he found this place. He knows he belongs. Only seven rookies have a 30-point game this season. Now Okoro, the player labeled an offensive liability throughout an erratic first year, is one of them, joining Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, Tyrese Maxey, Theo Maledon, Immanuel Quickley and Saddiq Bey. The 32 points are the most by a Cavaliers neophyte since Jordan McRae in 2016. Uber-talented Kevin Porter Jr., now in Houston thanks to a myriad off-the-court troubles, didnt hit that threshold. Neither did Darius Garland. Even leading scorer Collin Sexton came up a few points short. Okoro now has six straight double-figure games, looking more comfortable each night and making opponents pay for leaving him open. But when you watch him, you know the skill set and then what youre hoping is that your development plan gets him to his potential, Bickerstaff told cleveland.com. We would hope so, but dont know. A guy who can score, post and playmake and then takes the other assignment on the defensive end. The difficult part for us is we didnt get that offseason with Isaac to really start that. Youre just thrown into training camp and now its survival because youre going up against the best players in the world and now youre trying to play only where youre comfortable so you can be confident. Slowly through the year, weve added more and weve driven his development to a certain point. Isaac works his ass off every single day. Hes guarded the best players on the other team every night regardless of position and never flinched and never changed his work ethic and never asked for a way out. I will bank on that type of person. It takes time. But if theres a person who is going to get there its that type of person. Its Isaac. One of the leagues best two-way players. Guys like Butler, Bostons Jaylen Brown or even Andre Iguodala. Those are the most frequent high-end comparisons. Browns first 30-point night didnt come until Year 3 by the way. Same with Iguodala. For Butler, it was his fourth season. Okoro did it in his 60th career game, temporarily hushing his critics who often evaluate his performance by the column furthest to the right on the stat sheet: points. It bothers me because of the impact it can have on the kid, Bickerstaff said of the impatience often shown. Were trying to create environments where players can flourish and criticism of a kid who started the season at 19 years old and played one year of college basketball on a season that was cut short, without a real training camp and preseason and summer league, its way too early to pass judgment on a kid like that. Like, understand the position that hes been put in. Give him some time. It was similar with Darius. There was a lot of criticism toward Darius and given a year of work and then a full season, I think we have seen how much he has improved. I truly believe Isaac will do the same. I think its easy to criticize. But its premature to pass judgment and expect him to already be a polished or finished product playing against the best players on the planet. We have high hopes for Isaac. Hours before Okoros masterpiece, following Tuesdays shootaround, the youngster had a conversation with Bickerstaff about being more involved offensively. Bickerstaff broached the idea of putting Okoro in more pick-and-rolls. While the timing coincides with Garlands absence because of an ankle injury, and the Cavs needing to find another creator, Bickerstaff told cleveland.com the adjustment is part of a bigger-picture plan. Its the next step for him, Bickerstaff said. When we watched him in college, he had a really good knack for finding the paint and making the proper reads. I wanted to kind of give him more opportunities to break the paint and put him in situations where he could get to the basket. Tonight, he did a great job. He had one turnover late, but other than that he made the simple play over and over again. I think thats want we want to see from him. Okoro relishes that freedom too. I love that. Thats all I wanted all along, Okoro said. Just being able to play off pick-and-roll and also attack the big, I feel like Im good at that. I feel like Im an all-around player. Try to do everything to help my team win. The winning part hasnt come yet. Its started to create angst among fans, unsurprisingly casting doubt when it comes to the teams direction, especially with a lower-than-desired win total and late-season collapse. There is a lot of uncertainty in a rebuild, Bickerstaff admitted. You are putting your future in a lot of unfinished products. Thats the difficult part. But when you get the type of people that weve gotten and focus on character as well as skill, you can rest a little easier. While Kevin Love, the expected veteran anchor who isnt 100 percent, flailed away Tuesday night, scoring seven points and missing eight of his 10 shots, the offensive responsibility shifted to Clevelands kids. Okoro. Allen. Sexton. The trio helped the Cavs push Phoenix throughout, refusing to back down, and forcing the game into overtime, where the undermanned squad, playing without seven players -- Garland, Larry Nance Jr., Matthew Dellavedova, Isaiah Hartenstein, Dylan Windler, Taurean Prince and Lamar Stevens -- simply ran out of gas. Cleveland isnt on the same level as Phoenix. Its still early into this process. The Cavs dont currently have two All-Star-caliber players. The Suns do. Paul and Booker are more seasoned and know how to make teammates better. That tandem can take over when its time, with Booker calmly getting to his mid-range jumper and Paul going to his right hand before shifting into his pullup. Its obvious the Cavs youngsters must mature. But there are no shortcuts here. Booker was once in the same situation as Sexton, scoring gobs of points, only to be unfairly labeled a loser early in his career. Three years ago, technically the fourth season of a rebuild, the Suns won 19 games. Paul didnt arrive as the leadership glue until this season, when his score-first backcourt mate was heading into Year 5. The Cavs are missing that guy. Theyre aware. It was supposed to be Love. That didnt work exactly as planned. Give the Suns a lot of credit, they developed a lot of young talent, but that helped them go out and acquire veteran players as well, Bickerstaff said. I think thats when you see the jump is when your young players find out who they are and theres a blend of veterans who have been there and done that. I think thats when the success comes. Sexton, starting in Garlands usual point guard spot, scored 29 points to go with seven assists and seven rebounds. In his best season, putting up identical numbers to Booker at the same stage, Sexton became the second-youngest player in franchise history to eclipse the 4,000-point mark. Obviously, we all know hes a fantastic scorer, Allen said of Sexton. The next step for him is, and was, to lead the team. You saw that tonight. He had the ball in his hands I feel like the most tonight and he made sure we were in the right spots. He called the plays that we needed to. He led the team how he should, especially with Darius out. Allen, an ideal fit at center, had 17 points, eight rebounds and five assists. Those three plus Garland. Thats the future, with another piece is coming in the draft. Not everything is great in Cleveland. But the Cavs play hard, have shown a propensity for player development and have compiled a good young core. Maybe it will lead to a Suns-like turnaround. The future is bright for us and were only going to grow and continue to get better, Sexton said. As summer comes along and as long as we continue to jell, were going to continue to stay locked in, stay working out together. Just making sure we continue to grow together and hopefully be able to turn it around for sure. You could see it tonight, it was a really good game, but just not the finish that we wanted. - New Cavs face masks for sale: Heres where you can buy Cleveland Cavaliers-themed face coverings for coronavirus protection, including a single mask ($14.99) and a 3-pack ($24.99). All NBA proceeds donated to charity. Pluto Searching for small victories as late-season collapse continues Loves best game not enough in short-handed loss to Miami | Cleveland Cavaliers lost to Phoenix Suns 134-118 in overtime on Tuesday night. The Suns finished with the worst record in the Western Conference in 2013-14. Phoenix has since climbed the mountain and is now a title contender in the West. The Cavs are a young team with an intriguing young core with an unknown ceiling. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2021/05/can-cleveland-cavaliers-find-light-at-end-of-dark-rebuild-tunnel-like-phoenix-suns-finally-did.html | 0.167362 |
Where are the worlds dream winemaking destinations? | For more wine advice and reviews, recipes, restaurant news and more, sign up to receive our Good Taste newsletter in your inbox every Wednesday. Winemakers from different countries were recently asked to share where in the world theyd love to work. Not surprisingly, celebrated spots like Tuscany and Barolo in Italy and Burgundy and Bordeaux in France were ranked high on the list compiled by vinepair.com. Survey responses centred largely on European regions. Hawkes Bay and Central Otago in New Zealand and California were the few viticultural areas selected outside of France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Story continues below advertisement Canadian winemaker Ann Sperling, who makes wine at her family estate in the Okanagan and at Southbrook Vineyards in Niagara as well as overseeing an old vine malbec project in Mendoza, Argentina, set her sights on Tuscany. Not because its wildly famous and celebrities talk of their villas there, says Sperling. The talented winemaker says shes drawn to the regions mix of small vineyard plots, spread across rolling hillsides that offer different slopes and aspects, interspersed with olives and other crops. The regions widescale embrace of organic grape growing and the challenges of making top-quality sangiovese were also drawing cards for Sperling, who is one of this countrys leading experts in biodynamic winemaking. Italy was also on the radar of Dan Petroski, winemaker at Massican, a Napa winery that produces only white wines and grows Mediterranean varieties, such as tocai friulano and ribolla gialla. I have often said that my winemaking career would never be complete if I died without making nebbiolo in Barolo, Petroski says. The Californian winemaker also expressed a desired to live and work in Bordeaux, which he calls one of the worlds greatest wine capitals. The day that one of my wines makes me feel like I do when I drink Haut Brion, I will decide to leave Napa because I will have achieved everything I could here, he says. While its not surprising to hear Canadian and American winemakers single out some of the worlds finest wine regions as a dream opportunity, its interesting to note how many European winemakers continue to come to North America for the opportunity to work without any restrictions to which grape varieties they can farm or other regional winemaking constraints. E-mail your wine and spirits questions to The Globe. Look for answers to select questions to appear in the Good Taste newsletter and on The Globe and Mail website. | Tuscany and Barolo in Italy and Burgundy and Bordeaux in France were ranked high on the list compiled by vinepair.com. | bart | 0 | https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/article-where-are-the-worlds-dream-winemaking-destinations/ | 0.171657 |
Where are the worlds dream winemaking destinations? | For more wine advice and reviews, recipes, restaurant news and more, sign up to receive our Good Taste newsletter in your inbox every Wednesday. Winemakers from different countries were recently asked to share where in the world theyd love to work. Not surprisingly, celebrated spots like Tuscany and Barolo in Italy and Burgundy and Bordeaux in France were ranked high on the list compiled by vinepair.com. Survey responses centred largely on European regions. Hawkes Bay and Central Otago in New Zealand and California were the few viticultural areas selected outside of France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Story continues below advertisement Canadian winemaker Ann Sperling, who makes wine at her family estate in the Okanagan and at Southbrook Vineyards in Niagara as well as overseeing an old vine malbec project in Mendoza, Argentina, set her sights on Tuscany. Not because its wildly famous and celebrities talk of their villas there, says Sperling. The talented winemaker says shes drawn to the regions mix of small vineyard plots, spread across rolling hillsides that offer different slopes and aspects, interspersed with olives and other crops. The regions widescale embrace of organic grape growing and the challenges of making top-quality sangiovese were also drawing cards for Sperling, who is one of this countrys leading experts in biodynamic winemaking. Italy was also on the radar of Dan Petroski, winemaker at Massican, a Napa winery that produces only white wines and grows Mediterranean varieties, such as tocai friulano and ribolla gialla. I have often said that my winemaking career would never be complete if I died without making nebbiolo in Barolo, Petroski says. The Californian winemaker also expressed a desired to live and work in Bordeaux, which he calls one of the worlds greatest wine capitals. The day that one of my wines makes me feel like I do when I drink Haut Brion, I will decide to leave Napa because I will have achieved everything I could here, he says. While its not surprising to hear Canadian and American winemakers single out some of the worlds finest wine regions as a dream opportunity, its interesting to note how many European winemakers continue to come to North America for the opportunity to work without any restrictions to which grape varieties they can farm or other regional winemaking constraints. E-mail your wine and spirits questions to The Globe. Look for answers to select questions to appear in the Good Taste newsletter and on The Globe and Mail website. | Winemakers from different countries were recently asked to share where in the world theyd love to work. Survey responses centred largely on European regions. Hawkes Bay and Central Otago in New Zealand and California were the few viticultural areas selected outside of France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. | pegasus | 2 | https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/article-where-are-the-worlds-dream-winemaking-destinations/ | 0.357875 |
Do people become more religious in times of crisis? | Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Danielle Tumminio Hansen, Seminary of the Southwest (THE CONVERSATION) Organized religion has been on the decline for decades in the United States. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers found that online searches for the word prayer soared to their highest level ever in over 90 countries. And a 2020 Pew Research study showed that 24% of U.S. adults stated their faith had become stronger during the pandemic. I am a theologian who studies trauma and this shift makes sense to me. I often teach that traumatic events are, at their heart, crises of meaning that cause people to question assumptions about their lives, including their spiritual beliefs. The years 2020 and 2021 certainly fit that bill: The global COVID-19 pandemic has indeed led to traumatic experiences for many people, due to the isolation, illness, fear and death that it created. Questioning beliefs People who experience traumas tend to question some of the assumptions they might have had about their faith what pastoral theologian Carrie Doehring calls embedded beliefs. These beliefs may include ideas about who God is, the purpose of life or why evil events happen to good people. So, for instance, many Christians may inherit an embedded belief from the tradition that God is all good and that evil emerges when God rightly punishes people for their sins. In other words, an all-good God would not punish someone without a reason. Christians raised with that assumption might ask what made them incur Gods wrath if they contracted COVID-19. In such an event, the embedded belief in a punishing God may become something called a negative coping strategy a coping strategy that has negative effects on a persons life. Heres what this might look like practically: If a person believes theyre being punished by God, they may feel shame or despair. If they feel God is punishing them for no reason, they may feel confusion or try to identify something that is problematic or sinful about their identity. As a result, their faith becomes something that is a source of stress or cognitive dissonance rather than a source of comfort. If that happens, then the belief is functioning as a negative coping strategy that the person needs to address. Trauma and religiosity Mental health experts like Judith Herman have known for several decades that healing from trauma involves making meaning of the traumatic event. Traumatic events are often confusing for people because they dont make much sense. In other words, traumas differ from the expectations of everyday life, and as a result, they seem to defy meaning or purpose. Spiritually, individuals may begin to recognize that some of their beliefs got challenged by the trauma. This is the time when spiritual meaning-making occurs because people start to discern which embedded beliefs still make sense and which need to be revised. During this stage of recovery, theologian and trauma expert Shelly Rambo explains that traumatized individuals may draw on prayers, personal reflections, rituals and conversations with spiritual experts such as chaplains, ministers and spiritual directors. These have been shown to function as positive coping mechanisms that help individuals feel more grounded in the aftermath of a trauma. Over time, these resources help individuals develop more intentional beliefs, meaning consciously chosen beliefs that take their suffering into account. These might include reasons why the suffering occurred and what its significance is for the overall meaning of the persons life. Doehring refers to these as deliberative, or consciously chosen, beliefs. Individuals have a sense of commitment to these beliefs because they make sense in light of the trauma. So in the hypothetical case of someone who believes God is punishing them for contracting COVID-19, that feeling of shame and despair may result from a failure to understand why God would treat them that way. These negative feelings would then function as negative coping mechanisms that prevent healing, as psychologist Kenneth Pargament and his colleagues have observed about similar situations where people felt God was punishing them. The person might then try to alleviate their distress by questioning the assumption that God punishes people with illness, thereby starting a kind of spiritual quest or reassessment of beliefs. They may even start to think differently about God being a punishing deity. The shift between what the person assumed about God and this new, consciously chosen belief, is an example of the shift between embedded and deliberative beliefs. Trauma and atheism Some people may argue that suffering logically ought to turn people into atheists. After all, the horror of something like the COVID-19 pandemic could easily make someone question how it would be possible for any deity to allow such horrors. It would make far more sense to reason that creation is random, chaotic and determined only by some combination of the forces of nature and human decisions. The agnostic philosopher Bertrand Russell crafted such a proposal when he argued that Christians should accompany him to a childrens hospital unit because they would inevitably stop believing in God once they saw such profound suffering. [Get the best of The Conversation, every weekend. Sign up for our weekly newsletter.] The way humans experience suffering spiritually, however, may not necessarily lead to atheism or agnosticism. Indeed, research from experts who study the intersection of psychology and religion including psychologists of religion and pastoral theologians has found that events that could be labeled as traumatic do not necessarily destroy faith. Indeed, they can also strengthen it because faith-based beliefs and practices can help individuals make sense of their lifes story. In other words, trauma challenges so many assumptions about who we are, what our purpose is and how to make sense of a traumatic event. Faith-based beliefs and practices offer meaningful resources to help navigate those questions. This is why spiritual beliefs and practices across various religions can often lead to faith strengthening rather than weakening, following a trauma. So even though people may have had limited access to buildings like churches or synagogues during the pandemic, they still had access to spiritual resources that can help them navigate traumatic events. This may explain data showing that some individuals are stating their faith is stronger than it was prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. The Conversation is wholly responsible for the content. | Danielle Tumminio Hansen: People become more religious in times of crisis. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Do-people-become-more-religious-in-times-of-16152933.php | 0.407445 |
What will Vice President Kamala Harris do in Providence? | Happy Wednesday and welcome to Rhode Map, your daily guide to everything happening in the Ocean State. Im Dan McGowan and rather than gift cards, I think Governor McKee should just buy everyone margaritas today. Follow me on Twitter @DanMcGowan or send tips to Dan.McGowan@globe.com . If you have friends or relatives who would like their own free copy of this daily briefing about Rhode Island, tell them they can sign up here . ICYMI: Rhode Island was up to 148,929 confirmed coronavirus cases on Tuesday, after adding 181 new cases. The most-recent overall daily test-positive rate was 2.4 percent, and the first-time positive rate was 14.4 percent. The state announced three new deaths, bringing the total to 2,681. There were 129 people in the hospital, and 398,281 residents were fully vaccinated. Advertisement Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Rhode Island today, joining US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo for two private events before traveling back to Washington, D.C. around 5 p.m. As with previous presidential and vice presidential visits, you can expect minor traffic delays especially downtown. We still dont have exact locations for Harris visit, but Ill be in the motorcade telling bad jokes and trying to convince anyone who will listen that Rhode Island has the best restaurants in the country. Heres a quick breakdown of what we know about Harris trip today, via the White House. At 10:05 a.m., Vice President Harris will depart from Joint Base Andrews for T.F. Green International Airport (imagine how confused everyone will be when they realize theyre in Warwick and not Providence). At 1 p.m., the vice president is expected to participate in an event featuring small businesses that focus on social impact. At 2:05 p.m., the vice president and Raimondo will hold a women-led small business roundtable. At 4:55 p.m. the vice president will depart from Rhode Island. We also know that the vice president is expected to do several interviews with members of the local media and shell presumably meet Governor Dan McKee somewhere along the way. I talked to Twin River and here are the odds on a few other things Harris might do today. Read Rhode Map: 2/1 Eat some form of seafood: 3/1 Cake from Greggs: 5/1 Have a Dels: 7/1 Walk across the pedestrian bridge: 12/1 Compare Providence pizza to New Haven pizza: 15/1 Name Raimondo her future running mate: 100/1 THE GLOBE IN RHODE ISLAND My latest column: With President Joe Biden seeking to offer free community college across the country, Vice President Harris would be wise to learn about the best and worst parts of the Rhode Island Promise plan during her trip today. Read more. Advertisement Rhode Islands House leadership has unveiled a revamped 20-year deal with IGT and Ballys Corporation to command most of Rhode Islands gambling industry the states third largest source of revenue. Read more. Governor Dan McKee said Tuesday that his administration plans to distribute $25 gift cards to between 50,000 and 100,000 Rhode Islanders in the coming weeks, part of an attempt to urge residents to shop local heading into the summer. Read more. After the pandemic exposed the stark realities of short-staffing at nursing homes, the Rhode Island House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday that will set minimum staffing standards and quality care for the first time. Read more. Rhode Islands congressional delegation is urging local restaurant owners to apply for the newly opened Restaurant Revitalization Fund. Read more. Subscribe to BostonGlobe.com MORE ON BOSTONGLOBE.COM Politics: My colleague James Pindell explains the sudden rift between House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and US Representative Liz Cheney. Read more. Social media: Facebooks quasi-independent Oversight Board will announce its ruling on former president Donald Trumps suspension from the worlds largest social network today. Read more. Crime: While under investigation by the FBI in 2018, then-mayor Jasiel F. Correia II of Fall River showed up at the home of a close friend and urged him to convince a marijuana vendor who was trying to open a dispensary in the city to donate $100,000 to his legal defense fund, according to court testimony Tuesday. Read more. Advertisement Travel: International travel remains low at Logan International Airport. Read more. WHATS ON TAP TODAY Each day, Rhode Map offers a cheat sheet breaking down whats happening in Rhode Island. E-mail us at RInews@globe.com. BIRTHDAYS: Rhode Map readers, if you want a friend or family member to be recognized on Friday, send me an e-mail with their first and last name, and their age. If you want a shout out on the new Globe Rhode Island Facebook page, send along their Facebook handle as well. The Brown University Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America is hosting a virtual event at noon that will focus on the future of policing in America. Your subscription is what makes it possible. Weve got a great offer here. Dan McGowan can be reached at dan.mcgowan@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter at @danmcgowan. | Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Rhode Island today, joining US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo for two private events. | bart | 0 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/05/05/metro/what-will-vice-president-kamala-harris-do-providence/ | 0.161994 |
What will Vice President Kamala Harris do in Providence? | Happy Wednesday and welcome to Rhode Map, your daily guide to everything happening in the Ocean State. Im Dan McGowan and rather than gift cards, I think Governor McKee should just buy everyone margaritas today. Follow me on Twitter @DanMcGowan or send tips to Dan.McGowan@globe.com . If you have friends or relatives who would like their own free copy of this daily briefing about Rhode Island, tell them they can sign up here . ICYMI: Rhode Island was up to 148,929 confirmed coronavirus cases on Tuesday, after adding 181 new cases. The most-recent overall daily test-positive rate was 2.4 percent, and the first-time positive rate was 14.4 percent. The state announced three new deaths, bringing the total to 2,681. There were 129 people in the hospital, and 398,281 residents were fully vaccinated. Advertisement Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Rhode Island today, joining US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo for two private events before traveling back to Washington, D.C. around 5 p.m. As with previous presidential and vice presidential visits, you can expect minor traffic delays especially downtown. We still dont have exact locations for Harris visit, but Ill be in the motorcade telling bad jokes and trying to convince anyone who will listen that Rhode Island has the best restaurants in the country. Heres a quick breakdown of what we know about Harris trip today, via the White House. At 10:05 a.m., Vice President Harris will depart from Joint Base Andrews for T.F. Green International Airport (imagine how confused everyone will be when they realize theyre in Warwick and not Providence). At 1 p.m., the vice president is expected to participate in an event featuring small businesses that focus on social impact. At 2:05 p.m., the vice president and Raimondo will hold a women-led small business roundtable. At 4:55 p.m. the vice president will depart from Rhode Island. We also know that the vice president is expected to do several interviews with members of the local media and shell presumably meet Governor Dan McKee somewhere along the way. I talked to Twin River and here are the odds on a few other things Harris might do today. Read Rhode Map: 2/1 Eat some form of seafood: 3/1 Cake from Greggs: 5/1 Have a Dels: 7/1 Walk across the pedestrian bridge: 12/1 Compare Providence pizza to New Haven pizza: 15/1 Name Raimondo her future running mate: 100/1 THE GLOBE IN RHODE ISLAND My latest column: With President Joe Biden seeking to offer free community college across the country, Vice President Harris would be wise to learn about the best and worst parts of the Rhode Island Promise plan during her trip today. Read more. Advertisement Rhode Islands House leadership has unveiled a revamped 20-year deal with IGT and Ballys Corporation to command most of Rhode Islands gambling industry the states third largest source of revenue. Read more. Governor Dan McKee said Tuesday that his administration plans to distribute $25 gift cards to between 50,000 and 100,000 Rhode Islanders in the coming weeks, part of an attempt to urge residents to shop local heading into the summer. Read more. After the pandemic exposed the stark realities of short-staffing at nursing homes, the Rhode Island House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday that will set minimum staffing standards and quality care for the first time. Read more. Rhode Islands congressional delegation is urging local restaurant owners to apply for the newly opened Restaurant Revitalization Fund. Read more. Subscribe to BostonGlobe.com MORE ON BOSTONGLOBE.COM Politics: My colleague James Pindell explains the sudden rift between House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and US Representative Liz Cheney. Read more. Social media: Facebooks quasi-independent Oversight Board will announce its ruling on former president Donald Trumps suspension from the worlds largest social network today. Read more. Crime: While under investigation by the FBI in 2018, then-mayor Jasiel F. Correia II of Fall River showed up at the home of a close friend and urged him to convince a marijuana vendor who was trying to open a dispensary in the city to donate $100,000 to his legal defense fund, according to court testimony Tuesday. Read more. Advertisement Travel: International travel remains low at Logan International Airport. Read more. WHATS ON TAP TODAY Each day, Rhode Map offers a cheat sheet breaking down whats happening in Rhode Island. E-mail us at RInews@globe.com. BIRTHDAYS: Rhode Map readers, if you want a friend or family member to be recognized on Friday, send me an e-mail with their first and last name, and their age. If you want a shout out on the new Globe Rhode Island Facebook page, send along their Facebook handle as well. The Brown University Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America is hosting a virtual event at noon that will focus on the future of policing in America. Your subscription is what makes it possible. Weve got a great offer here. Dan McGowan can be reached at dan.mcgowan@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter at @danmcgowan. | Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Rhode Island today, joining US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo for two private events before traveling back to Washington, D.C. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/05/05/metro/what-will-vice-president-kamala-harris-do-providence/ | 0.216437 |
What will Vice President Kamala Harris do in Providence? | Happy Wednesday and welcome to Rhode Map, your daily guide to everything happening in the Ocean State. Im Dan McGowan and rather than gift cards, I think Governor McKee should just buy everyone margaritas today. Follow me on Twitter @DanMcGowan or send tips to Dan.McGowan@globe.com . If you have friends or relatives who would like their own free copy of this daily briefing about Rhode Island, tell them they can sign up here . ICYMI: Rhode Island was up to 148,929 confirmed coronavirus cases on Tuesday, after adding 181 new cases. The most-recent overall daily test-positive rate was 2.4 percent, and the first-time positive rate was 14.4 percent. The state announced three new deaths, bringing the total to 2,681. There were 129 people in the hospital, and 398,281 residents were fully vaccinated. Advertisement Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Rhode Island today, joining US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo for two private events before traveling back to Washington, D.C. around 5 p.m. As with previous presidential and vice presidential visits, you can expect minor traffic delays especially downtown. We still dont have exact locations for Harris visit, but Ill be in the motorcade telling bad jokes and trying to convince anyone who will listen that Rhode Island has the best restaurants in the country. Heres a quick breakdown of what we know about Harris trip today, via the White House. At 10:05 a.m., Vice President Harris will depart from Joint Base Andrews for T.F. Green International Airport (imagine how confused everyone will be when they realize theyre in Warwick and not Providence). At 1 p.m., the vice president is expected to participate in an event featuring small businesses that focus on social impact. At 2:05 p.m., the vice president and Raimondo will hold a women-led small business roundtable. At 4:55 p.m. the vice president will depart from Rhode Island. We also know that the vice president is expected to do several interviews with members of the local media and shell presumably meet Governor Dan McKee somewhere along the way. I talked to Twin River and here are the odds on a few other things Harris might do today. Read Rhode Map: 2/1 Eat some form of seafood: 3/1 Cake from Greggs: 5/1 Have a Dels: 7/1 Walk across the pedestrian bridge: 12/1 Compare Providence pizza to New Haven pizza: 15/1 Name Raimondo her future running mate: 100/1 THE GLOBE IN RHODE ISLAND My latest column: With President Joe Biden seeking to offer free community college across the country, Vice President Harris would be wise to learn about the best and worst parts of the Rhode Island Promise plan during her trip today. Read more. Advertisement Rhode Islands House leadership has unveiled a revamped 20-year deal with IGT and Ballys Corporation to command most of Rhode Islands gambling industry the states third largest source of revenue. Read more. Governor Dan McKee said Tuesday that his administration plans to distribute $25 gift cards to between 50,000 and 100,000 Rhode Islanders in the coming weeks, part of an attempt to urge residents to shop local heading into the summer. Read more. After the pandemic exposed the stark realities of short-staffing at nursing homes, the Rhode Island House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday that will set minimum staffing standards and quality care for the first time. Read more. Rhode Islands congressional delegation is urging local restaurant owners to apply for the newly opened Restaurant Revitalization Fund. Read more. Subscribe to BostonGlobe.com MORE ON BOSTONGLOBE.COM Politics: My colleague James Pindell explains the sudden rift between House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and US Representative Liz Cheney. Read more. Social media: Facebooks quasi-independent Oversight Board will announce its ruling on former president Donald Trumps suspension from the worlds largest social network today. Read more. Crime: While under investigation by the FBI in 2018, then-mayor Jasiel F. Correia II of Fall River showed up at the home of a close friend and urged him to convince a marijuana vendor who was trying to open a dispensary in the city to donate $100,000 to his legal defense fund, according to court testimony Tuesday. Read more. Advertisement Travel: International travel remains low at Logan International Airport. Read more. WHATS ON TAP TODAY Each day, Rhode Map offers a cheat sheet breaking down whats happening in Rhode Island. E-mail us at RInews@globe.com. BIRTHDAYS: Rhode Map readers, if you want a friend or family member to be recognized on Friday, send me an e-mail with their first and last name, and their age. If you want a shout out on the new Globe Rhode Island Facebook page, send along their Facebook handle as well. The Brown University Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America is hosting a virtual event at noon that will focus on the future of policing in America. Your subscription is what makes it possible. Weve got a great offer here. Dan McGowan can be reached at dan.mcgowan@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter at @danmcgowan. | Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Rhode Island today, joining US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo for two private events before traveling back to Washington, D.C. Dan McGowan will be in the motorcade telling bad jokes and trying to convince anyone who will listen that Rhode Island has the best restaurants. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/05/05/metro/what-will-vice-president-kamala-harris-do-providence/ | 0.311088 |
What's not to like about the NBA's new play-in plan? | Right off the bat, I am quite glad to be done with west coast games while trying to live on Eastern time. This 1:30-2 a.m. filing nonsense just doesnt work very well. Ive done parts of west coast trips even when we stopped travelling full time a couple of years ago and, man, its so much easier on the body when youre in same time zone the team is. Anyway, we wont have to deal with it any more this season and hopefully next season things are back to normal and that this is the final middle of the night file that Ill have to send. - Ive come entirely around to thinking this play-in thing is not only good for this aberration of a shortened NBA season but I wouldnt have a problem with them keeping it even when they get back to 82 games next season. Thats a big move, Im not generally a fan of somewhat radical change to something thats worked for years and years but there is no denying the pluses that its brought. Perhaps the biggest is that there are far, far fewer games at this point of the regular season that mean absolutely nothing and allow teams to rest multiple players or simply not be overly concerned about competing or winning or losing. With so many teams chasing at least a longshot chance at the playoffs, lots more games matter a lot and that keeps interest up around the league. There is nothing at all wrong with that. And thats not just for the teams in, say, 10th, 11th and 12th. In a weird way, its lessened the number of playoff teams because only six in each conference are guaranteed a spot, which adds to the number of important games. In past years, at this point in a season, a team in sixth or seventh or even eighth might not take every game entirely seriously and get key players some rest. After all, theyd already be in the playoffs and that would be enough to let them perhaps coast to the finish line. Now, a team in seventh or sixth or maybe even eighth have every incentive to play hard with basically full rosters right until the end because the incentive to avoid one-and-done play-in games is real. And teams in 11th and 12th, who normally might have actively been looking to lose now have every reason to win because the chance to make the playoffs may not seem like a huge thing to some of you but it puts money in the players pockets do not discount that as a factor and gives management a chance to see how their teams handle de facto pressure with a chance to play at least one, maybe two and perhaps at least six big games hanging in the balance. We asked Nick about it before last nights game and he was a bit ambivalent but ended up on my side. I think it's kept a lot of teams going and fighting, he said. I think it's interesting to talk about who's going to be in it, both the top and the bottom, the 7-8 and the 10-11. I think both of that keeps a lot of teams interested and fighting in the middle. But let's see how it plays out once the thing plays out. I do not see anything wrong with any of it, to tell you the truth. So keep it forever, I say; players who whine about it now and franchises that say they dont like it now will come around, I am sure. And I know there are fans of teams that are on the periphery now who are excited about chase far more than theyd be excited about figuring out lottery odds. - We seem to have hit a beginning-of-the-week slump in the loading up of Ye Olde Mailbag and you can rectify that situation by clicking on askdoug@thestar.ca today and coming up with a question. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Anything goes and youll have the answers graciously provided here sometime Sunday morning. Itll be fun to be part of it, it always is. - This thing that the New York Rangers did yesterday might be one of the best and boldest things a North American pro sports franchise has done in quite some time. I think you all know my interest in and knowledge of the pucks isnt the deepest in the world but even a dope like me knows who this Tom Wilson guy and I know that only because of the many nefarious plays and recidivist attacks hes been involved in. The funny thing is that what the Rangers did, while admirable and somewhat unprecedented, is probably going to wind up costing the organization a substantial fine, a fine that will certainly be exponentially larger than the one Wilson got. - Still with the pucks, I dont know exactly what year it was but I ended up covering an Ottawa Senators-Philadelphia Flyer elimination game one year it might have been 2001 as part of Raptors-Sixers doubleheader and when I woke up on the morning of May 5, having filed by Sens knock off Flyers item (it was brilliant hockey writing, it really was) I saw this headline. Still chuckle after all these years. Stinko De Flyo. - - | The NBA's new play-in plan is not only good for this aberration of a shortened NBA season but I wouldn't have a problem with them keeping it even when they get back to 82 games next season. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.thestar.com/sports/doug_smiths_sports_blog/2021/05/05/what-s-not-to-like-about-the-nba-s-new-play-in-plan-.html | 0.148566 |
What's not to like about the NBA's new play-in plan? | Right off the bat, I am quite glad to be done with west coast games while trying to live on Eastern time. This 1:30-2 a.m. filing nonsense just doesnt work very well. Ive done parts of west coast trips even when we stopped travelling full time a couple of years ago and, man, its so much easier on the body when youre in same time zone the team is. Anyway, we wont have to deal with it any more this season and hopefully next season things are back to normal and that this is the final middle of the night file that Ill have to send. - Ive come entirely around to thinking this play-in thing is not only good for this aberration of a shortened NBA season but I wouldnt have a problem with them keeping it even when they get back to 82 games next season. Thats a big move, Im not generally a fan of somewhat radical change to something thats worked for years and years but there is no denying the pluses that its brought. Perhaps the biggest is that there are far, far fewer games at this point of the regular season that mean absolutely nothing and allow teams to rest multiple players or simply not be overly concerned about competing or winning or losing. With so many teams chasing at least a longshot chance at the playoffs, lots more games matter a lot and that keeps interest up around the league. There is nothing at all wrong with that. And thats not just for the teams in, say, 10th, 11th and 12th. In a weird way, its lessened the number of playoff teams because only six in each conference are guaranteed a spot, which adds to the number of important games. In past years, at this point in a season, a team in sixth or seventh or even eighth might not take every game entirely seriously and get key players some rest. After all, theyd already be in the playoffs and that would be enough to let them perhaps coast to the finish line. Now, a team in seventh or sixth or maybe even eighth have every incentive to play hard with basically full rosters right until the end because the incentive to avoid one-and-done play-in games is real. And teams in 11th and 12th, who normally might have actively been looking to lose now have every reason to win because the chance to make the playoffs may not seem like a huge thing to some of you but it puts money in the players pockets do not discount that as a factor and gives management a chance to see how their teams handle de facto pressure with a chance to play at least one, maybe two and perhaps at least six big games hanging in the balance. We asked Nick about it before last nights game and he was a bit ambivalent but ended up on my side. I think it's kept a lot of teams going and fighting, he said. I think it's interesting to talk about who's going to be in it, both the top and the bottom, the 7-8 and the 10-11. I think both of that keeps a lot of teams interested and fighting in the middle. But let's see how it plays out once the thing plays out. I do not see anything wrong with any of it, to tell you the truth. So keep it forever, I say; players who whine about it now and franchises that say they dont like it now will come around, I am sure. And I know there are fans of teams that are on the periphery now who are excited about chase far more than theyd be excited about figuring out lottery odds. - We seem to have hit a beginning-of-the-week slump in the loading up of Ye Olde Mailbag and you can rectify that situation by clicking on askdoug@thestar.ca today and coming up with a question. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Anything goes and youll have the answers graciously provided here sometime Sunday morning. Itll be fun to be part of it, it always is. - This thing that the New York Rangers did yesterday might be one of the best and boldest things a North American pro sports franchise has done in quite some time. I think you all know my interest in and knowledge of the pucks isnt the deepest in the world but even a dope like me knows who this Tom Wilson guy and I know that only because of the many nefarious plays and recidivist attacks hes been involved in. The funny thing is that what the Rangers did, while admirable and somewhat unprecedented, is probably going to wind up costing the organization a substantial fine, a fine that will certainly be exponentially larger than the one Wilson got. - Still with the pucks, I dont know exactly what year it was but I ended up covering an Ottawa Senators-Philadelphia Flyer elimination game one year it might have been 2001 as part of Raptors-Sixers doubleheader and when I woke up on the morning of May 5, having filed by Sens knock off Flyers item (it was brilliant hockey writing, it really was) I saw this headline. Still chuckle after all these years. Stinko De Flyo. - - | The NBA's new play-in plan is not only good for this aberration of a shortened NBA season but I wouldn't have a problem with them keeping it even when they get back to 82 games next season. There is nothing at all wrong with any of it, to tell you the truth. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.thestar.com/sports/doug_smiths_sports_blog/2021/05/05/what-s-not-to-like-about-the-nba-s-new-play-in-plan-.html | 0.22225 |
Is the talent gap between Michigan football and Ohio State football actually that big? | COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In the last five years of the NFL Draft, 43 Ohio State players have been selected compared to 36 Michigan players. The Buckeyes and Wolverines are clearly the top two teams in the conference in those raw numbers. Thats a big two. The raw numbers dont really tell the story here. But after diving into the numbers more, I think two things are true: 1. The NFL Draft reflects why Ohio State dominates the Big Ten. The elite talent gap is is acknowledged by the pros. But thats obvious. 2. Michigan, based on NFL Draft numbers, isnt that close to Ohio State in top-tier talent. But the numbers show that Michigan, based on talent, should be the second-best program in the Big Ten. And its not. We talked all about that on the Wednesday Buckeye Talk, but Ill also lay out the numbers here. You can then listen for a further discussion of them. If youve never listened to Buckeye Talk, try it now. And subscribe to Buckeye Talk on any of these podcast platforms or wherever you listen to podcasts. Buckeye Talk on iTunes Buckeye Talk on Spotify Buckeye Talk on Google Play Here is the breakdown of total draft picks the last five years compared to conference record the last five years. Michigan has 12 more draft picks than Penn State and 17 more draft picks than Wisconsin but a worse record than both of them. Team NFL Draft Picks last 5 years Rank Big Ten record last 5 years Rank Ohio State 43 1 38-3 1 Michigan 36 2 28-14 4 Penn State 24 3 32-13 2 Iowa 20 4 27-17 6 Wisconsin 19 5 31-16 3 Minnesota 9 T6 20-23 7 Maryland 9 T6 11-30 12 Michigan State 7 T8 19-24 T8 Northwestern 7 T8 27-16 5 Purdue 6 T10 15-27 11 Indiana 6 T10 19-24 T8 Nebraska 5 12 18-26 10 Illinois 4 T13 10-34 13 Rutgers 4 T13 6-39 14 But the bigger point here, another obvious one, is that not all draft picks are the same. I labeled NFL Draft picks in four tiers. Tier 1: The top 15 picks in the draft. Not all first-rounders are created equal, and this is the cutoff I drew for potential franchise changers. Tier 2: From Pick 16 through the end of the second round. Very good players expected to be major, and early, NFL contributors. Tier 3: Rounds 3 and 4. Almost certain to make NFL teams and help in some way. Tier 4: Rounds 5 through 7. Getting more into wild card territory where less is expected. May not be in the league for long. Of course there are exceptions in every group. But the purpose isnt to evaluate what kind of NFL players these Big Ten picks become, but how they are viewed coming out of college based on their talent, traits and production. In the last five years, there have been 15 Tier 1 players from the Big Ten -- eight from Ohio State and seven from every other team combined. Tier 1 players Ohio State (8): QB Justin Fields, DE Chase Young, CB Jeff Okudah, DE Nick Bosa, QB Dwayne Haskins, CB Denzel Ward, CB Marshon Lattimore, S Malik Hooker. Michigan (2): LB Devin Bush, DE Rashan Gary. Penn State (2): LB Micah Parsons, RB Saquon Barkley. Iowa (2): OT Tristan Wirfs, TE T.J. Hockenson. Northwestern (1): OT Rashawn Slater. In Tier 2, Ohio State also has the most players with 10, while Penn State has six and Michigan five. But in Tier 3, Michigan catches up. The Buckeyes have 15, the Wolverines 14 and no other school has more than seven. And in Tier 4, Michigan wins. Its the Wolverines 15, Wisconsin 11, and Ohio State and Penn State with 10. To help evaluate this further, I assigned points to each Tier. I gave a Tier 1 pick 10 points, a Tier 2 pick eight points, a Tier 3 pick six points and a Tier 4 pick three points. Given that breakdown, here is the full draft point total for every Big Ten program over the last five years. Team Tier 1 Points Tier 2 points Tier 3 points Tier 4 points Total Ohio State 80 80 90 30 280 Michigan 20 40 84 45 189 Penn State 20 48 36 30 134 Iowa 20 32 42 21 113 Wisconsin 0 24 30 33 87 Michigan State 0 8 30 3 41 Minnesota 0 16 6 18 40 Maryland 0 16 6 18 40 Northwestern 10 8 0 15 33 Purdue 0 8 12 9 29 Indiana 0 0 18 9 27 Illinois 0 0 12 6 18 Rutgers 0 8 0 9 17 Nebraska 0 0 0 15 15 That reflects a bigger gap between Ohio State and Michigan -- 280 points to 189 points -- than the 43 to 36 gap in the number of picks. Michigan produces a lot of very solid, productive football players. But it has lacked the top-end talent of Ohio State, especially at premium positions. Id say quarterback, edge rusher, cornerback and receiver are the four positions that most change games, and seven of Ohio States eight Tier 1 players were at those positions. It might sound odd, but Michigan may only be a couple Tier 1 players at premium positions away from competing with Ohio State. The Wolverines can compete in the middle of the roster, but not at the top end. But if players like 5-star quarterback recruit J.J. McCarthy in the Class of 2021 and 5-star cornerback recruit Will Johnson in the Class of 2022 hit in a big way, they could lift the core that Michigan should already have in place. But for now, the talent gap is wide, because its the elite players who dominate games and change programs. Imagine the Buckeyes without Fields and Young. Until the Wolverines get their own versions of players like that, the gap will be wider than a 43 to 36 draft pick edge over the last five years would indicate. - Fields Bears jersey: Ohio State football fans can purchase Justin Fields new Chicago Bears jersey here. Its available in white, blue and orange and in mens, womens and youth sizes. Theres also a cheaper T-shirt option. Kye Stokes commits to OSU; 2022 3-star expected to play safety NFL 2022 mock: Rattler, Howell, Stingley Jr. potential top picks Browns select OSUs defensive tackle Tommy Togiai at 132 Togiai and the Browns both bet on upside | In the last five years, 43 Ohio State players have been selected compared to 36 Michigan players. | pegasus | 0 | https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2021/05/is-the-talent-gap-between-michigan-football-and-ohio-state-football-actually-that-big.html | 0.200602 |
Is the talent gap between Michigan football and Ohio State football actually that big? | COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In the last five years of the NFL Draft, 43 Ohio State players have been selected compared to 36 Michigan players. The Buckeyes and Wolverines are clearly the top two teams in the conference in those raw numbers. Thats a big two. The raw numbers dont really tell the story here. But after diving into the numbers more, I think two things are true: 1. The NFL Draft reflects why Ohio State dominates the Big Ten. The elite talent gap is is acknowledged by the pros. But thats obvious. 2. Michigan, based on NFL Draft numbers, isnt that close to Ohio State in top-tier talent. But the numbers show that Michigan, based on talent, should be the second-best program in the Big Ten. And its not. We talked all about that on the Wednesday Buckeye Talk, but Ill also lay out the numbers here. You can then listen for a further discussion of them. If youve never listened to Buckeye Talk, try it now. And subscribe to Buckeye Talk on any of these podcast platforms or wherever you listen to podcasts. Buckeye Talk on iTunes Buckeye Talk on Spotify Buckeye Talk on Google Play Here is the breakdown of total draft picks the last five years compared to conference record the last five years. Michigan has 12 more draft picks than Penn State and 17 more draft picks than Wisconsin but a worse record than both of them. Team NFL Draft Picks last 5 years Rank Big Ten record last 5 years Rank Ohio State 43 1 38-3 1 Michigan 36 2 28-14 4 Penn State 24 3 32-13 2 Iowa 20 4 27-17 6 Wisconsin 19 5 31-16 3 Minnesota 9 T6 20-23 7 Maryland 9 T6 11-30 12 Michigan State 7 T8 19-24 T8 Northwestern 7 T8 27-16 5 Purdue 6 T10 15-27 11 Indiana 6 T10 19-24 T8 Nebraska 5 12 18-26 10 Illinois 4 T13 10-34 13 Rutgers 4 T13 6-39 14 But the bigger point here, another obvious one, is that not all draft picks are the same. I labeled NFL Draft picks in four tiers. Tier 1: The top 15 picks in the draft. Not all first-rounders are created equal, and this is the cutoff I drew for potential franchise changers. Tier 2: From Pick 16 through the end of the second round. Very good players expected to be major, and early, NFL contributors. Tier 3: Rounds 3 and 4. Almost certain to make NFL teams and help in some way. Tier 4: Rounds 5 through 7. Getting more into wild card territory where less is expected. May not be in the league for long. Of course there are exceptions in every group. But the purpose isnt to evaluate what kind of NFL players these Big Ten picks become, but how they are viewed coming out of college based on their talent, traits and production. In the last five years, there have been 15 Tier 1 players from the Big Ten -- eight from Ohio State and seven from every other team combined. Tier 1 players Ohio State (8): QB Justin Fields, DE Chase Young, CB Jeff Okudah, DE Nick Bosa, QB Dwayne Haskins, CB Denzel Ward, CB Marshon Lattimore, S Malik Hooker. Michigan (2): LB Devin Bush, DE Rashan Gary. Penn State (2): LB Micah Parsons, RB Saquon Barkley. Iowa (2): OT Tristan Wirfs, TE T.J. Hockenson. Northwestern (1): OT Rashawn Slater. In Tier 2, Ohio State also has the most players with 10, while Penn State has six and Michigan five. But in Tier 3, Michigan catches up. The Buckeyes have 15, the Wolverines 14 and no other school has more than seven. And in Tier 4, Michigan wins. Its the Wolverines 15, Wisconsin 11, and Ohio State and Penn State with 10. To help evaluate this further, I assigned points to each Tier. I gave a Tier 1 pick 10 points, a Tier 2 pick eight points, a Tier 3 pick six points and a Tier 4 pick three points. Given that breakdown, here is the full draft point total for every Big Ten program over the last five years. Team Tier 1 Points Tier 2 points Tier 3 points Tier 4 points Total Ohio State 80 80 90 30 280 Michigan 20 40 84 45 189 Penn State 20 48 36 30 134 Iowa 20 32 42 21 113 Wisconsin 0 24 30 33 87 Michigan State 0 8 30 3 41 Minnesota 0 16 6 18 40 Maryland 0 16 6 18 40 Northwestern 10 8 0 15 33 Purdue 0 8 12 9 29 Indiana 0 0 18 9 27 Illinois 0 0 12 6 18 Rutgers 0 8 0 9 17 Nebraska 0 0 0 15 15 That reflects a bigger gap between Ohio State and Michigan -- 280 points to 189 points -- than the 43 to 36 gap in the number of picks. Michigan produces a lot of very solid, productive football players. But it has lacked the top-end talent of Ohio State, especially at premium positions. Id say quarterback, edge rusher, cornerback and receiver are the four positions that most change games, and seven of Ohio States eight Tier 1 players were at those positions. It might sound odd, but Michigan may only be a couple Tier 1 players at premium positions away from competing with Ohio State. The Wolverines can compete in the middle of the roster, but not at the top end. But if players like 5-star quarterback recruit J.J. McCarthy in the Class of 2021 and 5-star cornerback recruit Will Johnson in the Class of 2022 hit in a big way, they could lift the core that Michigan should already have in place. But for now, the talent gap is wide, because its the elite players who dominate games and change programs. Imagine the Buckeyes without Fields and Young. Until the Wolverines get their own versions of players like that, the gap will be wider than a 43 to 36 draft pick edge over the last five years would indicate. - Fields Bears jersey: Ohio State football fans can purchase Justin Fields new Chicago Bears jersey here. Its available in white, blue and orange and in mens, womens and youth sizes. Theres also a cheaper T-shirt option. Kye Stokes commits to OSU; 2022 3-star expected to play safety NFL 2022 mock: Rattler, Howell, Stingley Jr. potential top picks Browns select OSUs defensive tackle Tommy Togiai at 132 Togiai and the Browns both bet on upside | In the last five years, 43 Ohio State players have been selected compared to 36 Michigan players. The NFL Draft reflects why Ohio State dominates the Big Ten. But Michigan, based on talent, should be the second-best program in the Big Ten. | pegasus | 1 | https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2021/05/is-the-talent-gap-between-michigan-football-and-ohio-state-football-actually-that-big.html | 0.180933 |
Is the talent gap between Michigan football and Ohio State football actually that big? | COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In the last five years of the NFL Draft, 43 Ohio State players have been selected compared to 36 Michigan players. The Buckeyes and Wolverines are clearly the top two teams in the conference in those raw numbers. Thats a big two. The raw numbers dont really tell the story here. But after diving into the numbers more, I think two things are true: 1. The NFL Draft reflects why Ohio State dominates the Big Ten. The elite talent gap is is acknowledged by the pros. But thats obvious. 2. Michigan, based on NFL Draft numbers, isnt that close to Ohio State in top-tier talent. But the numbers show that Michigan, based on talent, should be the second-best program in the Big Ten. And its not. We talked all about that on the Wednesday Buckeye Talk, but Ill also lay out the numbers here. You can then listen for a further discussion of them. If youve never listened to Buckeye Talk, try it now. And subscribe to Buckeye Talk on any of these podcast platforms or wherever you listen to podcasts. Buckeye Talk on iTunes Buckeye Talk on Spotify Buckeye Talk on Google Play Here is the breakdown of total draft picks the last five years compared to conference record the last five years. Michigan has 12 more draft picks than Penn State and 17 more draft picks than Wisconsin but a worse record than both of them. Team NFL Draft Picks last 5 years Rank Big Ten record last 5 years Rank Ohio State 43 1 38-3 1 Michigan 36 2 28-14 4 Penn State 24 3 32-13 2 Iowa 20 4 27-17 6 Wisconsin 19 5 31-16 3 Minnesota 9 T6 20-23 7 Maryland 9 T6 11-30 12 Michigan State 7 T8 19-24 T8 Northwestern 7 T8 27-16 5 Purdue 6 T10 15-27 11 Indiana 6 T10 19-24 T8 Nebraska 5 12 18-26 10 Illinois 4 T13 10-34 13 Rutgers 4 T13 6-39 14 But the bigger point here, another obvious one, is that not all draft picks are the same. I labeled NFL Draft picks in four tiers. Tier 1: The top 15 picks in the draft. Not all first-rounders are created equal, and this is the cutoff I drew for potential franchise changers. Tier 2: From Pick 16 through the end of the second round. Very good players expected to be major, and early, NFL contributors. Tier 3: Rounds 3 and 4. Almost certain to make NFL teams and help in some way. Tier 4: Rounds 5 through 7. Getting more into wild card territory where less is expected. May not be in the league for long. Of course there are exceptions in every group. But the purpose isnt to evaluate what kind of NFL players these Big Ten picks become, but how they are viewed coming out of college based on their talent, traits and production. In the last five years, there have been 15 Tier 1 players from the Big Ten -- eight from Ohio State and seven from every other team combined. Tier 1 players Ohio State (8): QB Justin Fields, DE Chase Young, CB Jeff Okudah, DE Nick Bosa, QB Dwayne Haskins, CB Denzel Ward, CB Marshon Lattimore, S Malik Hooker. Michigan (2): LB Devin Bush, DE Rashan Gary. Penn State (2): LB Micah Parsons, RB Saquon Barkley. Iowa (2): OT Tristan Wirfs, TE T.J. Hockenson. Northwestern (1): OT Rashawn Slater. In Tier 2, Ohio State also has the most players with 10, while Penn State has six and Michigan five. But in Tier 3, Michigan catches up. The Buckeyes have 15, the Wolverines 14 and no other school has more than seven. And in Tier 4, Michigan wins. Its the Wolverines 15, Wisconsin 11, and Ohio State and Penn State with 10. To help evaluate this further, I assigned points to each Tier. I gave a Tier 1 pick 10 points, a Tier 2 pick eight points, a Tier 3 pick six points and a Tier 4 pick three points. Given that breakdown, here is the full draft point total for every Big Ten program over the last five years. Team Tier 1 Points Tier 2 points Tier 3 points Tier 4 points Total Ohio State 80 80 90 30 280 Michigan 20 40 84 45 189 Penn State 20 48 36 30 134 Iowa 20 32 42 21 113 Wisconsin 0 24 30 33 87 Michigan State 0 8 30 3 41 Minnesota 0 16 6 18 40 Maryland 0 16 6 18 40 Northwestern 10 8 0 15 33 Purdue 0 8 12 9 29 Indiana 0 0 18 9 27 Illinois 0 0 12 6 18 Rutgers 0 8 0 9 17 Nebraska 0 0 0 15 15 That reflects a bigger gap between Ohio State and Michigan -- 280 points to 189 points -- than the 43 to 36 gap in the number of picks. Michigan produces a lot of very solid, productive football players. But it has lacked the top-end talent of Ohio State, especially at premium positions. Id say quarterback, edge rusher, cornerback and receiver are the four positions that most change games, and seven of Ohio States eight Tier 1 players were at those positions. It might sound odd, but Michigan may only be a couple Tier 1 players at premium positions away from competing with Ohio State. The Wolverines can compete in the middle of the roster, but not at the top end. But if players like 5-star quarterback recruit J.J. McCarthy in the Class of 2021 and 5-star cornerback recruit Will Johnson in the Class of 2022 hit in a big way, they could lift the core that Michigan should already have in place. But for now, the talent gap is wide, because its the elite players who dominate games and change programs. Imagine the Buckeyes without Fields and Young. Until the Wolverines get their own versions of players like that, the gap will be wider than a 43 to 36 draft pick edge over the last five years would indicate. - Fields Bears jersey: Ohio State football fans can purchase Justin Fields new Chicago Bears jersey here. Its available in white, blue and orange and in mens, womens and youth sizes. Theres also a cheaper T-shirt option. Kye Stokes commits to OSU; 2022 3-star expected to play safety NFL 2022 mock: Rattler, Howell, Stingley Jr. potential top picks Browns select OSUs defensive tackle Tommy Togiai at 132 Togiai and the Browns both bet on upside | In the last five years of the NFL Draft, 43 Ohio State players have been selected. Michigan has 36 draft picks compared to Ohio State's 43. The NFL Draft reflects why Ohio State dominates the Big Ten. But the numbers show that Michigan, based on talent, should be the second-best program. | bart | 2 | https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2021/05/is-the-talent-gap-between-michigan-football-and-ohio-state-football-actually-that-big.html | 0.149834 |
Did the Panthers get the best value with their picks in the 2021 NFL draft? | Nobody knows how any college prospect is going to work out in the NFL. For every Peyton Manning theres a Ryan Leaf and theres no telling which is which until they actually get onto the field. So, time will tell whether or not the Panthers got a good haul in this years draft. For what its worth, the early reviews for their picks are splendid. Some analysts have even said that they did the best work of any team in the league. Daniel Jeremiah of NFL.com ranked his top 150 prospects with a simple point-value and Carolina came out on top. Fun exercise- took my top 150 players & assigned point values. My number 1 player is worth 150 points. My 150th player is worth 1 point. (H/T @NFLResearch) Heres the result pic.twitter.com/ua4GKIRaCG Daniel Jeremiah (@MoveTheSticks) May 4, 2021 UCLAs Director of Player Personnel also has them ranked No. 1. I thought six NFL teams had fantastic drafts, acquiring top talents while addressing key needs and upgrading their overall roster. In order: 1. Carolina Panthers 2. Denver Broncos 3. Cleveland Browns 4. Washington Football Team 5. New England Patriots 6. Los Angeles Chargers Ethan Young (@EthanYoungFB) May 1, 2021 Former Cowboys executive Gil Brandt says the Panthers got two of the top value picks in the draft in sixth-round selections Deonte Brown and Daviyon Nixon. Based on my Hot 100 draft board and where players got picked, here are the picks I would consider the best value: G Trey Smith, KC (+152) G Deonte Brown, CAR (+131) OT Stone Forsythe, SEA (+115) DT Daviyon Nixon, CAR (+83) CB Shaun Wade, BAL (+80) LB Garret Wallow, HOU (+73) 1/2 Gil Brandt (@Gil_Brandt) May 4, 2021 In ESPNs post-draft podcast, Mel Kiper and Todd McShay also raved about what the Panthers did. Story continues Like we said at the top, this is all speculative at this point. Everything we know about the draft though indicates that this current front office knows what theyre doing. These individual prospects might not pan out, but as long as Scott Fitterer and Matt Rhule are committed to a philosophy of trading down for more picks and using them on the best athletes available it will bode well for this teams future. Related | The Carolina Panthers picked first in the 2021 NFL draft. Some analysts say they did the best work of any team in the league. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://sports.yahoo.com/did-panthers-best-value-picks-133008701.html?src=rss | 0.223013 |
Did the Panthers get the best value with their picks in the 2021 NFL draft? | Nobody knows how any college prospect is going to work out in the NFL. For every Peyton Manning theres a Ryan Leaf and theres no telling which is which until they actually get onto the field. So, time will tell whether or not the Panthers got a good haul in this years draft. For what its worth, the early reviews for their picks are splendid. Some analysts have even said that they did the best work of any team in the league. Daniel Jeremiah of NFL.com ranked his top 150 prospects with a simple point-value and Carolina came out on top. Fun exercise- took my top 150 players & assigned point values. My number 1 player is worth 150 points. My 150th player is worth 1 point. (H/T @NFLResearch) Heres the result pic.twitter.com/ua4GKIRaCG Daniel Jeremiah (@MoveTheSticks) May 4, 2021 UCLAs Director of Player Personnel also has them ranked No. 1. I thought six NFL teams had fantastic drafts, acquiring top talents while addressing key needs and upgrading their overall roster. In order: 1. Carolina Panthers 2. Denver Broncos 3. Cleveland Browns 4. Washington Football Team 5. New England Patriots 6. Los Angeles Chargers Ethan Young (@EthanYoungFB) May 1, 2021 Former Cowboys executive Gil Brandt says the Panthers got two of the top value picks in the draft in sixth-round selections Deonte Brown and Daviyon Nixon. Based on my Hot 100 draft board and where players got picked, here are the picks I would consider the best value: G Trey Smith, KC (+152) G Deonte Brown, CAR (+131) OT Stone Forsythe, SEA (+115) DT Daviyon Nixon, CAR (+83) CB Shaun Wade, BAL (+80) LB Garret Wallow, HOU (+73) 1/2 Gil Brandt (@Gil_Brandt) May 4, 2021 In ESPNs post-draft podcast, Mel Kiper and Todd McShay also raved about what the Panthers did. Story continues Like we said at the top, this is all speculative at this point. Everything we know about the draft though indicates that this current front office knows what theyre doing. These individual prospects might not pan out, but as long as Scott Fitterer and Matt Rhule are committed to a philosophy of trading down for more picks and using them on the best athletes available it will bode well for this teams future. Related | The Carolina Panthers picked first in the 2021 NFL draft. Some analysts have said that they did the best work of any team in the league. There is no telling how any college prospect is going to work out in the NFL. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://sports.yahoo.com/did-panthers-best-value-picks-133008701.html?src=rss | 0.346573 |
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