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Monthly Archives: June 2022
How Jocelyn Alo and Oklahoma softball cement themselves as the GOATs – ESPN
Posted: June 11, 2022 at 1:29 am
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Patty Gasso finally broke. For the first time in 364 days -- when Oklahoma last won a national championship -- the architect of college softball's premiere program found herself at a loss for words.
She survived the final out of the Women's College Worlds Series win over Texas on Thursday night, marking four titles in the last six tournaments, without letting her emotions get to her.
She survived Jocelyn Alo's curtain call, a touching last goodbye to the best hitter the sport has ever seen.
She survived the confetti, the trophies, the hugs and the team photo in center field.
But after she made her way through the dugout, left the locker room and sat down for the postgame news conference, it began to sink in what happened, which is when the tears finally came pouring out.
And it was a question about the D-word -- dynasty -- that got her. She blinked hard when a reporter asked, "When you hear this program talked about in the same sentence as UConn women's basketball, Alabama football, those sorts of other programs, what does that do in your head?"
"I guess I don't believe it," she said.
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She paused, trying and failing to regain her composure.
"I don't know how to answer," she continued tentatively. "I don't think that way."
It was all so surreal, she said. She found herself watching the postgame celebration like a fan.
"They don't realize how good they are," she said. "I don't realize how good they are."
How good? How about the best ever?
Gasso put the onus on the media for that one, saying, "You guys all have the stats."
Fifty-nine wins and the best batting average and the best ERA in college softball this season speaks for itself. But looking at the WCWS on its own, Oklahoma set a record for home runs (17) and runs (64). Looking at those measly three losses on their own, consider what happened the next time out: The Sooners won all three follow-up games via the run rule and a combined score of 39-0.
"I could rank them very, very high, if not the highest, because everything they do looks so easy to me, and they do it so fast," Gasso said, coughing up her own opinion after all.
Oklahoma's dominance showed up in brilliant flashes -- a 16-1 blowout of Texas in Game 1 that was over before it ever really began, or consecutive four-run innings that took the lead and snatched Texas' soul in Game 2.
It showed up when Jayda Coleman dropped back in center field on Thursday night, ran toward the wall and leaped, pulling back a would-be two-run homer. Afterward, Coleman said, "What's crazy is we practice that all the time."
Pitcher Jordy Bahl said, yeah, she's seen her do it "over and over and over."
"She's robbed me," Alo said, adding nonchalantly, "It's just a normal thing for her."
And therein lies the greatness of this team: how they set the bar so high -- and reached it time and time again -- that the spectacular became routine, expected, normal. Gasso had to admit that when it came to her star slugger, Alo, she even began to anticipate a home run every at-bat. And she wasn't that far off.
But it wasn't just Alo redefining slugging. Texas' top power hitters had 11 and 12 home runs, and no one else was in double-digits. Oklahoma, meanwhile, had six players with 13 or more home runs, including Grace Lyons (23), Tiare Jennings (29) and Alo (34).
Jenny Dalton-Hill was a key part of those all-time great Arizona teams in the mid-1990s. In four seasons, she won three championships. But she points to those big bats as the difference-maker in any theoretical matchups of the best ever.
"I'm always going to say '94 Arizona was better because I was on that team, but I don't know," she said. "I think this team is probably more complete. This team has more power top-to-bottom. I wish we could just say, 'All right, 1994 Arizona, you take on 2022 Oklahoma.' It would have to be a video game because none of us could even run anymore."
She laughed before turning serious again.
"I think this one honestly could go down as the best team in the history of our sport."
WHEN THIS MARCH toward immortality began in the fall of 1994, there was no stadium for Oklahoma softball to call home. There wasn't even a dedicated field. There was only Reaves Park and a dugout so small it couldn't hold all of Gasso's new players after she arrived in Oklahoma after five years at Long Beach City junior college in California.
Before practice, they had to take it upon themselves to pick up spent beer cans from the night before.
"Just trash everywhere," Gasso recalled.
Young and ambitious, having left the center of the softball universe of the West Coast for her first Power 5 job more than 1,300 miles away, Gasso put her head down and went to work scouting junior colleges for a quick infusion of talent. But that was only a temporary solution. So she aimed higher and set her signs on a left-handed pitcher from California named Lana Moran.
Without the benefit of a rich program history and unencumbered by a fear of rejection, Gasso charged ahead. Her attitude: "Make them say no."
Moran was the first big yes.
And then it was on to the likes of Leah Gulla, Amber Flores and Keilani Ricketts.
"I fought like heck to try to get them here," Gasso said, "but that's kind of how it began."
Gasso eventually landed Lauren Chamberlain, who was the most accomplished hitter of all time when she ended her career, and Oklahoma became a destination program.
When the Sooners opened Marita Hynes Field in 1998, they couldn't predict they'd outgrow it before long. Two years later, Gasso led the Sooners to their first WCWS and won it all. After that, they were a mainstay in Oklahoma City.
But in order to become the dynasty they are today, one more change needed to take place. Gasso, who had to be relentless in order to build something from scratch, realized she had to dial it back. She had to learn to coach smarter rather than harder and allow herself to make life about more than softball.
And, wouldn't you know it, by putting her family first, by smoothing out her sharper edges, she created the kind of family atmosphere that would attract a Paige Parker, who would attract a Jocelyn Alo, who would attract a Tiare Jennings. Oklahoma amassed talent like compound interest, spitting out a team this season that's so deep it boggles the mind with a half-dozen All-Americans.
Gasso no longer has to push recruits until they say no.
"The difference that Patty Gasso has is visibility," Dalton-Hill said. "She has built a brand that stands for excellence and stands for a bar that has been raised above others. Because of social media, she's now able to recruit the right kind of athlete before she's ever made it into a face-to-face conversation with them."
Before this year's NCAA tournament began, star freshman Jordy Bahl heard a pop in her right forearm and was immediately sidelined. Without the co-Big 12 Pitcher of the Year, most programs would have gone into a nosedive. But Gasso had already brought in help during the offseason in former North Texas ace Hope Trautwein, a senior transfer who once tossed a 21-strikeout perfect game and was coming off Conference USA Pitcher of the Year honors. Trautwein fit in beautifully at Oklahoma, ending the regular season with an ERA of 0.09, and made the transition from the best No. 2 pitcher in softball to the team's go-to starter.
Bahl's monthlong absence barely registered as a speed bump on the road to back-to-back national championships.
Reaves Park couldn't hold them nearly three decades ago. Now, Marita Hynes Field can barely contain all their star power.
So they're building again. In the parking lot roughly 50 yards beyond the left-field fence, there's a sign touting Love's Field -- a $42 million stadium and softball complex that projects to be ready by 2024 and promises to start with 3,000 seats and keep expanding.
The only question now is how they'll honor Gasso on the new grounds.
Oklahoma's legendary football coaches have statues outside of the football stadium -- Bennie Owen, Bud Wilkinson, Barry Switzer and Bob Stoops -- so a precedent has been set.
"I'm sure that'll happen for Patty," Stoops said, "but I didn't want mine up until I was retired."
Sixty years old and showing no signs of slowing down, there's no telling when Gasso will choose to walk away from the finely tuned machine she has created.
STOOPS WON HIS first national championship in 2000, the same year as Gasso.
"You know, I played in three more and sadly lost all of them," Stoops said, laughing. "She's played in a whole bunch more and won most all of them."
Self-deprecating jokes aside, Stoops knows what greatness looks like. A Hall of Fame coach himself, he knows what playing with the weight of expectations feels like. And to see what Gasso has created and how easy her team makes it look night after night, he can't get over it.
He's no softball expert, he admitted, but he can see how this team never lost its passion for the game and credits Gasso pushing all the right buttons.
"Their emotional state, to me, that's the key," Stoops said.
It's Jayda Coleman starting Game 1 of the championship series with a double and screaming at the dugout in celebration.
It's Alo jogging the bases, her arms stretched out wide like an airplane, diving into a swarm of supportive teammates at home plate.
It's Taylon Snow lining out and telling Jana Johns, "Pick me up."
"She goes out and hits a home run," Snow said. "It's pretty awesome to see those things happen."
But in order to truly appreciate Oklahoma's team dynamic, you can't overlook the senior catcher who has sacrificed for the good of the program.
A three-time captain, Lynnsie Elam was Oklahoma's heartbeat.
Elam came to Oklahoma as a coveted recruit five years ago and played as such, starting as a sophomore and junior. But when Gasso felt the need to split time and get fellow catcher Kinzie Hansen on the field last season, Elam didn't put up a fight. Instead, she embraced a restructured role, made the most of her opportunities with 14 home runs this season and continued to lead whether she was in the starting lineup or not.
Gasso called her "the best leader I've ever had."
Late Thursday night, Gasso took turns praising the five-person "super senior" class. She spoke about how Trautwein stepped up in Bahl's absence; how Jana Johns and Taylon Snow got hot at the right time; how "Joce is Joce."
Then she got to Elam.
"Lynnsie Elam is our captain and has been our captain and is the glue that makes this team stick," Gasso said. "She absolutely is the glue. And what I love about her, she's not always in the game, but she is still our captain in the dugout. What she's done for this program, I don't know how I could ever repay her, but she is one of those players that will be associated with greatness forever."
Alo, who roomed with Elam as freshmen, said she wouldn't have made it this far without her. It was Elam who made sure she woke up on time for morning weight-lifting sessions, who offered to drive her to Walmart when she didn't have a car, who asked time and time again, "Do you want to go to the cages and hit?"
"You won't meet a better person or better player," Alo said, "and she's worked really, really hard for what she's accomplished these past five years, and she deserves every accomplishment that's coming her way."
AS FAR AS what's next for Alo, only time will tell.
Earlier this week, she gave no hint as to which professional league she'll be joining: Athletes Unlimited or WPF.
"I don't know which one I'm playing in yet," she said, "but I know some Sooner fans and fans all over the world are going to continue to follow me."
That feels like a safe bet. The Oklahoma faithful have been in on the Jocelyn Alo Experience for five full years now and aren't ready to let go.
But what she has accomplished this season by shattering the home run record has introduced her to an even wider audience. Tom Brady dropped into her DMs after Monday's games. Texas coach Mike White said she should run for mayor whenever she returns home to Hawai'i.
She's not softball-famous. She's famous-famous.
Gasso compared her to Babe Ruth. With her ability and flair for the dramatic, it's impossible to look away.
All week long in Oklahoma City, she has had the gravitational pull of the sun. Fans put off bathroom breaks and stood at attention -- no matter the score or situation -- when she stepped into the batter's box for fear of missing something special. Little girls have run toward home plate, pressing their iPhones against the screen to try to capture her next towering home run.
Alo said it was cool having girls follow her down the hallway of the team hotel. But at a certain point she had to hang a "Do not disturb" sign on her door.
"They pay to see Jocelyn Alo," Gasso said. "... She keeps saying, 'I want to leave my mark.' She's left her mark. She's done it. Right now it's just icing on the cake for her."
She exits the game with a record 122 career home runs and only five runs off Dalton Hill's record career RBI mark of 328. Her legacy as the greatest hitter of all time is safe -- for now.
Because what's truly terrifying for the rest of college softball is what (or whom) she leaves behind.
"I know the world is in awe of what Jocelyn is doing," Dalton-Hill said. "I know I am. But Tiare Jennings quietly is doing the exact same thing."
Alo put a scare into Dalton-Hill this week that she would catch her career RBI record of 26 years. But Dalton-Hill, who serves as an ESPN analyst, is resigned to the fact that Jennings is over halfway to her RBI record -- with two full seasons to go?
"She had 92 in her first year and almost 90 this year" Dalton-Hill said, "and the career total for the record is 328. So you can't tell me she's not gonna be able to do more than Jocelyn Alo."
Granted, losing Alo's bat will cause a ripple effect throughout the rest of the lineup. But, remember, five of the team's top six hitters are expected to return next season. Bahl should be healthy again, and Nicole May will be back. And that's to say nothing of incoming freshman left-handed pitcher Kierston Deal, Extra Innings Softball's No. 1-ranked recruit in the 2022 class, and whatever star Gasso is able to pull from the transfer portal a la Trautwein a year ago.
The home run queen left the softball capital of the world late Thursday night, heading toward an uncertain future.
But she's confident the team she leaves behind will be making a return trip to Oklahoma City soon.
Sure, Alo said she thought the 2022 Sooners were the best of all-time, but she didn't stop there.
"One thing about Sooner softball -- and I've seen it year in and year out -- is they just continue to get better," Alo said. "I don't know what next year holds, but I know that they could make a run for the best team, too, and years to come."
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People in the News at Quest Diagnostics, Molecular Assemblies, Informed DNA, More – GenomeWeb
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Quest Diagnostics: Sam Samad
Quest Diagnostics has named Sam Samad executive vice president and CFO. Effective July 11, he will succeed Mark Guinan who will be retiring after more than eight years in the role.
Samad joins Quest from Illumina, where he had been CFO for more than five years (for more on Samad's departure from Illumina, click here). Prior to Illumina, he was senior VP and treasurer at Cardinal Health. Before that he held a variety of sales and finance roles at Eli Lilly.
Molecular Assemblies: Jeffrey Sampson, David Hwang
Molecular Assemblies has appointed Jeffrey Sampson to its board of directors. Sampson is an associate VP and research fellow for Agilent Technologies. Sampson is also a core member of Agilent's early-stage partnership program, which identifies and fosters relationships with early-stage companies that are strategic to Agilent's interests for potential investment. Sampson is also currently a board member for Purigen Biosystems.
Molecular Assemblies also said that board member David Hwang has stepped down from his position. Hwang had been a board member since 2019.
Informed DNA: Sobha Pisharody
Informed DNA has hiredSobha Pisharodyfor the newly created role of chief strategy and product officer. As such,Pisharodywill lead efforts to modernize the firm's knowledgebaseinto a scalable technology platform, with the goal of improving the delivery of actionable decision support to healthcare providers and pharmaceutical and biotech researchers. Pisharody, who holds a Ph.D. in molecular oncology and immunology from New York University, has more than 20 years of experience in life sciences, with startups as well as with major companies including Thermo Fisher Scientific.
For additional recent items on executive appointments, promotions, and departures in omics and molecular diagnostics, please see the People in the News page on our website.
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Suspect’s DNA among 3 profiles detected on handgun, expert testifies during Whitehorse shooting trial – Yahoo News Canada
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Police tape at the scene of a shooting in downtown Whitehorse on Dec. 1, 2019. Crown prosecutors wrapped up presenting evidence that's part of the trial into the shooting. (Mike Rudyk/CBC - image credit)
DNA belonging to a man charged in connection to a 2019 shooting outside a Whitehorse bar, as well as that of two others,was found on a handgun, according to a forensic DNA analyst with the RCMP.
Connie Leung, along with RCMP officers, provided expert testimony this week as part of a trial into the shooting, which left one man, John Thomas Papequash, critically injured.
Malakl Kwony Tuel faces 13 charges, including attempted murder and various firearm offences.
A second man who was at the bar that night is also being tried. Joseph Wuor faces five charges, none of which are connected to the shooting. His counts include cocaine possession for the purposes of trafficking, and possessing a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm.
'I can't exclude him or include him'
Leung said she discovered a DNA profile that matches Tuel on the gun's frame, located below the slide, which is used to reload the weapon.
She told court she also foundDNA from at least two other individualson various gun parts, including the muzzle, trigger and magazine. Shesaid Tuel's profile on the firearm is, overall, "quite weak."
Asked by the Crown whether Tuel's DNA can be ruled out from the trigger and other areas, Leung said, "I can't exclude or include him."
She said she can't ascertain who, exactly, last held the gun, nor can she determine who fired the pistol.
"I can't say when or how [the DNA] got there," she said, "just that it's there."
Leung said DNA can, in theory, stay on items for an extended period of time. But, she added that certain environmental conditions heat and moisture, for example can affect the strength of a given DNA profile.
Asked whether Tuel's DNA could have been transferred to the gun by touching clothes or another item, Leung said it's possible.
RCMP officer says seized items could point to drug dealing
Officers tasked with investigating the shootingseized various items, including cash, cellphones,magnetic key holders, a handgun and "spitballs."
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A spitball is parlance for cocaine packed and tied in a plastic bag.
RCMP Sergeant Jill McLaren, who was part of theinvestigation into the shooting,told the court a cartridge was found at the scene, as well as a fully intact bullet.
RCMP Corporal Guy Lacroix, whose experience includes drug enforcement, said seized drugs point to trafficking. He was not involved in enforcement efforts relatedto the shooting or the subsequent investigation.
Lacroix said cocaine will eventually lead to "money, more cocaine and firearms."
Several photographs of drugs identified as cocaine were exhibited in court. Large and small bags appear to contain crack cocaine, said Lacroix, adding the way drugs are individually wrapped is consistent with drug trafficking.
Lacroix said as he conservatively estimates the gross value of the pictured drugs to be upward of $13,000.
"This is a significant amount of money," he said.
Under cross examination, Lacroix said the seizure could be indicative of street level drug dealing. He said drug trafficking in Yukon is a pyramid structure, but thepyramid is "squished," likely due to the territory's relativelysmallpopulation and its transient nature.
Lacroix also spoke to the more than 10 cellphones that were obtained. He said dealers typically used burner phones to communicate with clients, colleagues and suppliers. That multiple phones were found by police in sofew locationssuggests "bad housekeeping," Lacroix said.
He said magnetic key holders are devices used to house bulk portions of cocaine. He said these holders are commonly attached to the exterior of vehicles to not only hide drugs, but to avoid ownership of them if found by police.
"This is consistent with the distribution of cocaine," said Lacroix.
RCMP officers previously told the court about $500, two cellphones and four small bags of cocaine were found on Papequash.
Under cross examination by Dale Fedorchuk, Tuel's lawyer, Lacroix said these items could also suggest drug dealing.
"I would have to look at the bags, but it's possible," he said.
Prosecutors have wrapped up presenting their trial evidence. In the coming weeks, Crown and defence lawyers will submit written arguments. A judgment is expected sometime next month.
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Defense has always been part of the Celtics’ DNA, and it may lead them to Banner No. 18 – The Boston Globe
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Defense is at the core of the Celtics, not just this edition, but woven into the franchises championship DNA. In the spirit of Bill Russell, K.C. Jones, Dave Cowens, Dennis Johnson, and Kevin Garnett, the Celtics applied it suffocatingly when it was needed most. That adamantine defense was inescapable and impenetrable, even for a generationally gifted Golden State team. Their defensive stance and stand have the Celtics two wins away from Banner No. 18.
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In a sport where offensive output routinely lands in the triple digits, defense wins championships. Its clich and true. It definitely won this contest after the Warriors took their first lead since 2-0 83-82 on a Curry quick-trigger 27-footer with 3:45 left in the third, stunning the rowdy TD Garden crowd.
From that point, the Celtics limited the Warriors to just 7 of 22 from the floor over the final 15-plus minutes. Golden State registered two threes in its final 13 attempts. Curry (31 points and six threes) and Thompson (25 points and five treys), who rained 25 of their points in the third, were more like Drip and Drab than Splash Brothers, shooting a combined 3 for 12 after Currys lead-snatching salvo.
Of course, they hit some big shots there, said Celtics coach Ime Udoka. But we talked about it quite a bit, our group being resilient and being able to fight through a lot of things and at times when its most needed, being able to lock down on defense, which we did in the fourth quarter.
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The Celtics turned more penurious than famed fake German heiress Anna Delvey. They gave Golden State nothing and took everything, drowning out the Dubs, 23-11, in the fourth after allowing 34 and 33 points in the second and third quarters.
Golden State shot 11 for 22 overall and 7 for 14 from three in the third to flip the game. However, coach Steve Kerrs crew mustered a meager 5 of 15 against the Celtics dominant defense in the final frame. The Celtics surrendered zero offensive rebounds and forced half of the 16 Warriors turnovers.
They did a great job pressuring us, said Kerr. We went back to Steph to start the fourth. We gave him the last three minutes or so of the third because we knew we were going to have to score to start that fourth quarter. Just couldnt get anything to go.
We had a couple turnovers and a couple shots that didnt go down, and they took advantage.
The Celtics defensive appetite and aptitude should not be surprising, nor should it be a surprise that defense carried the charge on a night when Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Marcus Smart all scored 24 points or more.
The one constant in a season of unpredictability and a remarkable sea change in fortune has been the Greens defensive prowess.
Udoka said the defensive buy-in came quickly in his first season on the Boston bench. It was the offensive buy-in that didnt kick in until January when the season took a sharp U-turn toward title contention.
During the regular season, the Celtics had the No. 1 defense in the NBA, allowing 106.2 points per 100 possessions. Thats dipped to 105.9 in the postseason, second only to Milwaukee. They held opponents to a league-best 43.4 percent shooting during the regular season. Its 43.5 in the playoffs.
Defense is the Celtics calling card, and they dialed it up big time in the fourth. They had to after they wasted a 68-point first half in their personal basketball Bermuda Triangle the third quarter.
The third has become the vanishing point for the Celtics. They were outscored, 33-25, this time, salvaging a 4-point lead (93-89) to take into the fourth after leading in the third by as many as 14. In their Game 2 loss in San Francisco, they were obliterated, 35-14, in the third.
The theme for the Celtics with the game in the balance was deny, deny, deny.
It helped them restore a double-digit lead via a 9-2 run. The defensive catalyst was center Robert Williams. He collected three steals and had a monster block of a Curry floater in the fourth.
Williams, whos not 100 percent after late-season surgery on a torn meniscus in his left knee, left his imprint on this game against the undersized Warriors and motor-mouth Draymond Green, finishing with 8 points, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 3 steals.
When hes healthy, he just adds another element, said Brown, who contributed a tone-setting block of his own in the fourth and finished with a team-high 27 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists.
On top of our defense being good, it turns it to great.
Brown said Williams couldve won Defensive Player of the Year. The Celtics have two Defensive Player of the Year-caliber defenders in Smart, the actual award winner, and Williams, the most impactful Celtic defender.
The Warriors went 0 for 9 when Smart contested a shot, and the fan favorite enjoyed a charmed night offensively too with 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists despite 5 turnovers, making his shots count and making them when it counted.
But what looked like a night that would be defined by offense when the Celtics played a sublime first half on that end was instead dictated by defense, fitting for this iteration of the team.
Defense kept them afloat in their darkest hours, and its what delivered them halfway home to a championship.
Christopher L. Gasper is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at christopher.gasper@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @cgasper.
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UPDATE: DCS says DNA test will be done before child left in Baby Box is returned to parent – FOX 59 Indianapolis
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UPDATE: After our story aired, the Department of Child Services confirmed emergency blood tests would be done to determine the childs DNA before he was surrendered back to his birth parent.
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CARMEL, Ind. The founder of the Safe Haven Baby Boxes claims the Department of Child Services is giving a surrendered infant back to his parent without doing a DNA test first.
We cannot be just pretty sure that this is the bio parent, their words, not mine, Monica Kelsey, founder of the Safe Haven Baby Boxes, said in a popular video posted to social media.
Kelsey said she has spoken with a relative of the woman claiming to be the mother of an infant surrendered in a Carmel Safe Haven Baby Box in mid-May. She said the family member says a DNA test has not been done yet the reunification process has started.
Kelsey said the anonymity of these boxes is crucial to this service, and in all cases makes it impossible to figure out who the biological mother is without DNA testing.
No cameras are around these boxes and so, mother or a father places this child inside this box, there is no way for us to know who that parent is, Kelsey said.
The baby boxes are located at fire stations and hospitals around the state. Kelsey said once a baby is placed in the box, they are given medical care and then taken to the states Department of Child Services.
If theyre not going to do a DNA test or a drug test, or vet this family, we know has not happened, Kelsey explained. We have contact with the family. We know this has not happened yet. I have a problem with that. I have to be this little guys voice.
We investigated these claims, and reached out to DCS. The agency said the safe haven law prevents them from discussing a particular case, but they gave us this statement:
A social media post has raised questions regarding the steps the Indiana Department of Child Services takes after a baby is surrendered under theIndiana Safe Havenlaw.
It is common for children to come into DCS care without the identity of one or both parents being immediately known. DCS would never, under any circumstance, send a child home with someone claiming to be their parent without first confirming with certainty that persons relationship to the child. This may include genetic testing, along with many other steps to ensure safe reunification if it is in the best interest of the child. If an individual comes forward claiming parentage, DCS works hand in hand with the juvenile court to determine whether the child was surrendered with the knowing consent of both parents.
Information regarding Safe Haven surrenders is sealed under Indiana law as part of confidential juvenile records, and, with few statutory exceptions, only parties to the case are privy to those details.
Indiana law does not address this specific situation. We know it has captured the attention of State Senator Travis Holdman is aware of this situation and is in communication with DCS.
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Could better technology have averted the supply chain crisis? RetailWire – RetailWire
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Jun 10, 2022
According to PwCs 2022 Digital Trends in Supply Chain Survey, 80 percent of operations and information technology leaders surveyed say technology investments have failed to fully deliver expected results.
According to the survey of 244 operations and information technology leaders, top obstacles to full delivery of results are not getting the expected capabilities and needing more time to implement the technology, but other reasons, including internal shortcomings, were cited.
PwC wrote in the study, Companies may not have committed to a strategy thats linked to their investments. Without a clear business case and dedicated change management including actions such as leadership communications and adequate training full technology adoption and execution can suffer, and the anticipated value from the investment may not be achieved.
Cloud was found leading planned investment, but technologies such as third-party analytics, scan and intelligent data capture, RFID and IoT were competitive at lower levels of investment.
Blue Yonders Supply Chain & Logistics Executive Survey found that most supply chain executives (42 percent) plan to focus on the implementation and enhancement of warehouse management systems in the next 12 months, followed by transportation management systems (36 percent) and order management (32 percent). Rounding out the top-five were logistics tech supporting supply chain visibility and transparency, 28 percent; and artificial intelligence, 27 percent.
According to the Blue Yonder survey of 150 U.S. executives with responsibility forlogistics and manufacturing operations, the top priorities related to improving customer experience amid the ongoing supply chain disruptions were keeping high-demand items in stock, providing consistent on-time delivery, increasing inventory visibility and optimizing fulfillment options.
In announcing plans Wednesday to join freight forwarding and customs brokerage startup Flexport as its CEO, Dave Clark, Amazons soon-to-exit consumer chief, expressed his enthusiasm to help Flexport tackle global cross-border movement of goods, which he described as the most complicated piece of the supply chain, challenged by varied regulatory rules, geographical distances and siloed network of providers.
He wrote on LinkedIn, The supply chain has entered everyday national discourse for all the wrong reasons. Put simply, the United States supply chain suffers from a significant fragmentation of technology and process.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Which logistics technologies promise to help global supply chains run more efficiently and whats causing the apparent shortcomings? Do you agree the U.S. supply chain suffers from a significant fragmentation of technology and process?
"Technology is wonderful and amazing. Relying solely on technology to solve knotty problems is a losing position."
"Reliable technology certainly gave brands an upper hand amidst the crisis in many ways."
"The long term solution to the supply chain is the ability to track each product item through the supply chain much like Lululemon has done."
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Long-lost half-brothers reunited in Ottawa after DNA test – Ottawa Citizen
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I was just gobsmacked. I keep saying, 'I can't believe it.' He's got the same build as my Dad, the same arms."
It wasnt the unusually strong DNA match that convinced Ottawas Bob Huson that hed discovered a half-brother living in England.
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It was the photo.
The photo was of Malcolm Ives, now 76, who turned up as a half-uncle in a genealogical DNA search done by Bobs son, Geoff, in December 2019. Malcolm, as it turned out, was born in Bournemouth, England in January 1946, months after the end of the Second World War. The seaside town of Bournemouth also happened to be where Bobs father, George Huson, was stationed during the war with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Winston Churchill famously said the war effort required blood, toil, tears and sweat. George, it seems, did him one better.
I told Dad, even before I knew the specific relationship, that there was a significant DNA hit with a man in the U.K., Geoff said.
Then Geoff said to me, You better take a look at this,' added Bob, 72. That picture Malcolm is the spitting image of my father. It blew my mind and I thought, OK somethings going on here.'
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Last week, the half-brothers met for the first time when Malcolm landed in Ottawa for a visit delayed two years by COVID-19. Bobs hardly taken his eyes off him since. Gathered together in the Husons Westboro backyard with Geoff and Bobs wife, Diane, the two men clown around like the brothers they are.
My father was my best friend, Bob said. And to see someone 10 years after my father died who looks exactly like my father I was just gobsmacked. I keep saying, I cant believe it. Hes got the same build as my Dad, the same arms. Theyre both muscular guys.
George Huson grew up in Ottawa on LeBreton Flats and enlisted with the RCAF during the war. He never talked much about his war experience, but the family thinks he was a mechanic and flew on Lancaster bombers.
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He returned to Ottawa after the war, started a taxi company, worked in computers and eventually had a career with the Department of National Defence. He married Bobs mother, Jean, in 1948 and the couple had two children, Bob and Debra, who now lives in San Francisco.
George died in 2007. Did he know he left a baby behind in England?
Thats the big question, Bob said. Im almost 100 per cent certain he had no idea, no idea he had a child. I talked about it with my sister. I said, Do you think Dad knows? and she said Definitely not.
I dont think hed be able to live with himself if he knew, added Geoff.
For Malcolm, news he had a half-brother in Canada was less of a shock. Described as a healthy, normal little boy with fair hair and blue eyes by the adoption agency, Malcolm was adopted as the only child by an English couple, whom he says were good and loving parents. And yet, he was always curious about his birth mother and father.
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My birthday would come around and Id wonder about my mother. Id think, I wonder if shes thinking about me? But it wasnt like that every day or all year long.
Malcolm submitted his DNA for testing about five years ago, not with the purpose of finding his parents, but to know about what part of the planet I came from.
To his surprise, the results showed he had other siblings, a half-brother born in 1936 and a half-sister born in 1940, both from different fathers. Malcolm met his half-sister in England, but his other half-brother died in hospital before they had a chance to meet face to face. He wasnt shocked when Geoff Huson contacted him about more family members in Canada.
I thought, Hello, here we go again,' he said.
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Malcolms mother, Joan Smith, was 30 when he was born. His adoption record described her as a superior type of woman now working as a hotel waitress. It said she put her baby up for adoption because she had to work to support herself and had no family of her own, something Malcolm now knows from a recent investigation wasnt true.
She did used to come and see me. I was too young. I dont remember. But then she went to London and that was it. She was never heard from again, he said.
She didnt really want any of us. She was troubled. A troubled woman. These things happen. Ive got no regrets. I dont blame her. I dont blame any of them. I got on with my life. Ive had a good life.
Since arriving in Canada, Malcolms spent time at the Husons Quebec cottage, toured the city and on Tuesday paid a visit to George Husons grave at Pinecrest Cemetery. Next week, hes heading to Calgary and Banff and a railway trip through the Rocky Mountains. COVID-19 made it too difficult to visit his half-sister in California, so hell save that for another trip.
The retired chef said meeting his Canadian family has fulfilled a lifelong goal to know where he came from.
Its the icing on the cake for me, Malcolm said. My story is complete.
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Can You Be Naturally Good At Poker? Top Traits Of Successful Players – Casino.Org News
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In the past couple of decades, many people have turned to poker as a career.
Almost limitless potential to make money coupled with the free lifestyle has been one of the main reasons behind this phenomenon.
However, while there are dozens of thousands of people playing poker for a living today, its quite clear that a select few have been a lot more successful than others.
Players who manage to turn the game into aprofitable endeavor spend a lot of time learning the ropes.
Most go through many ups and downs beforefinally finding their comfort zone, but some seem to skip this whole processalmost entirely and go from learning the rules straight to winning.
This naturally brings up the question of why.
What is it that makes these players master the game with such ease? Are they somehow naturally predisposed to excel in poker?
Is the game somehow a part of their being, and, more importantly, is poker in your DNA?
If youre a poker fan of any kind, you musthave pondered at least once or twice what it would be like to play the gameprofessionally. Even for the calmest and most rooted of spirits, the idea hassome appeal to it.
But, there is always the big question thatcomes from these thoughts. Do I have what it takes?
First and foremost, poker is a game of numbers.
Youll hear many different opinions on the topic, but the bottom line is that if you dont understand the math behind the game, you wont do well in the long run.
Have you always had a knack for numbers,graphs, and percentages? If yes, there is a good chance you could do well inpoker.
Many of the players who you see on TV and who built their bankrolls from scratch enjoy numbers more than most people can fathom.
Its one thing to understand how percentages work. Reveling in them is a different matter entirely.
If youve read the last few paragraphs shakingyour head, dont worry: Not all is lost. Being crazy about numbers can be agreat asset for a poker player, but its not essential.
That said, if you hate math and dont want tobe anywhere near it, poker probably isnt in your DNA.
One of the things that makes poker a game of skill and strategy is its mathematical aspect. Without it, it would just be another game with cards in which the luckiest person wins.
Another personality trait that could indicate poker might be in your DNA is good instincts.
Now, all of us have instincts, but not everyoneis as confident about them.
If youre someone who has very good instincts and intuition, you probably know it by this point in life. Youll have been in situations where you relied upon them, and they helped you out of some difficult spots.
At the poker table, good instincts can be trulyinvaluable.
As much as the game is about odds and stats, yourarely have the full scope of information to work with. A part of it isguesswork.
Of course, math wizards rely on complex GTO calculations to figure it out, but good instincts can also be very helpful.
So, if youre good at reading people,i.e., figuring out when someone isnt honest with you, youll find that thisskill will be of great use, especially in live games, where people often canthide their emotions or do a very poor job of it.
At the end of the day, poker has a gamblingelement to it in the short run.
Even the best of the best have often been inthe position where they came close to busting their entire bankroll (oractually did), either due to really bad luck, poor bankroll management, or,usually, a combination of both.
But when you listen to them talk about it, youcan almost hear the excitement in their voice. You dont get the feelingtheyre talking about something unpleasant.
This is because people who have poker in theirDNA have a much higher tolerance for risk and dont see this aspect of the gameas tragic.
If youre truly naturally predisposed for thegame, youre going to enjoy every aspect of it in some way even thenot-so-pleasant parts.
Youve probably heard poker players refer to themselves as degens (abbreviation of degenerate gambler, meaning always broke because of gambling).
Now, you might think, in what world can this word have any positive connotation?
The answer is in the poker world.
You dont want to be a degen or reckless,but, at the same time, you kind of do.
Playing poker isnt just about making money.Its about having fun and experiencing everything it has to offer. The good,the bad, and all that comes in between.
You might be reading this and thinking thatsnot right, there are so many great players who dont behave like that.
Youre absolutely right!
This isnt a mandatory personality trait toexcel at the game. There are many great players who observe it purely as abusiness and have had consistent results for decades.
These players have usually built theirbankrolls over long periods of time, and theyre very unlikely to go bust.Their calm, calculated, and systematic approach to the game has served themwell over the years.
Those who made their seven-figure bankrolls in a matter of months are also much likelier to take big risks in the future and bust. Just think about someone like Isildur1.
He could go through seven figures in a matterof hours without blinking.
And when hed bust, hed go back to grindinglower stakes and rebuilding his roll, just to do it all over again.
This isnt what youd call normal behavior, but up until recently, poker hasnt been considered a normal profession, either.
Given the fact that poker is still not thatwidely accepted, to fall in love with the game, you probably have to thinkoutside of the box.
In a society established this way, how do youcome up with the idea of playing cards and shuffling chips for a living?
What happened to good, old-fashioned hard workand ambition?
What most people outside of the poker worlddont understand is that playing poker seriously is hard work. Its not justabout learning to play well.
Its hard to put your best effort every timeyou sit down at the table and to repeat it session after session.
It seems easy to someone looking from theoutside, but its anything but easy, even if poker is in your DNA.
Considering all these things, you have to bethe kind of person who feels comfortable stepping outside traditional socialboundaries.
Unless youre very fortunate, your loved oneswill be at least mildly shocked by the idea you find poker a viable careerchoice.
It takes a special kind of a person to resist all the negativity and stand their ground.
But, if poker is something you truly love and enjoy and if you feel naturally good at it, it wont matter as much.
Its weird, really, but its one of thosethings youll probably know after playing in your first cash game or atournament.
Even with very limited knowledge about exactstrategies, the game will just make sense to you.
You will feel like you belong at a poker tabledespite being surrounded by players much more experienced than you having afeeding frenzy on your stack.
Youll know that there is a way to get betterand return the favor, and youll be eager to learn about the game.
If you find poker boring or not too exciting, you might still become a very good player, but youll never enjoy it as much as someone who cherishes every moment of it in some way, including mandatory bad beats and coolers.
Ive said repeatedly throughout this articlethat you dont have to be naturally talented at poker to succeed in the game.
Like with most things in life, a naturalinclination is a good starting advantage, but it doesnt guarantee you anything.
Having poker in your DNA alone wont make youone of the top players, especially in this day and age.
In fact, it can even be a bad thing sometimes.
Naturally talented players often experience adegree of success at the start of their careers. Combined with some good runs,their talent is enough to make them winners at lower stakes, where thecompetition isnt as fierce.
As they move up the stakes, though, they come across much tougher opponents, and find that talent alone is no longer enough.
Its at this junction where poker players are made or broken.
Players who realize that they need to put theirtalent to good use and apply themselves to studying the game to keep growingwill thrive and go on to achieve success more often than not.
Those arent prepared to put the hours in willeither abandon the game or become the reg fish type that games are formedaround.
Hard work beats talent 99 percent of the time in the long run, and we all know that poker is all about the long run.
The fact that youre reading this articlesuggests that you have some degree of love for the game.
Otherwise, I dont see how youd stumble uponit, let alone get all the way down to these final passages.
If youve recognized yourself in some of the points Ive made here, the odds are that you have at least a bit of poker in your soul.
Whether its just traces or a serious part of your entire genome cant be determined without further testing.
On a more serious note, you shouldnt focus toomuch on this idea.
You dont have to be a genius to be a greatpoker player. If you enjoy the game and dont mind learning about it, yourealready halfway there.
The biggest pitfall you can fall into isthinking youre too good and too talented to take advice from anyone.
If you arent beating the games consistently,it doesnt matter if you have poker in your DNA or not. Its a clear sign youneed to improve and you wont achieve that without putting in serious work.
Take every opportunity you can to study and getbetter, and it wont be long before youre watching all of the talented kidsin the rearview mirror as you move up the stakes!
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G7 Connect and E6 Technology Announce Completion of Merger – Yahoo Finance
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The merger combines IoT technology with software services to empower the road freight transport sector
BEIJING, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- G7 Connect Inc. ("G7"), a fleet management company backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd., and E6 Technology ("E6"), announced the merger of the two companies. The merger took place in the first quarter of 2022, with the initial stage of their business integration having been completed. G7 co-founder and CEO Zhai Xuehun has been appointed as chairman and CEO of the merged group (hereafter referred to as the "Group"), while E6 chairman and CEO Zhang Jingtao will serve as vice chairman and G7 CFO Zhang Jielong as CFO.
G7 Connect and E6 Technology Announce Completion of Merger
The merger will create the largest and most influential software service provider in the industry, with businesses spanning key vertical markets covering both production and consumer logistics. The Group's customers include major players in the trillion-yuan road freight transport market. With its product portfolio serving as a one-stop digital service that integrates subscriptions and transactions, the merged entity consolidates the two prior firms' advantages in technology, making it the only technology company in the sector to provide a comprehensive range of Internet of Things (IoT) software as a service (SaaS) services.
The Group is well positioned to provide customers with more cost-competitive, premium services by optimizing its supply chain and service networks and reducing procurement and operating expenses. It also plans to continue investing in technology and R&D in a move to provide customers with valuable data-driven products, with the aim of facilitating an industry-wide upgrade to a connected supply chain supported by data intelligence.
G7 and E6 were among the few fleet management firms that were capable of providing IoT SaaS solutions due to substantial investments in IoT, data, algorithms and software technologies alongside continued strengthening of their respective advantages in technology as a way to build barriers to competitors. Both firms had also explored and implemented differentiated approaches based on their respective core competencies. Notably, G7 had established a leadership role in the area of IoT technology empowered software subscription, and overall capacity and transactions on transpiration, energy, insurance and equipment, while E6 had been dedicated to providing software subscription services to large cargo owners and logistics providers, becoming a leader within the domain of consumer logistics, including fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), retail, food, and cold chain logistics.
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"Although the digital transformation journey of the sector has just begun, freight cooperators are looking forward to changing how they operate and achieving business success through the application of digital solutions," said the chairman and CEO, Mr. Zhai. "The combination of G7 and E6 enables us to invest more firmly in technology and to further create value for our customers by way of data-driven products."
"Prior to the merger, both companies believed in the importance of helping customers succeed and bringing changes to the sector by virtue of IoT SaaS services while post-merger, the shared belief has become our common ambition," stated the vice chairman, Mr. Zhang. "We plan to continue providing premium products and services with the goal of building an outstanding SaaS company with an ongoing commitment to creating value for customers."
G7, a leading provider of IoT SaaS services for the road freight transport sector, served a wide range of small, medium and large freight managerwith IoT-based software subscriptions and transaction services. The firm, by continuing innovations in technology and expanding its portfolio, had been leading the sector in terms of software subscriptions as well as transaction services for transport capacity, energy, insurance and equipment. E6, a pioneer in IoT SaaS services for the sector, had been dedicated to providing customers with IoT-based software subscription services with a focus on large cargo owners and logistics companies. With a continued commitment to tightly-run operations and superior services, the company has earned a reputation as the dark horse in the FMCG, retail, food and cold chain segments.
As two leaders in the IoT technology and software services space, both G7 and E6 had been focusing on providing IoT technologies and software to large cargo owners and logistics providers as well as to tens of thousands of freight managers. Prior to the merger, the two firms together served over 80% of China's large cargo owners and logistics providers in addition to assisting almost 30,000 small and medium-sized freight managers in improving efficiency and increasing revenue.
The merger received strong support from both firms' shareholders. AnJie Law Firm, Llinks Law Offices, Global Law Office, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Deloitte, KPMG and Boston Consulting Group provided professional services for both the transaction and integration efforts. Following the completion of the merger, Global Logistic Properties' private equity arm Hidden Hill Capital, Tencent, Cainiao Smart Logistics Network and other investors have each appointed representatives to the Group's board of directors in tandem with carrying out specific tasks with an eye to further deepening their business collaboration.
Freight manager refer to enterprises that manage the operation and trading activities of road freight, including large, medium and small cargo owners, logistics companies, self-owned fleets, outsourced fleets, commerce trading companies , manufacturing enterprises, etc. According to a BCG research report, about 700,000 freightmanagers carry about 85% of China's road freight volume and are major players in the road freight market.
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Secretary-General Appoints Amandeep Singh Gill of India Envoy on Technology | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases – United Nations
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United Nations Secretary-General Antnio Guterres today announced the appointment of Amandeep Singh Gill of India as his Envoy on Technology. The Secretary-General wishes to extend his appreciation and gratitude to the Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, for her dedication and commitment as Acting Envoy on Technology.
Mr. Gill is the Chief Executive Officer of the International Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence Research Collaborative project, based at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.
A thought leader on digital technology, he brings to the position a deep knowledge of digital technologies coupled with a solid understanding of how to leverage the digital transformation responsibly and inclusively for progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.
Previously, he was the Executive Director and Co-Lead of the United Nations Secretary-Generals High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation (2018-2019). In addition to delivering the report of the High-Level Panel, Mr. Gill helped secure high-impact international consensus recommendations on regulating artificial intelligence in lethal autonomous weapon systems in2017 and2018, the draft artificial intelligence ethics recommendation of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) in2020, and a new international platform on digital health and artificial intelligence.
Mr. Gill was Indias Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva(2016-2018). He joined his countrys diplomatic service in1992 and served in various capacities in disarmament and strategic technologies and international security affairs, with postings in Tehran and Colombo. He was also a visiting scholar at Stanford University.
Mr. Gill holds a PhD in nuclear learning in multilateral forums from Kings College, London, a Bachelor of Technology in electronics and electrical communications from Panjab University, Chandigarh, and an Advanced Diploma in French history and language from Geneva University. He is fluent in English, French, Hindi and Punjabi.
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