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The Global High Performance Computing Market is expected to reach a value of USD 66.99 Billion by 2028, at a CAGR of 6.20% over the forecast period…

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Fast computingmicro serversor HPC systems, increased performance efficiency, and smarter deployment &management with high quality of service are some of the primary reasons driving the high performance computing market growth.

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High Performance Computer (HPC) is a way to integrate computing resources to achieve high performance capabilities while dealing with a large number of problems in science, business, or engineering. All sorts of servers and micro servers that are utilized for highly computational or data-intensive tasks are included in HPC systems. HPC is becoming increasingly significant to countries as it has been related to economic competitiveness and scientific progress. According to some studies, 97% of the companieshave implemented supercomputing platforms and claim that they will not be able to exist without them. Academic institutions and other sectors are alsoadopting HPC technology in order to develop reliable and resilient products that will allow them to maintain a competitive edge in the marketplace. Several vendors are aiming to offer high-performance convergent technology solutions. The global high performance computing market is steadily increasing and will continue to develop in the future as this trend gains major traction. Furthermore, increasing focus on hybrid HPC solutions is also one of the major aspects that create lucrative growth opportunities for the high performance computing market during the forecast period.

Organizations are increasingly focused on hybrid HPC solutions in response to the rising demand for HPC solutions and technological improvements. IT departments are constantly attempting to strike a balance between cloud and on-premises HPC options. On-premises HPC resources are being scaled out as needed by businesses. Simultaneously, Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) have begun to offer turn-key HPC solution settings geared to the specific workload requirements of businesses. The efficiency of a hybrid HPC system is improved. In addition, it addresses security and privacy concerns while simultaneously lowering maintenance costs. As a result, the growing emphasis on hybrid HPC solutions is likely to generate great growth prospects for the high performance computing market.

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The global high performance computing market is segmented on the basis of component and deployment type. Based on the component, the high performance computing market is segmented into solutions and services. The solution segment is further segregated into servers, storage, networking devices, and software. Based on the deployment type, the high performance computing market is segmented into on-premise and cloud. Whereas, based on region, the global high performance computing market is categorized into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America, and MEA. Based on the deployment type, the cloud segment holds the most substantial share in the market. Cloud deployment is the most common in the sector, as cloud-computing technologies are widely used by companies across a variety of industries. According to the research, the cloud technology industry is predicted to rise due to its high adoption rate, while on-premise deployment methods are expected to gradually shrink.

While, in the region, the North American region is likely to hold the most substantial share in the market. The North American region is noted for its early acceptance of innovative technologies, owing to the United States and Canadas vigorous technological development. The rise in big data necessitates the adoption of new technologies and the necessity for security, resulting in the deployment of HPC systems. During the projected period, North America is expected to continue to dominate the global high performance computing market. Government investments in R&D activities at the national level are someothermajor sources driving demand in the North American region.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) (US), Intel Corporation (US), HPE (US), IBM Corporation (US), Dell Technologies Inc. (US), Lenovo (China), Fujitsu Ltd. (Japan), Atos SE (US), Cisco Systems Inc. (US), NVIDIA Corporation (US), Sugon (China), AWS Inc. (US), and Dassault Systems Inc. (France) among others some of the key players operating in the market. The prominent players operating in the market are constantly adopting various growth strategies in order to stay afloat in the market.

For an instance, in June 2021, Travelport has chosen Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud partner, with intentions to use the tech giants portfolio to improve its operations performance and scalability. AWS will employ other technologies, such as HPC, storage, security, analytics, machine learning, and databases, in addition to cloud capabilities, to provide Travelport with a faster, easier, and more personalized trip booking experience. Hence, such activities are likely to drive the global high performance computing industry growth forward.

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End-to-End Cybersecurity in a Cloud-Native World – ETCIO

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Organizations all over the world had to accelerate their digital transformation agenda in order to cope with the distinguished challenges raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. In these unprecedented times, technology turned out to be the greatest enabler for businesses in virtually every domain. Businesses of today are leveraging cloud computing, AI & ML, and blockchain-driven solutions to achieve scalability of operations and business efficiency. Cloud in particular, has become a key enabler for companies that are going through a digital transformation journey. From maintaining operational continuity to driving innovation and expansion, cloud is at the core of business growth strategy. However, the ever-expanding cloud footprint has increased their susceptibility to sophisticated cyberattacks.

With this backdrop, Palo Alto Networks in association with ETCIO.com organized a closed-door discussion, wherein industry leaders deliberated on the upcoming cloud security challenges in the face of dynamic and new-age cyber threats, as well as best practices to drive consolidated cloud security.

Shipra Malhotra, Executive Editor, ETCIO.com, moderated this session. While moderating, Malhotra pointed out, Cybersecurity threats are getting increasingly complex and the attacks are becoming more and more sophisticated. This calls for a very consistent and integrated approach that provides complete visibility and a granular control across the entire cloud estate. This can be done by simplifying cloud security through an integrated architecture across the life-cycle of your cloud journey.

What are the challenges in terms of cloud security, especially in multi-cloud environments? Priya Kanduri, Lead - Cybersecurity Practice, Happiest Minds, opined, The biggest challenge facing cloud-computing and security is the lack of a security strategy itself. Some of the organizations that started with legacy systems and then shifted to cloud still face operational challenges linked with cloud-computing and SaaS because they failed to formulate and execute a clear strategy. Additionally, some of the DevSecOps challenges are still not fully resolved due to the lack of understanding and awareness about such technologies. Rudimentary challenges like having security built in from the beginning of cloud adoption, having a clear strategy, finding the right tools and bringing them together in the right manner, and having the right platform to facilitate cloud computing still persist.

Commenting on the concerns of people regarding cloud adoption in legacy companies, Vipin Rustagi, CIO, Duroflex, said Organizations that are a part of the traditional consumer goods setup have to convince their people that cloud is secure, since they are very possessive and particular about their data. The major concern such organizations have regarding adoption of cloud technology are around data security. There are also concerns regarding over-exposure and siphoning of data from the cloud storage, since data stored on cloud is available on public access.

Ensuring data security in multi-cloud environments

Ruchir Patwa, VP - Security and Compliance, MPL, highlighted the correlation between cloud security and visibility by stating, Cloud visibility helps an organization figure out its possible attack surfaces. Once the attack surface has been identified, the organization must start its management to mitigate potential attacks and data breaches. Companies that have taken their operations to the cloud must automate cloud control and security. Trivial processes like rotating keys and revoking access after a certain period of time must be automated.

Accentuating the ways in which data security can be ensured in cloud-computing, Nitin Kotwal, Head - Cybersecurity, MoEngage, said, Three basic rules need to be followed to ensure data security in a multi-cloud environment. First, stick to the basics - cloud security guidelines and procedures must be followed at all cost. Second, integrate security in the cloud life-cycle. The organization must define quality gates for security at every stage of the cloud life-cycle to ensure maximum levels of security. All the compliances, regulations and guidelines related to cloud security can act as quality gates. Third, adapt new and emerging technology solutions to resolve the complexities and challenges that you face.

Navaneethan M, Senior VP & CISO, Groww, said, The development team has to focus on speedy delivery due to which, installing a proper security and enforcement framework might take a back seat. At the same time, the DevOps team is also under pressure to fulfill all the requirements of the developer. Everybody has their own set of requirements due to which, the security aspect might get undermined.

Bhagwan Kommadi, Director - Technology and Product Engineering, Infinity Learn, pointed out how employee negligence can impact information security, Companies must organize sessions and seminars for new joiners highlighting the importance of data and information security. Most of the time, negligence of an insider becomes the root cause for cyberattacks and data breach. People often write passwords and other confidential pieces of information on their tables or on sticky notes. These trivial mistakes can pull down information security. Therefore, employees must be warned against such inadvertencies during the induction.

Emphasizing the need for incorporating security at the early stages of cloud development, Sandeep Variyam, Cybersecurity Advisor, Palo Alto Networks, said, A cloud infrastructure must be secure by design. Organizations must have a strong development procedure in place, with security checks at regular intervals that starts with coding and as it moves to the further stages, security automatically helps to resolve the issues that arise. If an organization is able to do a lot of automation in the code to cloud life-cycle then it can save a lot of manual effort as well.

Organizational strategy around cybersecurity and managing cloud apps

Shashwat Singh, CIO, Boat, shared his organizations approach towards cloud infrastructure development and cloud security, We leverage a maker-checker approach to inspect our cloud infrastructure(s). There is one partner who is responsible for setting up the cloud infrastructure, while the other one is responsible for finding all the inconsistencies and inaccuracies in the cloud at each stage of the development process. Their primary KPI for us is to find out any issues that might potentially be in the cloud infra. So, we have two partners working in tandem one is setting things up for us and taking operations to the cloud while the other one is constantly monitoring it. That is how we manage our cloud systems.

During the roundtable discussion, Amit Khandelwal, Senior VP & Head - IT and Digital Business, Visionet Systems Inc, mentioned, We ensure that our developer community is aware of DevSecOps and all the tools and techniques that fall under its ambit. We also run a variety of sessions focusing on the same.

As businesses expand their cloud footprint, adding multiple cloud vendors and creating a hybrid environment, managing cloud security across the entire lifecycle, from inception to build to operations, has become more complex than ever. In order to secure their cloud infrastructure and mitigate the possibility of a potential cyberattack, organizations must institute a strong security framework in the early development stages. With more and more businesses taking their operations to the cloud, the need for cybersecurity is stronger than ever.

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MOBILESMITH, INC. : Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet…

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 31, 2022, MobileSmith, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),entered into a Fourth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement (the "FourthAmendment") with Comerica Bank ("Comerica").

As background, the Company and Comerica are parties to a Loan and SecurityAgreement dated June 9, 2014, as amended (the "Loan Agreement"), wherebyComerica agreed to loan the Company up to $5,000,000. Currently, there is$5,000,000 in principal outstanding under the Loan Agreement and the previouslyextended maturity date of the Loan Agreement was June 9, 2022.

The Fourth Amendment to the Loan Agreement extends the previously extendedmaturity date of the Loan Agreement from June 9, 2022 to June 9, 2024.

Except for extending the maturity date as described above, the Fourth Amendmentdoes not amend any other term of the Loan Agreement in any material respect.

The foregoing description of the Fourth Amendment does not purport to becomplete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of theFourth Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and isincorporated herein by reference.

The original Loan Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's QuarterlyReport on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2014 filed with the Securitiesand Exchange Commission on August 13, 2014, a copy of which is attached heretoas Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under anOff-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

All information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K ishereby incorporated herein by referenced.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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Is the SCOTUS Leak Investigation Legal? Maybe, But It Is Also Hypocritical and Potentially Counterproductive – Justia Verdict

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Last week, journalist Joan Biskupic reported that Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curleywho heads the internal investigation into the leak of Justice Samuel Alitos draft opinion overruling the constitutional right to abortionwas seeking signed affidavits and mobile phone records from law clerks. Ironically, the very first paragraph of Biskupics article attributes the revelation to three sources with knowledge of the efforts, thus indicating that even the investigation of the leak is leaking.

Irony aside, the leak and the investigation of it should be kept in perspective. Chief Justice John Roberts was not wrong to characterize the opinions leak as a betrayal and an egregious breach of the trust that the Court lodges in its personnel and staff. However, the leak pales in comparison to the much more egregious breach that Justice Alito and four of his colleagues seem poised, even eager, to allow government to undertakea breach of the very bodies of those Americans who find themselves carrying unwanted pregnancies. Accordingly, in focusing todays column on the leak investigation, I do not mean to distract attention from the much larger and imminent betrayal of the Constitution by a majority of Justices sworn to uphold it.

The leaked draft that Politico published last month shows staple marks and was thus likely handed over as hard copy rather than as a computer file. In theory, anyone working at or with access to the Courts restricted areas, including cleaning staff or even an invited guest, could have obtained a printout of the draft from an unmonitored desk or elsewhere, but as a practical matter that seems unlikely. Although Politico published the leaked draft without identifying its source, the initial story attributed further information to a person familiar with the courts deliberations. Subsequent stories, including but not limited to Ms. Biskupics article last week, indicate that several knowledgeable persons have been in contact with journalists. Thus, as a practical matter, Ms. Curleys team can probably focus most of their attention on the law clerks.

Many commentators have speculated about who leaked the draft and why. The leading hypotheses, in my view, are: (1) a liberal law clerk outraged by the decision, hoping to bring negative public attention to the Court, possibly in the further hope of leading one or more Justices to temper the draft or result, and/or possibly seeking to give political actors advance warning in shaping proposed legislation and electoral campaigns; or (2) a conservative law clerk worried that Justice Alitos draft might not end up as the majority opinion and hoping that Justices who voted to overrule Roe v. Wade at conference would have their spines stiffened by public opposition. These competing theories depend on different predictions about the reaction of the Justices to the anticipated public reaction to the leak.

Other possibilities also exist. Perhaps one of the Justices themselves leaked the draft or approved of a law clerks doing so. Or maybe the initial leak was accidentala result of improper handling of a sensitive draft that fell into the wrong handsbut it was followed by someone with knowledge talking to reporters. At this point, we outside observers can only speculate.

So far as I am aware, the leak violated no law. Attorney Mark Zaid, who has represented leakers, confirmed that view to the Washington Post last week. Supreme Court draft opinions are not, after all, classified.

Nonetheless, the leak was a clear breach of a very strong norm. I recall that when I started my year as a law clerk at the Court thirty-one years ago, Chief Justice William Rehnquist admonished all the new clerks to keep the Courts confidences. I do not recall whether he referred us to any formal written policy, but it was made crystal clear that we were not to discuss pending casesor anything involving the Courts workwith journalists or other outsiders. Clearly not everyone heeded that admonition. News stories and books about the Court from time to time report on internal deliberations and changed votes that could only have come from Justices or law clerks. Still, no one doubts that leaking a draft opinion was, as Chief Justice Roberts declared, an egregious breach of the Courts norms.

Nor is the Chief Justice mistaken in his view that leaking a draft opinion undermines trust within the Court as an institution. The argument for confidentiality of judicial deliberations parallels similar arguments in other settings, including within the executive branch of government as well as more mundane contexts, such as the management team of a company making a sensitive hiring decision. The risk of leaks undermines frank deliberations. There is thus nothing problematic about the Chief Justice or other Justices being upset about this leak or wishing to deter future leaks.

The difficulty is that the leak investigation seems to be intensifying the very harm that the leak itself presents. With law clerks freaking out about the investigation and considering hiring attorneys to represent them, the atmosphere at the Court can hardly be harmonious or even conducive to the regular conduct of business. Moreover, the request to turn over mobile phone records is problematic.

Even if leaking a draft opinion were a crime, that would not provide the government with the authority to search the mobile phones of every possible suspect. In the 2014 case of Riley v. California, Chief Justice Roberts wrote for a unanimous Court that police need a warrant based on probable cause to search a mobile phone. Each Justice has four law clerks, plus one for retired Justice Kennedy, for a total of 37. That means that the likelihood that any one law clerk was the leaker is less than 3 percent. Although the courts resist quantifying probable cause, a less-than-three-percent chance of turning up evidence surely does not qualify.

However, Rileys logic might not apply because that case involved searching an entire mobile phone, which, as Chief Justice Roberts observed, contains an enormous quantity and variety of data, amounting to the sum of an individuals private life. By contrast, at least according to Ms. Biskupics reporting, the investigators seek only mobile phone records. If the investigators seek only the phone numbers that law clerks called, the controlling precedent would be the 1979 decision in Smith v. Maryland, which allowed the warrantless use of a pen register, a device that records the numbers a phone dials. Whether Riley or Smith applies could depend on how much mobile phone data the leak investigators seek. If they only seek the numbers that the law clerks called, then Smiths permissive rule governs.

But perhaps the investigators want more information, including incoming as well as outgoing calls and text messages. That would make the case more like Riley, both as a legal matter and in terms of the impact on the law clerks. Even if less intrusive than requiring law clerks to unlock and turn over their entire phones, requiring call and text records is still extraordinarily intrusive. Investigators could learn that a clerk talked to a psychotherapist, exchanged texts revealing their hitherto-private sexual orientation, or communicated with family members about their financial, medical, or other private challenges. Where the government has probable cause to believe that it will find evidence of crime, such interests in privacy may be overridden, but a less than 3 percent likelihood of detecting a non-criminal breach of a workplace norm falls far short of that standard.

Does the fact that the government acts here in the role of employer rather than sovereign make a difference? Yes and no. In National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab, decided in 1989, the Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment applies to drug tests of government employees. However, the employment rather than law enforcement context meant that the government employer needed to satisfy only a standard of reasonableness; warrants based on probable cause were not required. The Court further held that it was reasonable to subject employees seeking promotion to positions involving drug interdiction or the carrying of firearms to routine drug testing; the Court also said, however, that it would not be reasonable to subject every government employee to such drug testing.

Accordingly, one might think that requiring law clerks to turn over cell phone records need only be subject to a reasonableness standard. To be sure, the individualized nature of the inquiryseeking information about a particular leakmight make the warrant/probable-cause regime more applicable (under Riley, albeit not under Smith), but even if judged only by a standard of reasonableness, the intrusive nature of the mobile-phone-data search and the low probability that any particular set of data will produce evidence of leaking suggest that the requirement to turn over the records is unreasonable.

Now perhaps none of the foregoing legal analysis applies for a different reason. Ms. Biskupics reporting leaves open the possibility that the Court investigators have only requested, rather than required, law clerks to divulge mobile phone records. Yet given the fact that law clerks are essentially employees at willserving at the pleasure of the Justices who hired themthat distinction seems highly formalistic. A law clerk who does not comply with the request risks grave suspicion and even dismissal.

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I have analyzed the request for law clerks mobile phone records in accordance with the Supreme Courts own precedents. As the discussion above reveals, exactly how the legal arguments would play out is somewhat uncertain. But in a sense, that is all beside the point.

Even if legal, the investigation reeks of hypocrisy in two respects. First, it violates the spirit (and perhaps even the letter) of the Courts Fourth Amendment cases. Second, in focusing on law clerks but not Justices, it amounts to self-dealing. If the Courts investigators really want and need mobile phone data, they should also seek it from others who might have had access, starting with the Justices and their spouses.

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Crypto Bill Will Be Introduced on June 7TH, Could Be Horrendous for Altcoins – Coinpedia Fintech News

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U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming) has been working on an action plan for months. Lummis, a long-time proponent of cryptocurrencies, has been working on a proposal that would fully integrate digital assets into the US financial system.

Weve been teasing it for months, but the time is almost here a proposal to fully integrate digital assets into our financial system. Excited to finally unveil this effort next week. Stay tuned

The legislation will be introduced on Tuesday, June 7th, and it is significant because it includes definitions of which coins are commodities, which coins are securities, stable coins, the CBDC framework, and the NFT direction. This legislation will most likely be ideal for bitcoin, but it could also be beneficial to crypto in general.

The much-heated topic is analyzed by Altcoin daily on their channel as to why you should care about this. First and foremost, Cynthia Lummis is the one who is initiating and spearheading this bill.

On June 7th, Cynthia Lummis will introduce legislation to integrate cryptocurrency into the financial system. She has been a strong supporter of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.

If passed, it would impose a two-year freeze on new and renewed air permits for fossil-fuel power plants that are used for energy-intensive proof-of-work cryptocurrency mining the computing process that records and secures bitcoin and other forms of digital money. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies use a blockchain-based mechanism called proof-of-work.

The first member on the panel who is everyones favorite is Michael Saylor. Michaels stance on crypto is unmistakable: securities and bitcoin are the most ethical and most transparent, as he stated during the panel discussion.

The second set of eyes is on Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas. Cruz has been very positive about bitcoin and crypto, despite the fact that he himself doesnt understand it and is trying to get other politicians to understand it. All in all, he doesnt want to over-regulate it, which is good but is he more biased toward bitcoin? Time will tell.

According to other reports, Cruz now has large crypto donors who run a proof of work network in his state, keeping bitcoin strong and altcoins weak directly benefits Texas, and some of his largest new donors also take benefit. Cruz claims to own bitcoin and everything else is outside his risk profile.

Caitlyn Long blockchain consultant from Wyoming. She is hoping to work with Fed to create a custodial and Slowing Defi momentum that is in her best interest according to the reports.

Now again much like Caitlyn Long, Cynthia Lummis in their opinion has a little libertarian agenda and doesnt want to over-regulate the crypto space so is it in her best interest to slow defi that remains to be seen.

There arent many pro-defi, pro-Ethereum, pro-crypto folks working on this bill, and of course, Cynthia Lummis is spearheading it and has her own interests to pump bitcoin over any other L1s or altcoins. She stated that altcoins will rise from the ashes, reinforcing her belief in bitcoin.

she states burn it all down bitcoin will be the phoenix that rises quick

Bitcoin holders are in great difficulty this week, and the first thing they point out is that commodities vs securities are being resolved by legislation, and Ethereum L1 will fall within the securities umbrella.

So the lesson from all of this is that the folks who worked on this legislation are all very bitcoin oriented and bitcoin-centric, with a small number of Ethereum maximalists, and no defi or NFT types. Bitcoin users, on the whole, have a more libertarian attitude about crypto. Even though this isnt a final bill, it wouldnt be good if ETH, NFT, and crypto were classed as the riskiest securities.

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Special Olympics drops COVID vaccine mandate after Florida threatens …

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Florida threatened to fine Special Olympics International $27.5 million for requiring 5,500 participants at the USA Games in Orlando to be vaccinated against COVID, prompting the organization to drop the mandate.

There needs to be a choice in this regard, Gov. Ron DeSantis said at an event in Orlando surrounded by a cheering crowd that included athletes for the games set to begin Sunday. Let them compete. We want everyone to be able to compete.

News of the dispute was first reported by Jay OBrien of ABC News.

In a letter sent to the Special Olympics International on Thursday, the state Department of Health said the organizations requirement that athletes show proof of vaccination violated state law. It said there had been several attempts by health officials to avoid imposing fines and bring the event into compliance by not requiring proof of vaccination.

Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said he had been negotiating with the organization for the past six months to resolve the issue not for our sake but for the sake of these athletes.

A statement from Special Olympics International, a nonprofit, said Friday it had lifted its vaccination rule based upon the Florida Department of Healths interpretation of Florida law.

[Special Olympics brings 5,500 athletes to Orlando]

Delegates who were registered for the games but unable to participate due to the prior vaccine requirement, now have the option to attend, it said in a released statement.

We dont want to fight, the statement said. We want to play.

The conflict arose after DeSantis signed an executive order last April banning so-called vaccine passports, preventing businesses and state and local governments from requiring proof of vaccination. A month later, the Florida Legislature passed a bill, signed into law by DeSantis, imposing a $5,000 fine for each violation.

A Sarasota business owner sued to have the law blocked, but Leon Circuit Judge Layne Smith rejected the argument that it violated the business owners First Amendment rights.

Judi Hayes, an Orlando attorney whose 11-year-old son has Downs syndrome and sued DeSantis after he banned schools from requiring masks, said she was disappointed that the Special Olympics caved to the governor. She said she would boycott the upcoming games.

We were planning on attending as spectators, said Hayes, whose lawsuit against the governor was voluntarily dismissed. If they wont stand up for us, we wont participate.

People with disabilities, especially those with intellectual disabilities, are more susceptible to getting COVID-19 and more vulnerable to poor outcomes, Hayes said.

The only reason we are alive to discuss this issue is because [the] vaccines work, she said. But he wants to curry favor with the anti-science troglodytes and bullies the Special Olympics. Who does that?

Rubbing salt into the wound, she said, the organization is rewarding him by allowing DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis to continue serving as honorary chairs of the 2022 Special Olympics games.

But there are others in the disability community who are adamantly opposed to vaccines because of potential side effects.

Elaine Valle, of Belle Isle, wants her 25-year-old daughter Isabella, who has cerebral palsy and epilepsy and uses a wheelchair, to participate in the games despite not being vaccinated.

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Valle said her daughters neurologist advised against her being vaccinated because she could get a fever that could cause other complications. She added that the entire family has previously gotten COVID and had antibodies.

We just found out this morning that she will be participating, Valle said at the DeSantis event. Isabella has from the age of 7 competed in swimming, golfing ... and cycling as part of Special Olympics Florida And then they tell us youve got to have these vaccine mandates.

The vaccine protocols were put into effect in June 2020 and updated a year later, according to the Special Olympics website.

Joe Dzaluk, president and CEO of the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games, said the threatened fines have had no impact on the event itself.

The games will proceed as planned, and we are happy to welcome any and all athletes, he said.

Dzaluk, who had no part in the vaccine mandate or the decision to drop it, said only a small percentage of athletes withdrew from the games after having qualified.

The attrition level, compared to previous games, is actually down, he said. Its been in the single digits.

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University of Minnesota to host 2026 Special Olympics USA

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The 2026 Special Olympics USA Games will be held at the University of Minnesota, officials announced Friday.

Gov. Tim Walz said he is incredibly proud to have Minnesota host the seven-day event, which is expected to draw as many as 4,000 athletes, 10,000 volunteers, 1,500 coaches and 75,000 fans from all 50 states, Canada and the Caribbean.

Every four years, Special Olympics hosts the USA Games and in 2026, this will be the single biggest sporting event in the United States during that year, Walz said at a news conference.

The games for children and adults with intellectual disabilities will include 15 Olympic-type team and individual sports and five demonstration sports. Competitions will be held at the university and other Twin Cities venues.

The university will offer its housing, athletic, dining and medical facilities for the athletes, coaches, families and fans, said university President Joan Gabel, the honorary co-chair of the games.

The Special Olympics have, historically, generated more than $70 million of economic impact for the host city, according to Special Olympics Minnesota.

More importantly, it will showcase these incredible athletes, the work they do and the idea of inclusiveness in our society, Walz said. Minnesota has always prided ourselves on our health and wellness by making sure that includes everyone.

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Caroline Colianne, 41, remembered well the time before she blossomed into a multi-talented Special Olympian about to compete at her second Olympic games.

The Special Olympics actually changed my life, she said. When I first started I was very shy. It helped me to be a better person and more outgoing. It definitely helped my confidence. I didnt have a whole lot of confidence before I started.

This was the gift the founders hoped to give the athletes 54 years ago when the first Special Olympics Summer Games were first held July 20, 1968 at Soldier Field, Chicago. The venture, funded by the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation and the Chicago Park District, was a pet project of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who knew about intellectual disabilities first hand from the struggles of her older sister, Rosemary.

Shriver via the Special Olympics took intellectual disabilities into the public arena and championed the athletes and their families, helping to change societal stigmas with the mission to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

Colianne is now at the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games, being held through June 12, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. She is one of five Evanston athletes at the national competition: Colianne, Riley Hoffman, 27, Grayson Deeney, 23, Alex Anderson, 30 and Kirk Nelson, 44. The five along with coach Leonard Woodson sat down for a conversation with the RoundTable at the Robert Crown Community Center.

Woodson said when Colianne first started competing, she was so nervous she would throw up before competitions. This is not unusual for athletes, but, without knowing it, it would be hard to suspect the multi-sport winning, outgoing and poised young woman had pre-competition jitters.

Yet, when Colianne competed in 2014 in four aquatics events, she medalled in each: two golds in the 50-meter medley relay and 100-meter backstroke; a silver in the 100-meter freestyle, and a bronze in the 100-meter individual relay.

She has since switched to track and field and will be competing in the shot put, the 1,500-meter and the 800-meter races. But she also plays basketball and volleyball, works as a teachers assistant at the McGaw YMCA Childrens Center and also teaches swimming lessons at the YMCA pool.

Hoffman and Deeney and Anderson will be competing on the flag football team, Hoffman and Deeney play receiver or running back, according to the teams needs. Anderson is the quarterback. All three have played seriously for the past three years. When they are not practicing, or playing volleyball or basketball, Hoffman works at Lincolnwood Mall, Deeney works at Fro Gelato and Anderson works at Lowes.

Nelson, who has been weight lifting for four years, will compete in powerlifting, doing three different lifts: squat lift, bench lift and deadlift.

The Olympics changed my life as well, Nelson said. It made me a better person When I was in high school, I got hit by a car. All of my friends and coaches are amazed that I can participate in all of these sports.

Hoffman agreed: Oh man, Id be a lot different. Since I was like 3-years-old, I always wanted to participate in the Special Olympics. I never knew it was gonna really come true. For a couple of years, I had a lot of obstacles. My mom died of cancer. My brother passed away in 2019. Its kind of like I had lots of ups and downs like behavior issues and stuff. And to come this far and to do something special, this means a lot to me.

Anderson also said the Olympics changed him: When I was in high school, I [was] getting into trouble with law enforcement and not coming home. Being in and out of hospitals, he said. One of my friends introduced me to the Special Olympics to interact with people who understand who I am.

I have come so far in my life. And I love hanging out with these guys, talking to them and making jokes.

This is Woodsons third USA Special Olympics. He coached individual bocce and this year track and field. He works for Evanstons Parks and Recreations Special Recreation division.

The five Evanston athletes are part of the 16-member Illinois team. All will be in Florida with four coaches, a medic and two delegation heads, who work for Special Olympics Illinois, Carolyn Klocek Cronin and Brianna Beers. The competitions will be in the Olympic bubble used by the NBA in 2020 and televised live on ESPN.

Woodson said he has watched these young people develop and go beyond what they and others ever thought possible.

He said: My philosophy has always been I dont look at their disability. I take that into account in terms of what theyre able to do or not able to do. But I push them up to that limit and try to get them to break that wall a little bit to see that they can actually do a little bit more.

Ive had pretty much every one of these guys in here tell me that theyve had folks when they were younger at some point making fun of them or excluding them. And now theyre doing stuff that the people who made fun of them arent even doing.

The RoundTable will follow up with the group while they compete and post occasional updates. We will also check in after they return. Here are links to the competition schedule and to ESPNs Special Olympics coverage.

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Of the several Minor League signings the Los Angeles Dodgers completed during the offseason and Spring Training, arguably none came with a more unique story than Eddy Alvarez, an Olympic medalist.

Alvarez made his MLB debut with the Miami Marlins last year and appeared in 24 games for the club. He was outrighted off their 40-man roster in October and became a free agent.

That led to Alvarez signing with the Dodgers and impressing during Spring Training. He continued to fare well in Triple-A Oklahoma City and received a call-up this past weekend as the corresponding roster move to Edwin Ros being placed on the 10-day injured list with a right hamstring strain.

Alvarez made a pinch-hit appearance on Saturday and started at third base in the series finale against the New York Mets. He delivered a game-tying RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning.

They were kind of beating me with fastballs all day, so I knew I wanted to be aggressive first pitch because they were throwing a lot of first-pitch strikes to me, Alvarez said of his clutch hit.

So I just put a good enough swing on it, got it by and, you know, gave our team the best chance. Its incredible. Im going to cherish this forever. Just to crack this roster and to be a little piece of the algorithm is incredible. So Im going to count my blessings and Im going to do what I can.

Alvarez had his wife, son, parents, sister, brother-in-law and niece in attendance for his first start with the Dodgers. They, along with droves of Dodgers fans, went into a frenzy when Alvarez tied the game.

You know, every game feels like its the Olympics here, answered Alvarez when asked how being with the Dodgers compares to the Olympics. We had 30,000 fans screaming in a nice arena. When you put 60-70,000 out in the stands here, it kind of feels like the same energy.

Plus, just the atmosphere and the love that the city has for this team, its incredible to play in front of.

Trea Turner and Alvarez had previously crossed paths during their respective time in the National League East, and the utilityman has certainly made an impression on the All-Star shortstop.

Spring training, I was definitely really impressed by him, Turner said. He played really well in Spring Training, and then you look at the scoreboard and they had his numbers from Triple-A right up there, hes hitting really good.

And then he comes up here and does the same thing, plays good defense, gets some knocks and just puts good at-bats together.

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Starkey Serves as Exclusive Hearing Health Partner for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games – GlobeNewswire

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Eden Prairie, Minnesota, June 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Starkey is thrilled to serve as the exclusive global supplier of hearing instruments for the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes Healthy Hearing program at the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games. The games, which began June 5 and run through June 12, are being held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, and unite more than 5,500 athletes and coaches from all 50 states and the Caribbean. Starkeys participation is a continuation of the global partnership made with Special Olympics International earlier this year, which pledged to increase access to hearing health services worldwide for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Starkey was founded on the principle of helping others, said Starkey Owner and Chairman, Bill Austin. Through our Starkey Cares program, were proud to be a part of the Inclusion Revolution and support Special Olympics athletes with the hearing health resources they need to connect to their world. Alone we can't do much. Together, we can change the world!

In partnership with Special Olympics International, Starkey Cares is providing life-changing health services and hearing instruments to Special Olympics athletes around the world and helping train healthcare professionals to make healthy hearing more inclusive of people with intellectual disabilities. At the 2022 USA Games, Starkey is providing comprehensive hearing screenings, follow-up recommendations, and education on the importance of regular hearing screenings for athletes participating in the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes Healthy Hearing program.

Special Olympics Healthy Hearing is one of eight disciplines within theSpecial Olympics Healthy Athletes program, which provides health services and information to millions of people in need in more than 130 countries.Through both the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles (USA) and the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Starkey and Special Olympics have delivered over 2,700 hearing screenings to athletes and nearly 500 personally fitted hearing instruments to date.

Around the world, too many children and adults with intellectual disabilities arent able to get hearing testing or other routine screenings, said Dr. Alicia Bazzano, Chief of Health, Special Olympics International. In fact, during our testing, nearly a quarter of our athletes fail their hearing test, which indicates possible hearing loss. Moreover, many of our athletes who are screened have problems getting the follow-up care they so urgently need. Starkey Cares will help us level the playing field for people with intellectual disabilities to improve their hearing health, get them the hearing aids and care they need, and give our athletes more opportunities to be included and contribute to their communities.

About Starkey

Starkey is a privately held, global hearing technology company headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Owned by Bill Austin since 1967, Starkey is known for its innovative design, development, and distribution of comprehensive digital hearing systems. Led today by President and CEO Brandon Sawalich, Starkey has more than 5,000 employees, operates 29 facilities and does business in more than 100 markets worldwide. Learn more at starkey.com.

About Special Olympics International

Founded in 1968, Special Olympics is a global movement to end discrimination against people with intellectual disabilities. We foster acceptance of all people through the power of sport and programming in education, healthand leadership. With more than six million athletes andSpecial OlympicsUnified Sports partners in over190 countries and territoriesand more than one million coaches and volunteers, Special Olympics deliversmore than 30 Olympic-type sportsand over100,000Games and competitionsevery year.

Engage with us on:Twitter,Facebook,YouTube,Instagram,LinkedInandour blog on Medium. Learn more atwww.SpecialOlympics.org.

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