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Ineos Grenadiers still in negotiation over Adam Yates renewal, team unlikely to sign replacement for Richard Carapaz – VeloNews

Posted: July 13, 2022 at 8:35 am

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MEGVE, France (VN) Ineos Grenadiers is still in negotiations with Adam Yates over a contract extension.

Yates signed for two years at the start of 2020 with his current deal set to expire at the end of the campaign

Riders can officially sign for new teams from August 1 but it looks likely that Yates will remain on the British team.

Interest had been raised by Yates former team BikeExchange with the possibility of linking up the current Ineos rider with his brother Simon. VeloNews understands that those talks have gone cold, but a deal with Ineos is likely to be settled after the Tour de France with Yates currently sitting in fifth overall after 10 stages.

Weve still got to negotiate. Its looking OK. Were just talking. As far as Im aware Adam likes it here. No issues, Rod Ellingworth told VeloNews from the Tour.

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One rider who is set to leave the team is Richard Carapaz with the former Giro dItalia winner heading to EF Education-EasyPost.

VeloNews broke that story in June and while Ellingworth would not go into details he admitted that the team is braced for the departure.

At the end of the day, everyone is free to do what they want. Richard is a brilliant bike racer and hes really done well for us. Hes been brilliant for us and it would have been great for us if he had stayed but thats life. Its not official yet but Im aware, he said.

Ellingworth also hinted that the team would not dip into the transfer market to sign another proven grand tour winner to replace Carapaz.

Instead, the team will continue to develop its young crop of talent with Magnus Sheffield, Luke Plapp, Ethan Hayter, Carlos Rodriguez, and Tom Pidcock leading the charge.

Weve got a really good group and were looking at different options and different development pathways for the riders. The new generation and some of them are super ambitious and youve got to give them opportunities to keep progressing. Weve got some great young talent and its about giving them chances. Thats why Tom is here, to let him see the opportunity ahead of him, Ellingworth said.

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Office of the Governor News Release: Governor vetoes 28 of 30 bills on Intent to Veto list – David Y. Ige | Newsroom

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HONOLULU Gov. David Ige announced that he has signed 311 of the 343 bills passed by the Hawaii State Legislature in this years session.

The governor is vetoing 26 bills and line-item vetoing two bills out of the 30 bills listed on his Intent to Veto list released on June 27.

Many of the bills that I am vetoing have legal, procedural and compliance issues, said Gov. Ige.

During todays news conference, the governor highlighted the following two vetoed bills:

HB1705 Relating to Agricultural Park Leases

Veto Rationale: This program is meant to be a start-up program for new farmers to become commercially established. There are procedures in place for existing lessees to request an extension of their lease. The Department of Agriculture will continue to work with existing lessees who want a lease extension of up to the maximum 55 years.

Current lessees can reapply for new leases and are likely to submit more competitive bids than potential lessees since they have already established their operations. The purpose of this veto is to ensure that we give as many farmers as possible the opportunity to apply for and benefit from this state program, said Gov. Ige.

HB2424 Relating to Child Welfare Services

Veto Rationale: The monitoring provisions in this bill would violate the Constitutional rights of families who have adopted or taken guardianship of former foster children and receive permanency assistance for that child. The provisions would include unlimited investigations of these families if at any time there had been a complaint filed with DHS about that family, without regard to the merits of the complaint, and regardless of whether the complaint was ever substantiated. These investigations would be allowed while the child is underage, even when the Family Court found the legal relationship to be in the best interests of the child and approved the adoption or other permanent legal relationship between the child and the family. This bill would expand the states duties to monitor and interfere with permanent family relationships in a way that would violate the Constitutional rights of those families, without any evidence of harm or threatened harm to the child that is in the family.

I want to repeat that I strongly support the intent of this bill, which is to give more resources and authority to the Child Welfare Services division to ensure that our keiki are safe, said Gov. Ige. The trauma that our community experienced over the loss of a former foster child is real and cannot be dismissed. But the solution cannot and should not violate the constitutional privacy rights and basic dignity of every family that has taken in and provided a former foster child with love and stability.

For the Intent to Veto list released on June 27, click here.

Governor Ige Signs Two Bills on Intent to Veto List:

Gov. Ige decided not to veto SB3179 Relating to the Department of Land and Natural Resources which requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife to adopt rules and issue funds to licensed hunters. DLNR will incorporate the deer control measures included in the bill, into the planning efforts of the Maui Nui deer control working group. The department continues to evaluate all strategies for the management and reduction of invasive deer species and will implement all feasible and cost-effective methods.

Also SB3272 Relating to Transportation which requires the Department of Transportation to adopt rules to require tour aircraft operations to report details of each flight on a monthly basis, will not be vetoed. It also establishes the Air, Noise, and Safety Task Force.

I know that noise from low-flying aircraft is a big concern for the community, and I believe the taskforce can help communicate concerns and develop solutions to address the issue, said Gov. Ige.

Bills Becoming Law Without the Governors Signature:

In addition, there are six bills that are becoming law without the governors signature. These bills contain either a technical issue or an area that needs to be reworked and discussed more thoroughly with the affected state departments.

The bills are:

SB2990 Relating to Sustainable Agriculture

SB2218 Relating to a Food Hub Pilot Program

HB2020 Relating to Housing

HB1872 Relating to Sustainability

HB2288 Relating to Land

HB1932 Relating to Child Welfare Services

I want to thank the Legislature for its hard work this session. Lawmakers passed bills that will help improve the quality of life for Hawaii residents. Together, we will continue to protect public health, revive the states economy, and strengthen our communities. This session is another example that we can do great things when we work together, said Gov. Ige.

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Penguin for life? Kris Letang agrees to 6-year contract that will stretch into his early 40s – TribLIVE

Posted: July 11, 2022 at 3:42 am

MONTREAL Alex Letang did not want to leave Pittsburgh.

His reasoning was fairly basic.

Thats where I like to live with my friends and all that, the cherubic 9-year-old son of Penguins all-star defenseman Kris Letang said while fielding a question from media at the Bell Centre during the NHL Draft on Thursday night.

Thankfully for his interests, his father wont be going anywhere for a long time.

On Thursday afternoon, the Penguins formally agreed to a six-year contract extension with the elder Letang that is slated to keep him a member of the franchise until the 2027-28 season. The new deal will carry a salary cap hit of $6.1 million.

Kris Letang seemed pretty happy with the development as well.

The Penguins gave me my chance, said Letang, who was a third-round pick (No. 62 overall) by the franchise in 2005. They took care of me like a son. They always treated me like one of their own. When you have that feeling, sometimes its just natural. You want to finish there. The memories that we built as a team, its just incredible that I have a chance to stay with that team.

How much of that team will remain in place going into the 2022-23 season remains to be seen. Following Letangs signing, the Penguins now have $15,308,158 of salary cap space remaining with nine forwards, seven defensemen and two goalies under contract, according to Cap Friendly.

Several of the teams incumbent players remain unsigned with the NHLs free agent signing period set to begin on July 13.

Most notably, one of the other pillars of the franchise, forward Evgeni Malkin, is set to become an unrestricted free agent.

Letang professed optimism or perhaps even offered hints that a new deal with Malkin could be completed on three separate occasions while speaking at the draft.

Obviously, having (Malkin) back will make our team that much better too, Letang said.

Having Letang back will certainly offer some good things for the Penguins as well. Last season, he established a career-best with 68 points (10 goals, 58 assists) in 76 games and logged 25:47 of ice time per contest, the fourth-best total among NHL skaters.

Kris means so much to our hockey team, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. Hes a difficult player to replace. His game has never been better in my time here. Hes a guy that really takes care of himself. His fitness level is off the charts. Hes an elite defenseman and those players are very difficult to replace and theyre very difficult to find.

With respect to Kris, just the legacy that hes built in Pittsburgh and what he means to the Pittsburgh Penguins and the city of Pittsburgh just speaks for itself. For a lot of reasons, its a terrific signing for us, the Pittsburgh Penguins organization and (Letang) himself. I know his teammates are thrilled. His coaching staff certainly is and his management group is as well. We feel a lot better right now that weve got him under contract and hes going to be a Pittsburgh Penguin for a long time.

Having just turned 35 in April, Letang received a lengthy deal that will potentially keep him in the Penguins employ until he is a ripe 41.

Letang suggested he might have more to offer by the time this contract expires.

I always saw my career going that far, Letang said. For the time I put in my training, the way I do my (conditioning) off the ice, in my mind, I was going to play at that level until I was 40, 41, 42. Maybe even more. The passion is there. Its not only about security. Its more about the fact I invested in that, and thats what I wanted.

The contract is constructed in a specific way that will likely prevent a buyout in the later years. According to TSN, the first four seasons have a full no-movement clause and the last two seasons have a partial no-movement clause. (Letang can submit a list of teams he would not accept a trade to for those two seasons).

Additionally, the final two years each contain signing bonuses of $3.8 million, which would make a buyout disadvantageous for the Penguins purposes.

From Letangs perspective, he was willing to take a smaller salary cap hit from his previous contract ($7.25 million) in part to allow the Penguins to compile the most competitive team as possible.

It was more of a contract to fit both parties, said Letang, who was greeted by rousing applause from his fellow Montrealers when he announced the Penguins first-round pick, defenseman Owen Pickering. Give a chance to the Penguins to sign other players and also based on the performance and what I did in the last few years. I think it was a mix of both. There was not like a set number or a set of years. It was just to fit both parties and make sure we can still compete and win and not take a big chunk and not leaving anything.

Letang has a considerable history of medical woes, most notably a stroke he suffered in 2014. But over the past three seasons, he has missed only 13 of a possible 207 regular-season games.

His fitness level is off the charts, Sullivan boasted. The fact that hes played the amount of minutes that he plays year in and year out, game in and game out its not something that we feel as a coaching staff is outside his comfort zone. There are some nights when were behind the bench where we feel cant get him enough ice time. That just speaks to his work ethic and commitment to the off-ice training and the on-ice training to put himself in the best position to be successful.

Its certainly fair to wonder how successful the Penguins can be moving forward, particularly after four consecutive seasons in which they have failed to win a postseason series.

But for the variety of malfunctions that have plagued them in the playoffs in recent years, a lack of faith isnt one of them.

The team that we had last (season) and the bad luck that we faced just before the playoffs, sometimes it kind of crushes your hopes, Letang said. But at the end of the day, the season we had with all the injuries, it proves that we had something solid from the coaching staff to the players.

I think we have what it takes.

Seth Rorabaugh is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Seth by email at srorabaugh@triblive.com or via Twitter .

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UN fails to extend aid deliveries to Syrian rebel-held area – NPR

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Women walk in a neighborhood heavily damaged by airstrikes in Idlib, Syria, on March 12, 2020. Felipe Dana/AP hide caption

Women walk in a neighborhood heavily damaged by airstrikes in Idlib, Syria, on March 12, 2020.

UNITED NATIONS The U.N. Security Council failed in two rival votes Friday to extend humanitarian aid deliveries from Turkey to 4.1 million Syrians in the rebel-held northwest, with the U.S. ambassador warning that "people will die because of this vote."

After days of consultations, the U.N.'s most powerful body remained divided over the key issue of the length of an extension.

Almost all council members favored a year-long extension, which the U.N. secretary-general and more than 30 non-governmental organization insist is the minimum time frame needed, but Russia demanded a six-month renewal, with a new resolution required for another six months.

The failure of the U.N.'s most powerful body to agree on an extension came two days before Sunday's expiration of the council's current one-year mandate for deliveries through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing from Turkey to northwest Idlib.

Many ambassadors, including those from Ireland, Norway, the United States, France and China, said after the two votes that they will continue trying to get an agreement among the 15 council members so that aid is not stopped.

Soon after the two votes and speeches, council members went into closed consultations and discussions were expected to continue over the weekend.

Russia's deputy ambassador Dmitry Polyansky told reporters there was "99% agreement" on a resolution and Russia wouldn't support a nine-month extension, suggested by Brazil and the United Arab Emirates.

Unless council members decide to go with the Russian six-month proposal, Polyansky said, he sees no possibility for an agreement. Asked whether that meant that Russia would veto any proposed resolution that didn't follow its draft with a six-month timeline, he replied "Obviously."

The first vote was on the resolution for a one-year extension drafted by Norway and Ireland. It was supported by 13 countries, with China abstaining and Russia using its veto to defeat the measure.

Council members then voted on the rival Russian resolution for a six-month extension. The vote was just 2 countries in favor, 3 against and 10 abstentions.

China was the only country to join its ally Russia in supporting the resolution while the three other veto-wielding permanent council members the United States, Britain and France voted against it. But their vetoes were not needed because the resolution failed to get the minimum nine "yes" votes required for approval.

Calling it "a dark, dark day in the Security Council," U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told members after the vote that the impact on Syrians in the northwest will be "swift and dire."

"I have long said this is a life-and-death issue," she said, blaming Russia's veto for the deaths that are likely to come.

Thomas-Greenfield, who visited Bab al-Hawa in June, said aid workers told her that a six-month renewal would be "a disaster" for their supply lines and "would mean lifesaving assistance would shut off in the dead of winter when needs are at their highest, which would be a nightmare scenario for a region where millions of people are still displaced."

International aid groups urged the Security Council to reach an agreement before the July 10 deadline warning that the Russian veto will harm millions of people in urgent need of assistance.

International Rescue Committee President David Miliband said there is currently no viable alternative to cross-border assistance, which means "this already extreme crisis is set to move to a humanitarian catastrophe."

Tamer Kirolos, Syria Response Director at Save the Children, warned that failing to reauthorize the Bab al-Hawa crossing "risks the lives of hundreds of thousands of children" in camps who won't know where their next meal is coming from.

Mercy Corps' CEO Tjada D'Oyen McKenna said people in northwest Syria are witnessing one of the most dire periods of the 11-year conflict, pointing also to worsening drought, economic crisis, and the war in Ukraine's impact on food and fuel prices. Stopping aid from Turkey means the future of the 4 million people in the northwest who relied on those deliveries to provide food and other necessities for their families "is now even more uncertain," she said.

Syrian military analyst Ahmad Rahhal, a former brigadier general who defected during the conflict and joined the opposition, tweeted that "Russia's crimes" are not only through its military and support of President Bashar Assad's government but now "have reached the level of depriving children, women and elderly in north Syria or food."

Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador, vowed to honor her promise to aid workers and refugees that "I would do everything in my power to renew this resolution."

In case the Security Council doesn't act, Thomas-Greenfield said aid groups told her they had pre-positioned about three months of supplies, and hopefully more supplies by now.

She stressed that if a U.N. resolution isn't adopted and U.N. monitoring of aid deliveries ends, "the border is not closing," and "we will continue to work with the humanitarian community to find ways to continue to provide humanitarian assistance directly to the Syrian people."

The U.N. said last week that the first 10 years of the Syrian conflict, which started in 2011, killed more than 300,000 civilians the highest official estimate of civilian casualties. Northwest Idlib is the last rebel-held bastion in Syria and a region where an al-Qaida-linked militant group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, is the strongest.

Russia, a close ally of Syria's government, has repeatedly called for stepped up humanitarian aid deliveries to the northwest from within Syria, across conflict lines. This would give Syrian President Bashar Assad's government more control.

In early July 2020, China and Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have maintained two border crossing points from Turkey for humanitarian aid to Idlib. Days later, the council authorized the delivery of aid through just one of those crossings, Bab al-Hawa.

In a compromise with Russia, that one-year mandate was extended on July 9, 2021, for six months, with an additional six months subject to a "substantive report" from U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. This was effectively a year-long mandate because a second resolution wasn't needed.

U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric called cross-border aid critical for men, women and children in the northwest and stressed the importance of long-term planning, including to costs.

"In 2021, we had 800 trucks of cross-border aid go through each month, consistently reaching about 2.4 million people," he told reporters Thursday. He said 4,648 trucks crossed in the first six months of this year.

The U.N. also carried out five deliveries across conflict lines last year and so far this year with about 2,529 metric tons of assistance including foods and health supplies, he said.

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U.S. Air Force Releases Photos Of Mock B61-12 Nuclear Bomb Test Loaded On B-2A Bomber – The Aviationist

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A non-nuclear mock B61-12 Joint Test Assembly (JTA) being prepared for test loading inside the B-2A Spirit stealth bombers bombs bay. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Devan Halstead)

The U.S. Air Force recently released on the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) website a series of interesting photos from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. The photos, taken on June 13, 2022, show a high-fidelity, non-nuclear mock B61-12 Joint Test Assembly (JTA) being prepared for test loading inside the B-2A Spirit stealth bombers bombs bay. To our knowledge, these should be the first public photos of the weapon with the Spirit since testing aboard the aircraft has begun few years ago.

The Air Force did not provide many details and did not even mention the name of the bomb, simply stating the 72nd Test and Evaluation Squadron test loads a new nuclear-capable weapons delivery system for the B-2 Spirit bomber. The 72nd TES, a geographically separated unit of Eglin AFBs 53rd Wing based at Whiteman, is in charge of all testing and evaluation of new equipment, software and weapons systems for the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber.

It is not clear what the caption refers to with the term nuclear-capable weapons delivery system. The unofficial Nuclear Matters Handbook of the office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters, gives us the following definition:

A nuclear weapon delivery system is the military platform and delivery vehicle by which a nuclear weapon is delivered to its intended target in the event of authorized use (by the President of the United States, who retains sole authority to employ nuclear weapons). Most nuclear weapons have been designed for a specific delivery system, making interoperability potentially challenging.

In addition to the mix of silo-based Minuteman III (MMIII) ICBMs, Trident II D5 Life Extension (LE) SLBMs carried on Ohio-class SSBNs, and B-2A and B-52H nuclear-capable heavy bombers, the U.S. nuclear force includes dual-capable aircraft (DCA), that can carry conventional or nuclear weapons.

Judging by this definition, the weapon delivery system in question should be the B-2A bomber, however the fact that the caption mentions the test loading aboard the aircraft might mean that this system is a new weapon rack inside the bombs bay designed to work with the new B61-12. Available public info states that the Spirit was designed to employ a Bomb Rack Assembly (BRA) for conventional munitions and a Rotary Launcher Assembly (RLA) for the delivery of conventional or nuclear weapons.

The BRA was later upgraded between 2003 and 2006 and became a Smart Bomb Rack Assembly capable of carrying as many as 80 independently targeted, JDAM GPS-guided weapons. So, since the new B61-12 in equipped with a guidance kit, it is possible that also the RLA is now being upgraded to use the new bomb. The new bomb variant will replace the B61-7 and B61-11 currently available for the B-2 fleet.

As we already reported, The B61 entered service 50 years ago and has undergone a Life-Extention Program (LEP) to consolidate and replace four legacy bomb variants, the B61 -3, -4, -7, and -11 mods, into the B61-12. The refurbished B61-12 will allow the retirement of the larger B83, becoming the only remaining gravity delivered nuke in the inventory. The bomb will carry a low-yield nuclear warhead with four yield options, reportedly 0.3 kilotons, 1.5 kilotons, 10 kilotons and 50 kilotons, instead of larger warheads like the models it is replacing (which can reach 400 kilotons depending on the variants).

The 12-foot, 825-pound bomb is designed to be delivered from the air in either ballistic or guided-gravity drop modes, thanks to a new Boeing-built tail assembly that includes an Inertial Navigation System (INS) precision-guidance package and two spin rocket motors that improve the bombs stability on its longitudinal axis during the descent. The LEP is said to be increasing the B61s accuracy so much (with a reported 30 m Circular Error Probability instead of the original 100 m) that it will have the same capability against hardened targets as the much more powerful weapons it is replacing.

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Terry McLaurin cried after signing extension with Commanders – NBC Sports

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Terry McLaurin's rise to stardom is a true underdog story.

McLaurin was a four-star recruit in high school, but he had just three Power-Five offers before earning himself a scholarship to Ohio State. He hardly played on offense during his first three college seasons and didn't earn a prominent role in the offense until 2018, his fifth and final season in Columbus.

Washington selected McLaurin in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft, but truth be told, no one could have predicted his ascendance to one of the league's best young receivers just three seasons later. That's why on Wednesday, as McLaurin took the podium in Ashburn just one day after officially signing a three-year extension worth north of $70 million, his emotions were running high.

"I cried some real tears. For a lot of my life, I've really had to grind and work for what I have now. I've had a lot of adversity and some people didn't really believe in my abilities," McLaurin said. "My faith, that sustained me. My people, my village, the people that were praying for me, sacrificing for me, my family, my girlfriend, my homies back in Indianapolis. I've had so many people [responsible] for the reason I'm standing right here today. I wouldn't be here without them."

McLaurin proceeded to specifically single out his parents, citing them as to where his tireless work ethic comes from. The wideout reminisced on seeing them "get up and never miss a day of work." After signing this extension, McLaurin has put his parents in a position where they no longer have to work, which he called "a blessing."

Yet, no matter how much of a pay raise McLaurin has received, the 26-year-old has not lost sight of the work he put in to get himself into his current situation.

"While this is great financially for myself, I just love the grind, man. I really do," McLaurin said. "The adversity is what's gotten me here. The adversity I went through in college, in high school and in the NFL, kind of being an underdog, the reason why I'm here is because of the work that was put in during those times."

Over the past couple of months, McLaurin admitted it was hard to be away from the team while contract negotiations were taking place. The wideout skipped all of Washington's offseason program, including mandatory minicamp that took place in mid-June.

During that span, McLaurin said he was working out daily in Florida, keeping himself in shape in case a new deal came together while the offseason program was still going on. He remained in contact with multiple players on the team throughout the process, especially Jonathan Allen and Logan Thomas, who both went through contract negotiations last summer.

Throughout the offseason program, Commanders' head coach Ron Rivera remained confident a deal would get done, even if it took time. Every time he was asked, Rivera would reiterate just that. That same level of confidence was felt from McLaurin's camp, too.

I felt confident, honestly," McLaurin said. "Talking to my agent, to the conversations Ive had with coach Rivera. It was very evident that they wanted me to be here and I wanted to be here."

Following one offseason practice, Rivera directly called McLaurin and the two had an honest conversation about the situation. It was after that specific moment when Washington's standout receiver felt a deal was coming soon.

"We had a really good conversation. He emphasized that it was a priority, from ownership down to the coaching staff, to get this deal done," McLaurin said. "Just with the business of the NFL, you never know until you know. But I had a great feeling that we were going to get something done. Just for him to reach out, take time out of his day to hear where I was coming from, how I was feeling personally, where my head was, I really appreciate that coming from the head coach and the leader of the football team."

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McLaurin touched on the business aspect of the NFL multiple times during Wednesday's podium session, but also made it clear he truly did want to remain in Washington. Yes, McLaurin wanted to be compensated for what he felt he deserved, but he's also just as thrilled that it's with the same franchise that drafted him.

I feel like to coach Riveras credit and the staff here that we have a really unselfish group of guys in that locker room," McLaurin said. "We have a lot of guys who are competitive and hungry. And they want to see Washington be back on top. We all know where we want to head to. And I think were all on the same page with that. But we also understand that its going to take the work and dedication from everybody involved to get there.

I want to be a part of that," he continued. "Its a place where I was drafted to. A place where the fans show me so much love and appreciation and are so passionate about just this fan base and this organization and the history of it something I wanted to be a part of, especially with where were at now and where I feel like were heading.

Rivera stood just a few feet to McLaurin's left throughout the 30-minute press conference on Wednesday. A slight grin remained on the head coach's face for much of the session, as Rivera didn't even need to hide just how big of a moment extending McLaurin means for this football team.

"Its one of those things as a football coach to be able to have players that fit what you're trying to do and understand, and really kind of see the vision that you have. And with Terry that's somebody that we believe we have," Rivera said.

It's no secret that this extension is life-changing for McLaurin, both on and off the field. But the grind and all the adversity he's had to go through until this point won't be lost on the receiver, either, just because he's earned this lucrative contract.

"I'm just really excited for what's to come and to continue to get back out there and really go back out there with my day one approach of earning my spot on this team like I was my rookie year," McLaurin said. "I'm trying to earn it all over again. That's genuinely my perspective and how I operate each and every day.

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Devin Booker Celebrated His New $214M Extension By Heading To The Club So He Could Chill In A Bathtub – Barstool Sports

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Life for Devin Booker seems pretty sweet. He's a 25 year old All Star putting up 26.8/4.4/5.0 on 46/38% splits with 2.7 3PM a night for one of the best teams in the NBA, heading into this summer he'd made around $96M in basketball contract money, there's the whole Kendall Jenner Era

and this summer Booker committed to the Suns long term by signing a 4/214M supermax extension. Oh, and he also landed a new shoe deal with Nike and is the cover guy for 2K23. Not a bad life if you can get it!

So how did he celebrate? Exactly how you would expect. He hit the club to chill in a bathtub and be surrounded by ladies that I'm sure are just looking for some decent conversation. I'm not kidding

Nothing has ever confirmed to me that I am not a club guy more than that video. Granted, I'm a 35 year old washed up blogger, but I just don't see the appeal there. In fact, it kind of skeeves (?) me out. To be honest, even in my younger years I was never really a club guy. Give me a normal ass bar or someone's house 100 times out of 100. I have no idea where Booker is in that photo, but if he's in Scottsdale, I know what that nightlife is like. Back when I was at ASU you couldn't pay me to go to the clubs in Scottsdale. Sure it's great if you're a smoke and can drink for free and all that, but for a normal not rich person like me? No thank you. I also know I'm getting old because the first thing I thought of when I saw that video is no way that bathtub is clean. Be more washed Greenie, you can't. That has to be a petri dish of shit you want no part of and if one day we're back in lockdown and can't go outside because of some new virus, I'm looking at that bathtub as Patient Zero.

I just can't get over the dynamic of that video. So he just sits there and girls dance around him/try to get his attention? What a life. Does he invite one of them into the bathtub once he sees someone he's interested in? Do they ever fill that thing with water? Why is there a random bathtub in the club? How is that comfortable? How can he see with his sunglasses on since it's so dark? Can anyone go in that thing? Has this always been a thing and I'm just too poor to know about it? The questions just keep on coming.

People will probably hate on Booker for this move because he's weirdly someone who gets hated on no matter what he does either on or off the court, but I guess I kind of like the move? I may not understand it, but I respect it. I certainly can't relate to it but that's nothing new. If I just locked in $214M maybe I would have the desire to go sit in a bathtub in the club and be surrounded by smokes. It hasn't happened yet so I can't say for sure.

But what I can say for sure is Devin Booker is certainly living his best life and rightfully so. As a reminder, this is what he's capable of when he's not in a bathtub, which seems pretty good

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OSU researcher named one of world’s most highly cited scientists – Life at OSU

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Oregon State Universitys Vaughn Walton has joined the ranks as one of the worlds most highly cited researchers from 2019-2021 by Clarivate, a global company that provides analytics and insights in the sciences.

Walton, a professor in the College of Agricultural Sciences and an Extension horticultural entomologist, ranks in the top 1% of cited scientists in the Web of Science citation index. He joins 24 Nobel laureates and another 6,578 researchers from more than 70 countries and regions to make the annual list.

Waltons research concentrates on vine mealy bug and viruses in grapes, brown marmorated stink bug, spotted wing drosophila and hazelnut pests.

The methodology that determines the whos who of influential researchers draws on the data and analysis performed by bibliometric experts and data scientists at the Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate. The prestigious annual list identifies researchers who demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade. Walton had an average of 1,000 citations a month in other scientists work.

OSU is proud of the cutting-edge scientific accomplishments of Dr. Walton, said Bill Braunworth, head of OSUs Department of Horticulture. He has consistently demonstrated a keen interest in developing innovative pest management tools that make a difference for growers in Oregon and beyond. He actively collaborates with scientist internationally. In addition to his remarkable research and extension accomplishments, he is a wonderful colleague who cares deeply for, and treats kindly, the people with whom he works.

Walton received a bachelor of science degree in botany and zoology, a master of science degree in integrated pest management and a doctorate in entomology, all from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. He worked as postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California, Berkeley, before joining OSU in 2006.

Sometimes you have a scenario where you have a problem thats international, Walton said. Ive worked on problems like that. Sometimes its related to Oregon or South Africa. Sometimes its all over the world, like vine mealy bug. Brown marmorated stink bug is the same thing. You have to do really, really had work and take the long view. Are you making a difference for the industry? My goal wasnt to get a high number of citations, but to solve problems. But I realize its an honor. Its not easy to get included; its a reflection youre doing a good job.

Walton said many of his papers are co-written and is quick to give credit to his co-authors often graduate or postdoctoral students.

Many of the papers have multiple authors and many of the studies are national or international, said Walton. If someone contributes a paper, we include them as an author. I work with a range of people in different disciplines. Thats really important.

Its also important to look at the journals, which he said are not all the same. Publishing in a range of journals shows the researchers work is multidisciplinary and is measured by different entities rather than just one.

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New York, July 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "C4ISR Market: Segmented: By Component, By Application, By Platform, By End User And Region Global Analysis of Market Size, Share & Trends For 20192021 And Forecasts To 2031" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p06288795/?utm_source=GNW However, civil sector institutions such as airports,railways,and oil and gas exploration departments are increasingly using them. The C4ISR system is a collection of systems, commonly known as a network of networks, that operates on the same principles as the Internet. As a result, it is vulnerable to comparable attacks known as cyber attacks, which necessitate the implementation of proper security measures to protect it from such attacks or to recover if the attack succeeds. Cyber security of C4ISR systems refers to all of the steps taken to accomplish this.

Market HighlightsGlobal C4ISR Market is expected to project a high up CAGR of 4.2% by 2031.

Some of the primary drivers driving the market are the deployment of small, reliable, and advanced C4ISR systems in a variety of applications, which has increased demand around the world. The cost of these systems has decreased as a result of improvements in ISR technologies and improvements in their manufacturing procedures. Armed forces and law enforcement agencies improved defensive and surveillance capabilities are pushing the C4ISR market.

Global C4ISR Market: SegmentsServices segment is expected to register maximum market share over the forecast period

The requirement to improve armoured forces operational efficiency, the growing need to support C4ISR system life extension initiatives, and the growing usage of augmented reality andvirtual realityin battle management and planning are all propelling the C4ISR market forward.

Space segment is estimated to account for the fastest growth of the market from 2021 to 2026

Due to the rising usage of communication satellites for rapid and secure data transfer, as well as the expanding use of earth-observation satellites for C4ISR systems, the market for space C4ISR is expected to develop at the fastest CAGR.

Market DynamicsDriversThe best compatible new generation control systems are expected to boost the growth of the market

Previously, separate security devices employed different systems and control systems that were incompatible with one another. All the information is combined from all sensors to create a comprehensive picture of any circumstance. Data fusion from air defence radars, along with electro-optical, acoustic, and infrared devices, enhances surveillance and mission planning capabilities in military systems.

Increasing expenditure for programs used in defense is another driver

With the introduction of various space-based technologies that can replace traditional C4ISR architecture, several governments are designating specific defence spending plans to such initiatives. The capabilities of C4ISR from space have become increasingly vital for military forces, as they give a technological advantage over enemies. The introduction of small satellites that provide comparable capability to traditional satellites while reducing costs is encouraging investments in space-based C4ISR systems.

RestraintGrowing number of threats

In recent years the number of cyberattacks in the military has increased, the significant limitation of market participants in the C4ISR system is the lack of secure networks to send critical data. This is a national security issue in this industry. Malware and phishing are two common examples of cyberattacks, as are social engineering, DDoS attacks, and brute force attacks. The National Defense Forces have suffered significant financial and data losses as a result of these attacks, which have gotten increasingly damaging.

Global C4ISR Market: Key PlayersLockheed Martin CorporationCompany Overview, Business Strategy, Key Product Offerings, Financial Performance, Key Performance Indicators, Risk Analysis, Recent Development, Regional Presence, SWOT Analysis

General Dynamics CorporationBAE Systems PLCNorthrop Grumman CorporationSAAB ABL3 Technologies Inc.Rockwell Collins Inc.Harris CorporationCACI International Inc.Elbit Systems Ltd.

Global C4ISR Market: RegionsIn 2021, the C4ISR market is likely to be led by North America. In North America, the United States holds the major market for C4ISR. Increased investment in C4ISR systems to improve armed forces defence and surveillance capabilities, modernisation of current military platforms, essential infrastructure, and increased use of C4ISR systems by law enforcement agencies is likely to drive the market in North America.

Impact of COVID-19 on C4ISR MarketThe COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on countries economies all around the world. C4ISR manufacture has also been obstructed, including systems, subsystems, and components. In spite of the fact that C4ISR systems are vital for a systems proper conclusion, supply chain disruptions have temporarily halted their manufacturing operations. The level of COVID-19 exposure, the level at which manufacturing facilities are functioning, import-export rules, with other things, all together have a role in resuming manufacturing activity.

Global C4ISR Market is further segmented by region into:

North America Market Size, Share, Trends, Opportunities, Y-o-Y Growth, CAGR United States and CanadaLatin America Market Size, Share, Trends, Opportunities, Y-o-Y Growth, CAGR Mexico, Brazil and Rest of Latin AmericaEurope Market Size, Share, Trends, Opportunities, Y-o-Y Growth, CAGR United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, and Rest of EuropeAsia Pacific Market Size, Share, Trends, Opportunities, Y-o-Y Growth, CAGR India, China, South Korea, Japan, and Rest of APACMiddle East and Africa Market Size, Share, Trends, Opportunities, Y-o-Y Growth, CAGR The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Rest of Middle East and AfricaGlobal C4ISR Market report also contains analysis on:

C4ISR Market Segments:

By ComponentSolutionServicesBy ApplicationCommand & ControlCommunicationsComputersIntelligenceSurveillance & ReconnaissanceElectronic WarfareBy PlatformLandNavalAirborneSpaceBy End-UserDefenseCommercialC4ISR Market DynamicsC4ISR Market SizeSupply & DemandCurrent Trends/Issues/ChallengesCompetition & Companies Involved in the MarketValue Chain of the MarketMarket Drivers and RestraintsC4ISR Market Report Scope and SegmentationReport Attribute Details

Market size value in 2021 USD 120.2 billionRevenue forecast in 2031 USD 181.1 billionGrowth Rate CAGR of 4.2% from 2021 to 2031Base year for estimation 2020Quantitative units Revenue in USD billion and CAGR from 2021 to 2031Report coverage Revenue forecast, company ranking, competitive landscape, growth factors, and trendsSegments covered Component, Application, Platform, End User and RegionRegional scope North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa (MEA)Key companies profiled Lockheed Martin Corporation, General Dynamics Corporation, BAE Systems PLC, Northrop Grumman Corporation, SAAB AB, L3 Technologies Inc., Rockwell Collins Inc., Harris Corporation, CACI International Inc., and Elbit Systems Ltd.Read the full report: https://www.reportlinker.com/p06288795/?utm_source=GNW

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Is the metaverse the next Zoom or the next 3D TV? Look beyond the hype – iNews

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This is Geek Week, my newsletter about whatever nerdy things have happened to catch my eye over the past seven days. Heres me, musing about something I dont fully understand in an attempt to get my head around it: I imagine thats how most editions will be. If youd like to get this direct to your inbox, every single week,you can sign up here.

As is my right and privilege, I want to write an entire newsletter off the back of a single sentence I read in a BBC Futures article several months ago.

The article was this one: Apparently, its the next big thing. What is the metaverse? Its about (obviously) the metaverse: the idea of a virtual-reality internet where we all walk around inside a 3D world and have meetings and so on.

And the line that caught my interest was: Hype about digital worlds and augmented reality pops up every few years, but usually dies away.

This is the sort of thing that might end me up in Pseuds Corner, but: Scottish philosopher David Hume would have loved that sentence.

Hume pointed out (Im writing this from dusty memories of philosophy seminars in the early 2000s, so it wont be perfect, but I think its basically about right) that we never see one thing cause another thing. We see a thing, and then we see the next thing, and we infer cause. We see a billiard ball hit another billiard ball, and we see the other billiard ball move, but we never see one thing cause the other.

So how do we decide what causes what? For Hume, we have to use induction: if every time we see Event A, it is followed by Event B, but if we dont see Event A we dont see Event B, then we can start to think that A causes B.

But theres a problem with induction. Philosophers loved to prove stuff. All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; ergo Socrates is mortal, that sort of thing. All bachelors are unmarried. No power of two is divisible by three. These things are logical truths: If you accept the premises, you cant help but accept the conclusion.

That doesnt work with induction, though. You see the sun rise a thousand times, but you can never logically prove that it will rise tomorrow. The turkey notices that the farmer feeds him 364 days in a row, and is thus taken entirely by surprise on the 365th, when the farmer slaughters him and roasts him for Christmas.

Hume points out that you can only think of inductive reasoning in terms of probability. I think its likely that the sun will come up tomorrow: but I cant prove it, in mathematical/formal Aristotelian logic terms.

OK, so the metaverse. Hype about digital worlds and augmented reality pops up every few years, but usually dies away.

Every time you have seen the sun rise in the past, its risen the next day too. Every time the farmer fed the turkey, he fed it the next day too. Every time hype about virtual reality pops up, it dies away. But can you actually draw any conclusions from those things? After all, if you said The sun has always come up before, ergo I predict it will come up tomorrow, youd be making a correct prediction. If you said The farmer has always fed me before, ergo hell feed me tomorrow, youd be wrong (eventually, but importantly). Is Tech hype has always faded away before, ergo itll fade away again like the sun, or like the turkey?

Well, lets look at some other things. Video-calling technology is the obvious example. There was hype about that every few years. I learn from Wikipedia that it was first mooted in the 1870s, basically immediately after the invention of the telephone. The German Reich had closed-circuit television technology which allowed video calls in 1936. In the 70s AT&T released the Picturephone to great fanfare. In the 90s it started to work over the internet.

There have been various waves of hype about it. And each one died away, because the tech wasnt quite there, or it was too expensive, or not enough people had the kit to make it work. And you could reasonably have drawn the conclusion Hype about video-telephones pops up every few years, but usually dies away. And then the pandemic happened and suddenly a large percentage of us are doing it every day. No one is ever going to talk about video-calling hype again, because its just something we do and itd be weird to hype it in the same way itd be weird to hype, I dunno, bookshelves. Its just a technology that we have and that works and that is useful.

On the other hand, 3D glasses. Everyone thought that was the future of cinema, and then it died away, and then it came back (Avatar!) and then there was that brief 3D television thing, and that died away. And I dont think thats a product of the tech not being there polarised glasses are cheap, using two cameras instead of one isnt exactly ground-breaking stuff I think its that its basically a novelty, and the inconvenience and discomfort of having to wear the silly glasses outweigh the gains to your Viewing Experience of seeing things in 3D. Sometimes hype cycles really are just hype cycles.

Whats the difference between video-conferencing and 3D glasses? Whats the difference between the sun rising and the farmer killing the turkey?

The fundamental difference is one of theory. We have a really good theory to explain why we should predict the sun to rise tomorrow: Newtonian physics (we can do even better if we use relativity, but Newtons laws are fine). You predict that the sun will rise tomorrow because your theory says that the Earth spins on its axis once every 24 hours. That theory predicts lots of previous data, makes sense in the light of other theories, and generally seems pretty sound. Predicting that the sun wont rise tomorrow would mean rewriting a lot of what we think we know about the universe.

Whereas whats the turkeys theory for why the farmer is feeding him? Because he loves me and wants me to be happy, maybe, which is nice, but there are lots of equally plausible theories that could explain the data just as well.

The point is that you cant just look at the fact that there have been hype cycles and say from that that the thing will never happen. There have been AI winters before times when AI research stopped being fashionable, and funding into it slowed but I dont think there will be any more, because now AI is making people money. Theres a current hype cycle around fusion power, and maybe itll die away like the last several (fusion is 30 years away and always will be), but maybe one day itll just become profitable. [This thing] is coming and itll change the world will always be wrong every single time until its right.

So you need to look at the theory behind it and decide as best you can, not just on the hype cycle, whether you think its likely.

This isnt just true of new technology, by the way. Its true of disasters as well (every warning of an apocalypse will be false apart from one). Experts told us swine flu/bird flu/SARS/MERS would be a devastating global pandemic, and they were wrong every time, so we dont need to worry about this novel coronavirus.

There are various up-and-coming technologies that get repeatedly hyped and then die away again. Artificial general intelligence: people have thought that was on its way many times. Fusion energy. Life extension. Space colonies. Virtual reality.

For what its worth, I think true artificial intelligence and fusion energy probably will happen in the next few decades nature has proved theyre both possible (you can make an intelligent being out of neurons, you can make a fusion reactor in a star), obvious progress has been made towards them, and crucially people will be able to make lots of money out of both of them.

(Cheap energy is obviously valuable; really, really clever machines that can do exactly what you ask of them will have an incredibly wide array of uses if we manage to stop them from killing us all.)

Life extension seems to be plausible and, lets face it, rich people will pay for it once its available but super expensive, so I suspect theres a good chance of that happening. Space colonies are not likely to be profitable, but the worlds two richest people are interested in them and keep pushing money into technology that could make it happen, so I can see how that might happen.

And the metaverse I dont know. It always seems like a pain in the arse to me. The headsets are uncomfortable and I dont know if most of the use cases (conferencing etc) are so much better than a Zoom call that itd make it worthwhile. Maybe theyll get less clunky over time, but its pretty unlikely theyll ever get less clunky than a pair of 3D glasses. But Mark Zuckerberg obviously thinks its worth betting heavily on, and hes probably looked into it more closely than me.

But you cant know any of that just from looking at whether the hype has come and gone in the past. We do that too often. The climate has always changed! [So we shouldnt worry about it changing now.] Fusion is 30 years away and always will be! [So its not coming soon.]

Instead you have to actually look at the details. Its not enough to say that the farmer feeds you every day, so he always will. Sometimes Christmas happens.

Why do so many people believe things that are patently untrue? The point of believing things, surely, is to help us navigate the world: if there is a big hole in the ground in front of us, it is useful to believe that there is a big hole in the ground in front of us, so that we dont fall into it and break our legs. But lots of us all of us, probably believe things that are clearly untrue. A few that are probably relatively uncontroversial among Geek Week readers: astrology can predict your future; vaccines cause autism; there was a paedophile conspiracy involving Hillary Clinton run out of a Washington pizza restaurant.

(I dont know which of my beliefs are clearly untrue if I did Id stop believing them but it seems overwhelmingly likely that some of them are.)

Kevin Simler makes the case that beliefs have several roles. Some beliefs help us navigate the world. But others help us maintain social standing. Whether or not I believe in climate change will have very little effect on the actual outcomes of climate change, but it will have a huge effect on my ability to enjoy nice dinner parties in north London (or chats with rural Republicans in the American Midwest). He compares it to employees in a company in a corrupt, nepotistic town:

Consider the case of Acme Corp, a property development firm in a small town called Nepotsville. The unwritten rule of doing business in Nepotsville is that companies are expected to hire the city councils friends and family members. Companies that make these strategic hires end up getting their permits approved and winning contracts from the city. Meanwhile, companies that refuse to play ball find themselves getting sued, smeared in the local papers, and shut out of new business.

In this environment, Acme faces two kinds of incentives, one pragmatic and one political. First, like any business, it needs to complete projects on time and under budget. And in order to do that, it needs to act like a meritocracy, that is, by hiring qualified workers, monitoring their performance, and firing those who dont pull their weight. But at the same time, Acme also needs to appease the city council. And thus it needs to engage in a little cronyism, that is, by hiring workers who happen to be well-connected to the city council (even if theyre unqualified) and preventing those crony workers from being fired (even when they do shoddy work).

It might make sense to hire the mayors useless nephew, even though you know he wont pull his weight, because it will make your companys life easier. By comparison, it might make sense to believe things that arent true, as a signal that youre part of Team We Believe That Stuff. Sometimes those beliefs will actually be true.

Ive used relatively uncontroversial examples above. But I bet you could think of more mainstream beliefs that are clearly untrue (I cant face the row). And the real trick is to try to work out which of your own beliefs are held at least partly for crony reasons, because its just not plausible that there arent any.

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