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From FIU to the French Riviera, DJ Irie brings the heat to the clubs
By Contributing Writer
November 2, 2012 at 12:00am
Since 1999, Ian Grocher '99, a.k.a. DJ Irie, has been pumping up crowds for the Miami Heat and at clubs around the world, never forgetting that home is where his Panther heart lives.
As DJ Irie, the official DJ for the Miami Heat, producer/entertainer Ian Grocher '99 was made to be in the spotlight.
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication grad and winner of the 2012 Charles E. Perry Young Alumni Visionary Award thrives as a party starter.
The guy is equally at ease commanding the decks at some of South Beach's hottest clubs as he is taking the stage for an FIU fundraiser to the tune of PSY's "Gangnam Style" – complete with all the right dance moves.
"Irie…Ian's energy is infectious. He is a tremendous entertainer and he has amazing passion and love for what he does and FIU," said Lourdes Balepogi '00, the chair of the FIU President's Council's First Generation Task Force, which hired him to serve as master of ceremonies for a recent event. "Everywhere he goes he brings what is needed to pump up a room and get them excited for the occasion.
Irie with Heat guard Dwyane Wade at the Hublot 305 launch party at the W South Beach Hotel & Residences in September.
"It's so great to see him doing his thing both at home, at the clubs and at FIU and all around the world."
Ian Grocher is a natural born entertainer, a Miami boy through and through. Born in St. Croix, he was raised in the Magic City and Jamaica.
"I was what my mom called the 'wash baby' – the last one – and I was outgoing, the life of the party. I always spoke my mind," he said. "My parents get all the credit [for my getting into music]. Growing up we had a music room, and my dad had this big sound system and vinyl everywhere. I used to sneak in there and play his Stevie Wonder records and his Marvin Gaye records. Bob Marley…."
He was completely hooked. "Next thing you know, I'm off to school and I'm using my lunch money to buy records," he said. "I was like, 'Who needs food, man – give me the latest singles.'"
Growing up the son of education-driven Jamaican parents (dad was a Sears services station manager, mom an RN), however, he knew they had firm ideas about the kind of life choices he should make. Music wasn't on the list. He had his doubts, too.
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"There were pretty much two options when it came to a career: doctor or lawyer. Check A or B," he said. "I always wanted to be in music, but I guess I was in denial for a while because I didn't really understand that you could actually have a career [in music] or thought that that was out of reach for someone like myself."
So Grocher did the practical, please-your-parents thing: he enrolled at FIU and was initially on a medical path. It wasn't long before he veered off track, however, as he found himself spending his every free moment playing at the turntables. Dropping out, however, was never an option. He had a full scholarship at the university and he knew he had to show his parents something to earn their blessing so he could pursue music.
Junior year was the turning point.
"I was already doing parties on campus and in the Grove and on the beach. I was sustaining myself and paying my own bills and I was happy doing that," he said. "By the time graduation rolled around, I knew I had to make a decision about the rest of my life.
"So I decided to focus on music as my business and on making myself happy, and it was the best decision I ever made."
Grocher became Irie at Hot Wheels, the beloved Miami skating rink where he worked as a skating guard and did "my DJ thing on the side."
It was the head DJ there who put in a good word for him with the manager, who was looking for another act for the rink's lineup of entertainment.
"So I get this shot, and I'm about to grab the mic, and Manny, the head DJ, asks for my DJ name, and I say, 'DJ…Ian?' and he says, 'That's horrible!' and he asks for something else," Grocher recalled. "He knows I'm Jamaican and he dubs me DJ Irie right then and there."
"Irie" means happy, pleasant. "I guess it fits," he said.
Irie as a business, as a brand, soon followed suit. Grocher established his company, Irie Music, Corp., and began assembling his team, marketing his name and developing a sought-after persona.
Today, his passion for music has given way to a lucrative business that includes ventures in talent development/management and commercial/voiceover work. He also has a thrice-a-week radio show on 99 Jamz and is a regular fixture on TV's Good Morning America.
Rubbing elbows with Victoria's Secret model Selita Ebanks and music producer Swizz Beatz in 2011.
The once twinkle-eyed college kid who got his start with gigs that paid $8 an hour is now a go-to bold-name entertainer that commands a cool five figures a show. Plus, he's also the official tour DJ for the Oscar-winning actor and entertainer Jamie Foxx – the pair traveled to the French Riviera just a few months ago for a couple of late-summer parties – and a pioneer of his field as the first official DJ for any professional sports team in the United States.
"The Heat job came about in 1999, when I was just getting started," he said. "They really courted me and, get this, I remember turning them down – I thought I was keeping it real, but they wouldn't take no for an answer. And I did say no."
Grocher figured he had a good thing going. He was the resident DJ at one of the old Level nightclub, and he think feel the music he was playing would translate for a basketball audience.
The Heat brass persisted, though, and eventually, they struck just the right chord.
"No one was doing this. No team in the NBA had an official DJ; no one in the NFL or the MLB, either," he said. "It had never been done before. So to have the opportunity to open a door, to be a trailblazer – they had me at that."
Fortune always has been on Grocher's side, on DJ Irie's side. The proof in this case isn't in the pudding but hanging on his walls – and on his ring finger.
His home office is decorated with several plaques recognizing his efforts as a breaker of Def Jam Records artists like Foxy Brown, Ja Rule and Ludacris. And he has not one but two NBA Championship rings for his efforts with the Heat.
Those who know the guy well know success has not gone to his head.
One of the good guys
"I've known Ian for years and I can tell you that the guy he was back when we were at school is the guy he is today," said Orlando Amorin '01. "He is humble. He always puts the interests of others ahead of his. He's not just a friend – he is a brother for life."
Amorin would know: In 1998, the pair ran a successful campaign for the presidency and vice presidency of the Student Government Association at University Park (now know as Modesto A. Maidique Campus). Amorin, the co-founder and marketing director of the HipStar skaterwear clothing line, remembers meeting Grocher when they worked at the on-campus radio station and striking up a friendship almost immediately.
"We really got along really well from the get go, so when I decided to run I couldn't think of anyone else I wanted to run with but Ian," he said. "It took some convincing, and we were a late addition to the ballot. But I had to have him. He's easy to work with and his energy and ethics were and are contagious."
Grocher beams as he receives his 2012 Charles E. Perry Young Alumni Visionary Torch Award.
Amorin and Grocher ran what would today be considered a vintage campaign. They had buttons and flyers and relied on word of mouth to earn their votes. Among one of their platform's promises was to deliver to FIU its first FM station, which they did when WRGP began broadcasting on the FM dial as 88.1.
"That was one of my proudest moments," said Grocher.
Another point of pride for the Panther: his ability and willingness to give back, to his community and to his alma mater.
For years, Grocher has supported and worked with Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Mourning Family Foundation and the Special Olympics, among others, and he has hosted the annual Irie Weekend for the past eight years.
The weekend's centerpiece is a star-studded golf tournament that raises funds for the Irie Foundation, which supports educational and extracurricular programs for underprivileged kids.
And every chance he gets, Grocher comes back to FIU to lend his star wattage to a university celebration or initiative. In addition to fundraisers, he has played at Homecoming and campus parties.
"If there is a place where FIU lives, that is in my heart," he said.
"Everything Ian has accomplished is because of that big heart he has," Amorin said. "I'm not surprised he's as successful as he is." ♦
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This weekend (sep 8th/9th) its English Breakfast for lunch. Lunch? Breakfast? Dinner? Midnight feast? English breakfast is so good people in England eat it at any time of the day. Home-made dry-cured back bacon, home-made sausages, hash browns, real baked beans and proper breakfast mushrooms, eggs cooked to your choice and of course freshly baked bread.
Next weekend (SAT 15th, SUN 16th AND MONDAY 17th) its Help the Aged day or something so all you lucky people have an extra day off. Why not bring your oldest friends to Eizakaya for the RETURN OF THE ROAST!!!! After a long hot summer its cooled down enough to fire up the oven again. ROAST BEEF will be served with all the correct trimmings including some fresh horseradish sauce which I made yesterday with some wild horseradish roots I found while strolling through the countryside. IF enough people book in advance I will make the pinnacle of sweet treats….. TRIFLE!!!! which has the added benefit of being easy to eat for people with no teeth.


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LOCAL COACHES GET PROFESSIONAL INSIGHT
Over 100 coaches from club partners learn from Academy
Over 100 coaches from local junior football teams descended on Town's PPG Canalside training ground on Monday evening to get an exclusive insight into professional coaching at Academy level.
Academy Manager Mark Lillis, Professional Development Coaches Tony Carss and Leigh Bromby and other members from the Academy technical staff hosted a special evening for representatives of Town's junior football club partners, giving them tips on how they coach the Club's stars of tomorrow.
After Lillis and Carss held an opening presentation to the coaches in PPG Canalside's Radcliffe Suite, the group moved to the state of the art 3G pitch to watch Carss and Bromby take Town's Under-18 side in a specially arranged training session.
The Club's official Twitter account, @htafcdotcom, received plenty of praise for the three hour evening after the event:
Huddersfield Town's Supporter Partnerships Manager Robyn Deegan commented:
"It was fantastic to see so many representatives from our club partners take up this opportunity to get an insight into how our elite players are developed at this evening.
"We've had a lot of great feedback from the people who came, so we'll certainly look to hold another evening like this in the future."
If you're involved with a junior football club, invitations to events like this is just one of the benefits you could enjoy. Click HERE for full information on Huddersfield Town's Club Partnership scheme.

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Modi Government Must Prioritise Job Creation: Economists Weigh In
Economists say the new Modi Government must be transparent about jobs data, implement MGNREGA better, make bringing more women into workforce a priority, among other things.
By Akshay Deshmane
"Give us job or give us bullet": File photo of a hunger strike by School Service Commission (SSC) qualified candidates in Kolkata demanding immediate recruitment in state schools, where the selection test was conducted in 2017, results were declared in March 2018 and yet their names were in the waiting list.
NEW DELHI—Employment creation and disclosure of credible data about jobs are among the key issues pertaining to the economy that the Narendra Modi government must urgently address in its new term, say economists.
The most recent data about employment and unemployment, released by the Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy (CMIE) this week, lends urgency to the concerns about high unemployment expressed by independent economists while speaking with HuffPost India.
On Tuesday, CMIE released data for its most recent household and employment-unemployment survey, which revealed that India's unemployment rate for the first four months of 2019 (January-April) was around 7%. In fact, according to the data, the national unemployment rate has been around that number for the past six months, including May.
In absolute terms, this has brought the total number of estimated unemployed people in India to 29.8 million by the end of April 2019, up from 11 million in December 2018.
Recent reports indicate that the government may announce some measures about jobs data, with a probable restructuring of the national statistics system within the first 100 days.
If these changes are implemented they will be significant because, towards the end of its first term, the Modi government had been accused of suppressing unfavourable jobs reports by the National Sample Survey Office, which may now be merged into a National Statistical Office. A Business Standard story based on the report said that India's unemployment rate was at a 45-year high in 2017-18.
50 Lakh Men Lost Their Jobs After Demonetisation: Report
Govt Holding Back Credible Information On Jobs Damages Trust, Says CMIE's Mahesh Vyas
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HuffPost India asked independent economists what specific policy measures the Modi government should pursue in its second term to address the challenge of employment creation. This is what they said:
Reetika Khera, Associate Professor (Economics), IIM Ahmedabad
Restoring faith in the statistical machinery, and improving our data infrastructure all round, but especially for employment figures, should be a top priority. Without this is it is very difficult to have a sensible discussion on the economy and jobs. And by the way, there are vacancies in the NSSO itself, which need to be urgently filled up.
Most people think of government jobs and the private sector when discussing the jobs situation—those sectors are certainly important. But there is also a class of workers for whom NREGA remains an important bandaid during times of distress (e.g., droughts). More than paying lip service (e.g., by raising the maximum guarantee to 150 days), it is important for the government to urgently look into reports of delayed payments and misdirected or rejected payments.
Going ahead, there is also a need to have a serious discussion on the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on automation and job losses. Until recently, the discussions tended to be euphoric, but as a labour-abundant economy, one needs to think in which sectors are such interventions advisable (e.g. manual scavenging could be replaced with automation) and which sectors are not.
Laveesh Bhandari, Economist and Director of Indicus Foundation:
First, the govt will need to accept some salient facts. The employment conditions are very poor for all levels of educated and uneducated. The NDA govt is not responsible, neither is the UPA. There is a global structural shift happening which is very fast and destroying old jobs even while new ones are not fully developed yet. Analysing and studying the job market requires the govt to release the jobs survey raw data for people to better know what's happening. They also need access to consumption data that also needs to be released. More jobs requires reducing transactions cost of hiring labour, setting up new small and large units, inspector Raj elimination, tax mechanism to be very simple, and low cost of funds. This in turn requires the government to spend less on subsidies and invest more, free the public sector from bureaucratic control, remove hurdles to internal trade and external trade. Finally, the urban informal sector requires freedom. From police, inspectors and municipal authorities by adequate access to space in urban areas.
Professor R. Ramakumar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences:
Expanded capitalist development across the world, accelerated by neo-liberal policies, has led to an onslaught on labour. India is no different. The quantum of employment generation every year is falling. We have an unemployment rate that is at a 45-year-high. Real wages are stagnating. Women in particular are the most acutely affected section in this regard; along with children, they are seen as a cheap source of labour power in the production process. It is a race to the bottom. The quality of jobs generated is increasingly poor. Job security is becoming rare; casualisation is the rule everywhere.
Unfortunately, this fluidity of labour makes collectivisation of labour difficult. As a result, the balance of power is shifting more and more away from labour.
Government legislations also increasingly tilt the balance of power in favour of the capitalists. In the name of ease of doing business, legislations legitimise the casualisation process and weaken the presence of multiple legal provisions that provide job security to workers.
The new government has its task cut out here. To begin with, it has to admit that unemployment rose under its earlier tenure. It should bring transparency to the sphere of employment statistics. NSSO's PLFS data should be released to the public.
The government should then also appreciate that it needs to generate skilled and unskilled forms of employment. MGNREGS should be expanded to legally assure 150 days of employment for a rural household. The guidelines of the scheme need a revisit to allow more forms of asset-creating and non-asset-creating jobs under its ambit. Public investment in the productive and infrastructure sectors should be stepped up, as this will drive employment generation. Skill generation programmes at present are just a drop in the ocean. They need to be massively scaled up. More thought needs to be put into designing them too.
Employing more women in economy is a macro-critical issue to make India grow faster, more equal and inclusive. The new government should focus on bringing more women into the economy by creating a 'Status of Women' Office in the PMO to tackle this, as a matter of highest priority in our country: Lekha Chakraborty, Professor. NIPFP
Lekha Chakraborty, Professor, National Institute Of Public Finance and Policy:
Employing more women in economy is a macro-critical issue to make India grow faster, more equal and inclusive. The new government should focus on bringing more women into the economy by creating a 'Status of Women' Office in the PMO to tackle this, as a matter of highest priority in our country.
The gender budgeting initiatives should focus more on economic empowerment of women, with sufficient supportive budgetary allocation to create jobs for women. Applying a strong 'gender lens' to infrastructure sectors, especially energy sector and transport sector, is crucial to strengthen women's economic participation. Mobility of women fearlessly to workplace is something which we have undermined so far, which otherwise is a significant determinant for increasing female labour force participation in India.
The existing 'employer of last resort' policy (MGNREGA) showed that mere employment policies could not lead to more women in economic activity. The unfinished business to increase women in economy is to create the "care economy infrastructure" to enable them to come out of their 'time poverty' and take up jobs and earn income. Hope the new government takes initiatives to support the statistically invisible 'care economy' to remove the 'unfreedom' of women and bring them to economy with dignity and power.
Prof. Amit Basole, Azim Premji University
I propose a 10 point employment agenda for the new government. It must include the following: 1) Strengthen MGNREGA 2) Extend employment guarantee to urban areas. 3) Create good jobs via universal basic services. 4) Formulate a new strategic and coordinated industrial-trade policy. 5) Leverage culture and heritage for job creation. 6) Tap into existing skilling ecosystem and expand it. 7) Improve social protection and job security. 8) Attack labour market discrimination along gender, caste, and religious lines. 9) Encourage mass entrepreneurship of workable scale. 10) Make fiscal policy employment focused, not deficit-driven.
Jobs Crisis: Over 20 Cr Indians May Be Unemployed Or In Bad Jobs By 2025
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Akshay Deshmane Senior Writer
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Ornithologist David Aborn is back this spring to shares the secrets of weather and migration. Learn to read weather maps and predict when you will see songbirds traveling through YOUR locale. Enjoy Dr. Aborn's friendly Wednesday letters and latest weather maps each week during the migration season.
Look at today's weather map (scroll down to "Forecasts"). Find the high pressure systems and note the wind direction. Can you find any places where the weather looks good, from a migratory bird's point of view?


Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 08/08/2016 The Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) is consulting on draft regulations in advance of the coming into force of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 on 30th November 2016.
The Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) is consulting on draft regulations in advance of the coming into force of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 on 30th November 2016.
The Act, which was passed by the Scottish Parliament in March, is a consolidation Act, capturing all of the amendments made to the primary legislation governing bankruptcy in Scotland - the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 - as well as new laws brought in since, including the Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Act 2014, which came into force in April 2015.
Comments on the draft regulations, which will support the operation of the new Act, should be submitted by 31st August 2016.


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Food and nutrition legislation and guidelines
Legislation and Guidelines - Food and Nutrition - Health Canada
Incorporation by Reference
"Incorporation by Reference" is a term used to describe a mechanism which allows a document or list that is not in the text of the regulations to be made a part of the regulations.
Pursuant to sections 30.5 and 30.6 of the Food and Drugs Act, the Minister of Health or Governor in Council may, with respect to retail foods, incorporate any document by reference into the Food and Drug Regulations or a Marketing Authorization (MA). This includes documents generated and managed by Health Canada, other government agencies and departments, or third parties.
The incorporation may be "static" (e.g. incorporating a specific version of a document at a defined date, for instance, Method MFO-15 - November 30, 1981) or may be "ambulatory" (e.g. incorporating a document that will be amended from time to time, for instance, the List of Permitted Anticaking Agents).
Documents incorporated by reference have the force of law.
How are Documents Incorporated by Reference?
How are Incorporated Documents Modified?
Modifying Third Party Documents
Modifying Health Canada Documents
Health Canada Documents Currently Incorporated by Reference into Food Regulations
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Marketing Authorizations
A document may be incorporated by reference pursuant to a Governor in Council (GIC) Regulation (i.e. incorporated into the Food and Drug Regulations) or a Ministerial Regulation ("Marketing Authorization" or "MA"). As with any regulatory proposal, the Department of Justice will first review the proposal to ensure that the proposed document is appropriate for incorporation by reference. Additionally, the public and stakeholders will be notified of the proposal and given the opportunity to share their comments or concerns. In the case of a GIC Regulation, notification and consultation would occur via the Canada Gazette process. For MAs, the notification/consultation process would be managed by Health Canada via its website.
From time to time, documents incorporated by reference may need to be revised, for instance, in response to a pre-market submission from an industry stakeholder, new science or an emerging health risk.
Changes to third party documents that have been incorporated by reference are managed by the authors of the document. For example, if the Minister of Health decides to incorporate an international Codex Alimentarius standard into regulations, subsequent changes to that standard will be made by the Codex Alimentarius Commission. As such, it is imperative that the process behind the maintenance of 3rd party documents receive close scrutiny prior to the incorporation of these documents. A number of principles and factors will be taken into careful consideration when determining whether or not to incorporate by reference a 3rd party document. These include, but are not limited to: the scientific rigour with which the 3rd party document was developed; the relevance of the 3rd party document to the Canadian context; how often the document may be revised; the process by which the document is revised, and the extent of Health Canada's participation and involvement in revisions to the document.
Ambulatory Documents
Changes to Health Canada documents that have been incorporated by reference on an ambulatory basis into food regulations (such as the Lists of Permitted Food Additives or the List of Contaminants and Other Adulterating Substances in Foods) are managed administratively by Health Canada's Food Directorate. No regulatory amendments are required as it is understood that ambulatory incorporated documents change from time to time.
Modifications are only proposed following a thorough scientific safety assessment. Upon completion of the assessment and internal review and approval, domestic and international stakeholders are notified of the proposed modifications by means of a Notice of Proposal (NOP) published on Health Canada's website. Interested stakeholders are provided a 60-75 day period from the day on which the NOP is posted to provide comments.
At the close of the comment period, all feedback received is taken into consideration. If no new scientific information is provided that would require revisions to the proposal, the Food Directorate will then proceed with formally modifying the incorporated document. Notification is provided by means of a Notice of Modification (NOM) posted on Health Canada's website. The NOM will specify the changes made and the date on which they come into effect (usually the day on which the NOM is published).
Static Documents
In the case of "static" incorporated documents, a regulatory amendment would be required to change the entry found in the regulations.
Note: This is not an exhaustive list of all documents incorporated by reference into food regulations. In addition to the Health Canada-generated documents listed below, other third party documents, such as the Food Chemicals Codex, are also incorporated by reference into the Food and Drug Regulations.
Lists of Permitted Food Additives (incorporated by reference into the Marketing Authorizations for Food Additives)
List of Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for Veterinary Drugs in Foods (incorporated by reference into the Marketing Authorization for Maximum Residue Limits for Veterinary Drugs in Foods)
List of Contaminants and Other Adulterating Substances in Foods (incorporated by reference into the Food and Drug Regulations)
List of Human Milk Fortifiers Sold in Canada (incorporated by reference into the Food and Drug Regulations)
Nutrition Labelling - Directory of Nutrition Facts Table Labelling Formats (incorporated by reference into the Food and Drug Regulations)
Nutrition Labelling - Table of Daily Values (incorporated by reference into the Food and Drug Regulations)
Nutrition Labelling - Table of Reference Amounts for Food (incorporated by reference into the Food and Drug Regulations)
Nutrition labelling - Directory of nutrition symbol specifications (incorporated by reference into the Food and Drug Regulations)
Nutrition labelling- Table of permitted nutrient content statements and claims (incorporated by reference into the Food and Drug Regulations)
Supplemented foods - Directory of supplemented food caution identifier specifications (incorporated by reference into the Food and Drug Regulations)
Supplemented foods - Directory of supplemented food facts table formats (incorporated by reference into the Food and Drug Regulations)
Supplemented foods - List of permitted supplemented food categories (incorporated by reference into the Food and Drug Regulations)
Supplemented foods - List of permitted supplemental ingredients (incorporated by reference into the Food and Drug Regulations)
Supplemented foods - Lists of temporary marketing authorization letters (incorporated by reference into the Food and Drug Regulations)
Supplemented foods - Threshold levels for cautionary statements and other conditions of uses (incorporated by reference into the Food and Drug Regulations)
ARCHIVED - Regulatory Modernization for Food and Nutrition
Canada's Food and Drugs Act and Regulations
ARCHIVED - Chapter 42 of the Statute of Canada, 2005 (Bill C-28) An Act to Amend the Food and Drugs Act
Amendments to the Food and Drugs Act (Bill C-38)
Questions and Answers regarding the amendments to the Food and Drugs Act for food (Bill C-38)
Regulatory Proposals recently prepublished in the Canada Gazette, Part I
Regulatory Amendments recently published in the Canada Gazette, Part II
Lists of foods that have received Temporary Marketing Authorization Letters (TMALs)
Notices of Proposal and Notices of Modification
Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Sweeteners to Enable the Use of Steviol Glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni as a Sweetener


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Artemi Panarin
Metropolitan Notes: Williams, Voracek, Kreider
It's been a busy offseason for the Carolina Hurricanes as the team has worked hard to improve their roster in hopes of keeping themselves relevant after a impressive playoff run last season. The team has already signed restricted free agent Sebastian Aho after matching the offer sheet he signed with the Montreal Canadiens. The team traded for Erik Haula and signed Ryan Dzingel to a reasonable deal as well. They also brought back goaltender Petr Mrazek to bolster their goaltending.
However, there is one thing still missing from their offseason so far and that's a decision from veteran forward Justin Williams. News & Observer's Luke DeCock writes that while Williams is still trying to decide whether he will return for a 19th season. The 37-year-old was still quite productive last season, putting up 23 goals and 53 points. However, he wants time before committing for another season.
DeCock writes that the expectation among the team is that Williams will return, but at the same time, no one really knows what he will do. However, Williams return could make a huge difference to their fortunes next season. While the team likely doesn't need him to be a top-six scorer anymore, the team needs his leadership and abilities as he would get a simpler role as a bottom-six option.
The Athletic's Charlie O'Connor (subscription required) analyzes the recent play of Philadelphia Flyers forward Jakub Voracek, who has seen his role as a top-line forward change. The 29-year-old has moved to the second line and is starting to see a change in his long-time role, according to O'Connor, who writes that the veteran is no longer a play-driver like he has been in previous years. Since signing his eight-year, $66MM deal back in 2015, he's hasn't put up peak numbers with the exception of his 2017-18 season in which he put up 20 goals and 85 points. While he once was a player who could lead a pair of rookies on his line, the belief is that he is no longer that player. While still a solid middle-six option, it looks like Voracek is entering a new phase in his career even though he has five more years at $8.25MM AAV.
The Athletic's Shayna Goldman (subscription required) writes the New York Rangers must make a decision on what they want to do with Chris Kreider. The 28-year-old forward is in the final year of his contract and should acquire a significant raise from his $4.63MM AAV this season. Goldman writes that while the team technically could wait to make a decision on whether they want to re-sign Kreider until the trade deadline next year, waiting that long could have its own problems. With Artemi Panarin, Jacob Trouba, Kappo Kaako and Vitali Kravtsov expected to join their lineup this season, the team could challenge for a playoff spot, which might make it difficult for the Rangers to trade off Kreider and then the team could conceivably lose him for nothing if they don't intend to bring him back. With rumors that it might cost New York seven years at $7.3MM per season, the team has to make a big decision soon.
Artemi Panarin| Carolina Hurricanes| Chris Kreider| Erik Haula| Jakub Voracek| Justin Williams| New York Rangers| Petr Mrazek| Philadelphia Flyers| Ryan Dzingel| Sebastian Aho| Vitali Kravtsov
Snapshots: Panarin, McGinn, Greening
It was hard to miss Artemi Panarin's free agency decision on Monday, as an all-world player landed in the largest market in North America. However, what wasn't clear right away was how Panarin's new seven-year, $81.5MM contract with the New York Rangers was structured. CapFriendly has cleared that up, revealing the terms of the monster deal. To no surprise, the details continue to favor the star forward. While Panarin's contract carries an $11.643MM cap hit, he will in fact make a salary of just $1MM each year. What this means is that Panarin's deal includes nearly $75MM in signing bonuses, making the contract virtually buyout-proof. The bonuses role out in descending order, beginning with a $13MM bonus this season down to a $7MM bonus in 2025-26. Also unsurprisingly, Panarin's deal includes a full No-Movement Clause. The investment in the 27-year-old Panarin, who has topped 70 points in each of his four NHL seasons, is pretty safe, which is lucky for the Rangers since is contract is all but immovable.
The deadline to file for salary arbitration is coming up, and the first name to file has been revealed. Speaking with media, including the Raleigh News & Observer's Chip Alexander, Carolina Hurricanes GM Don Waddell noted that forward Brock McGinn has filed for arbitration. McGinn, 25, has emerged as a regular contributor for the 'Canes over the past two years, missing only two games and posting back-to-back seasons of 25+ points. He additionally contributed six points in 15 playoff games during the run to the Eastern Conference Final this year. McGinn is also one of Carolina's most physical forwards and plays a role on the penalty kill. Yet, his ice time is still somewhat limited, particularly playing sheltered minutes to do some turnover tendencies. The Hurricanes will try to support their filing number by pointing out McGinn's relatively minor role and lack of overall career results, while the player side will emphasize the recent climb in scoring and ice time and his platform year being arguably his best season to date and coinciding in a return to the postseason for Carolina. Waddell, who recently joked that the Sebastian Aho offer sheet had freed up his summer due to a lack of contract negotiations, is not out of the woods yet, with McGinn filing, Trevor Carrick, Anton Forsberg, and Saku Maenalanen eligible to file, and several other restricted free agents in need of extensions.
Veteran forward Colin Greening has called it a career reports Toronto Marlies reporter Jacob Stoller. Although Greening has played solely for the Marlies over the past three seasons, he logged close to 300 NHL games with the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs, including a 37-point season in 2011-12. Greening's NHL production certainly declined as his career went on, but as he transitioned to a minor league leadership role, Greening ended up being both a reliable source of scoring and a key locker room presence. Greening will likely be remembered most for captaining the Marlies to the 2018 Calder Cup, as well as his dominant college career at Cornell University.
Anton Forsberg| Arbitration| Artemi Panarin| Brock McGinn| Carolina Hurricanes| Free Agency| New York Rangers| Ottawa Senators| Sebastian Aho| Snapshots| Toronto Maple Leafs
July 1, 2019 at 11:09 am CDT | by Gavin Lee 4 Comments
After the Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Islanders, Florida Panthers and Colorado Avalanche all made huge pitches to try and convince Artemi Panarin to join their squads, it ends up being the New York Rangers who will acquire his services moving forward. The Rangers have agreed to terms on a seven-year, $81.5MM deal with Panarin.
Panarin, 27, was the consensus No. 1 in our Top 50 UFAs this season, and will immediately become the highest-paid winger in the entire NHL. His cap hit is will be more than $1MM higher than Patrick Kane's $10.5MM from several years ago and well ahead of the recent market set by Nikita Kucherov and Mark Stone at $9.5MM. Part of that is the fact that he actually got to unrestricted free agency, but there is good reason to think he will be able to perform at a high level for quite some time.
In the four years he has played in North America, the originally undrafted Panarin has only gotten better. Setting a career-high with 87 points last season in just 79 games, he proved that he could create offense with any type of linemate and established himself as a legitimate superstar in the NHL. That's exactly what the Rangers were waiting for and have now had quite the summer. They had already traded for both Adam Fox and Jacob Trouba to improve their blue line, and drafted Kaapo Kakko second overall. Panarin's contract is extremely expensive, but also puts the Rangers in line to compete for the playoffs as soon as next season.
This is a team that just over a year ago sent a letter to fans explaining that they were going to have to trade some "familiar faces, guys we all care about and respect" but were committed to building a Stanley Cup contending team. In such a short time the team has dealt away Ryan McDonagh, J.T. Miller, Jimmy Vesey, Rick Nash, Nick Holden, Adam McQuaid, Mats Zuccarello, Neal Pionk, Kevin Hayes and Michael Grabner in order to set themselves up with an almost unmatched prospect pipeline and a great chance of success in the future.
Now, after finishing near the bottom of the league and picking second overall, the rebuild is finished in New York. Panarin's deal ushers in the next phase that will include competing for the playoffs. That doesn't necessarily mean they're finished trading though, as Chris Kreider and Vladislav Namestnikov remain just a year away from unrestricted free agency and may not be considered key parts moving forward.
Artemi Panarin| Free Agency| New York Rangers| Newsstand| Transactions
Columbus Makes Late-Night Push To Re-Sign Artemi Panarin
June 30, 2019 at 11:05 pm CDT | by Gavin Lee 7 Comments
11:30pm: Midnight has come and gone in the eastern time zone without an announced contract for Panarin. The Blue Jackets can now only offer him a seven-year contract like any other team. Adrian Dater of Colorado Hockey Now reports that the Avalanche also offered a six-year, $70MM ($11.67MM AAV) deal to Panarin, though Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet was told an even higher amount.
9:39pm: For most of the last year, all signs pointed to Artemi Panarin leaving the Columbus Blue Jackets for another team on July 1 as the top free agent available. The Florida Panthers had been rumored for months to be interested in acquiring his services, and then earlier today a report surfaced that he might be heading to the New York Islanders instead. Now in a late-night push the Blue Jackets have put their best offer on the table, one that Aaron Portzline of The Athletic (subscription required) reports is believed to be for eight years at an average annual value of $12MM. The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun has heard the same, though Portzline suggests it could be even higher than that.
Panarin was the consensus top choice in our Top 50 UFAs this season, and is a superstar talent that can create offense all on his own. The most interesting part of the offer is that the Blue Jackets can only technically offer an eighth year until midnight (EST), after which they would be in the same position as any other team only able to offer seven seasons. With reports surfacing that the Blue Jackets' other top free agents, Matt Duchene and Sergei Bobrovsky will be leaving town, it is obvious that GM Jarmo Kekalainen wanted to take one more crack at keeping one of his stars.
Currently the highest paid player in the league is Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid who signed an eight-year, $100MM deal quickly after becoming eligible for an extension. Panarin though would easily become the highest paid winger in the league with a deal like this, and shatter the market set by players like Mark Stone and Nikita Kucherov in recent years. Patrick Kane, who signed his current deal back in 2014, currently carries a $10.5MM cap hit while Alex Ovechkin is more than a decade into his 13-year contract which carries a cap hit of $9.54MM.
Artemi Panarin| Columbus Blue Jackets| Jarmo Kekalainen
UFA Notes: Pickard, Agostino, Leier, Speculation
June 30, 2019 at 7:00 pm CDT | by Zach Leach 1 Comment
There's a goalie competition coming to Detroit. TSN's Frank Seravalli reports that free agent goalie Calvin Pickard is poised to sign a two-year deal with the Red Wings when the market opens tomorrow. As Seravalli notes, that will pit him against Jonathan Bernier for the backup role behind Jimmy Howard. With Howard, 35, signed through just next year but both Bernier and soon Pickard signed for two more years, the time share in net next season in Detroit could be fascinating. Not only could the two veteran goalies battle to be Howard's understudy next season, but they could be in line to replace him a season later. Neither keeper found much success in 2018-19. Bernier, who some expected to beat out Howard for the starting job, instead posted the worst numbers of his career – a .904 save percentage and 3.16 GAA – in 35 appearances. Pickard fared even worse, allowing an .875 save percentage and 3.86 GAA in a season split between the Philadelphia Flyers and Arizona Coyotes. Pickard's advantage in the battle though will be his price point, expected to be low after a down year, compared to Bernier's $3MM mark.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are lacking the cap space to do much of anything other than adding affordable depth pieces. Adrian Dater of Colorado Hockey Now reports that one such deal is already done. Former AHL MVP Kenny Agostino is expected to sign a two-year, one-way contract with the Leafs, though Dater does not provide any salary details. Agostino, 27, finally got a full-time look in the NHL last season, playing in 63 games with the Montreal Canadiens and New Jersey Devils. Agostino recorded 24 points on the year, a mark that Toronto would be very happy with if the winger comes in at a low cost.
It was a year of change for Taylor Leier, who experienced both his first trade, moving from the Philadelphia Flyers to the Buffalo Sabres, and his first season spent exclusively in the AHL. Despite qualifying for Group 6 unrestricted free agency, it seems the 25-year-old forward has place emphasis on familiarity instead of opportunity. The Rochester Americans, affiliate of the Sabres, have announced a one-year AHL contract with Leier. The signing comes as a bit of a surprise, considering Leier spent the entire 2017-18 season in the NHL and has been a very productive AHL player. Young and capable, Leier seemingly would have been a good fit for a two-way deal somewhere, but apparently would rather stay put in Rochester, perhaps in hopes of convincing Buffalo that he is worthy of an NHL contract.
Spoiler alert! Although he acknowledges that they are just educated guesses and provides few details, TSN's respected insider Bob McKenzie has offered some insight where some of the biggest UFA names may end up tomorrow. McKenzie believes that Columbus teammates Artemi Panarin and Sergei Bobrovsky may not end up as a package deal after all. He thinks that Panarin, and possibly Semyon Varlamov, could land with the New York Islanders, while Bobrovsky goes alone to the Florida Panthers. Those moves would then leave the Carolina Hurricanes and Columbus Blue Jackets as the likely to suitors for Robin Lehner. McKenzie also states that a long-term deal for Mats Zuccarello with the Minnesota Wild appears to be close to done.
AHL| Arizona Coyotes| Artemi Panarin| Bob McKenzie| Buffalo Sabres| Calvin Pickard| Carolina Hurricanes| Columbus Blue Jackets| Detroit Red Wings| Florida Panthers| Free Agency| Jimmy Howard| Jonathan Bernier| Kenny Agostino| Mats Zuccarello| Minnesota Wild| Montreal Canadiens| New Jersey Devils| New York Islanders| NHL| Philadelphia Flyers| Robin Lehner| Semyon Varlamov| Sergei Bobrovsky| Taylor Leier| Toronto Maple Leafs
Free Agent Focus: Florida Panthers
June 30, 2019 at 3:04 pm CDT | by Holger Stolzenberg 1 Comment
Free agency is now just a few days away and there are quite a few prominent players set to hit the open market while many teams have key restricted free agents to re-sign. The Florida Panthers have quite a few restricted free agents to acquire although no young players worthy of significant deals, while the team has few important unrestricted free agents to worry about, which gives the franchise the opportunity to focus completely on the free-agent market that opens on Monday.
Key Restricted Free Agent: D MacKenzie Weegar – The Florida Panthers have brought the 25-year-old blueliner slowly and he's starting to provide some value as bottom-tier defenseman. Weegar almost doubled his offensive output, putting up four goals and 15 points last season, while seeing his ATOI increase by more than two minutes to 16:58. Injuries kept him out of 18 games, but Weegar is slowly developing into a reliable player the team needs as defense remains one of the team's biggest weakpoints. His minus-three rating isn't too bad, but could be improved upon.
F Denis Malgin – The team has gotten some output out of the 22-year-old Malgin, but the forward has failed to play more than 51 games in any of his three seasons so far with the Panthers as he has dealt with numerous injuries. Regardless, Malgin has showed some potential to put up some points, although he is never likely to be more than a third-line option at best for the Panthers. He tallied seven goals and 16 points, a little less than the 11 goals and 22 points he put up in 2017-18. While he's shown to be a serviceable depth option for Florida, he likely will never be a 20-goal scorer.
G – Sam Montembeault – With a need for a starting goaltender and the fact that Florida traded James Reimer earlier this morning, the team doesn't even have a legitimate backup on the roster. The 22-year-old Montembeault did get some NHL playing time this season and might be ready for a permanent back-up role. He played 11 games for the Panthers last season, posting a 3.04 GAA and a .894 save percentage. His numbers weren't much better in Springfield, suggesting that he probably needs more seasoning, but the youngster is likely the heir apparent to the backup sometime in the future.
Other RFAs: F Anthony Greco, F Jayce Hawryluk, F Dryden Hunt, F Juho Lammikko, F Maxim Mamin, D Ian McCoshen, D Thomas Schemitsch, F Dominic Toninato
Key Unrestricted Free Agents: F Riley Sheahan – A former first-round pick with the ability to play center, the 27-year-old has now found himself with three teams already and it could be a fourth. Sheahan was acquired in February as part of the deal that saw Florida trade off Jared McCann and Nick Bjugstad, but didn't do much to impress with the Panthers. He scored just two goals in 33 games for Florida and finished the season with nine goals and 19 points. However, the main reason that the Panthers took on Sheahan was that his contract was expiring, which the team wanted in hopes of bringing in a big-game free-agent.
Other UFAs: F Troy Brouwer, D Ludwig Bystrom, D Michael Downing, F Henrik Haapala, F Jamie McGinn, D Julian Melchiori, F Vincent Proplan,
Projected Cap Space: The Panthers currently sit a little more than $25.23MM under the cap ceiling, according to CapFriendly, which should give them plenty of maneuvering room to sign multiple big-name free agents. The team is well-known for being interested in signing both of Columbus' top free agents in Artemi Panarin and Sergei Bobrovsky and, if the team can convince both to sign, they have ample cap room to lock up both to long-term deals. If they can only sign one, that still leaves them with Plan B options as well, although their top priority is to add a goaltender, their most desperate need.
Artemi Panarin| Denis Malgin| Dominic Toninato| Dryden Hunt| Florida Panthers| Free Agency| Free Agent Focus| Free Agent Focus 2019| James Reimer| Jamie McGinn| Jared McCann| Julian Melchiori| NHL| Nick Bjugstad| Players| RFA
Bobrovsky, Panarin Traveling To Florida To Meet With Panthers
June 23, 2019 at 9:23 am CDT | by Holger Stolzenberg 18 Comments
With the NHL unrestricted free agent speaking period having opened earlier this morning, many players can begin to talk to other teams to decide what team they might want to play for next season. Two of the biggest free agents on the market, Sergei Bobrovsky and Artemi Panarin, are expected to participate immediately. The two stars are expected to arrive in Florida en route from Russia and TSN's Bob McKenzie reports that they are expected to both meet with the Florida Panthers on Monday morning.
While the two big-named free agents from Columbus don't necessarily come as a package, both have been speculated to end up with the Panthers. Florida has $20.48MM in cap space available, which could cover both players' price tags, although the team also has some needs on defense as well. McKenzie also points out that while it wants to sign both players, Florida's top priority is signing a goaltender, which means that Bobrovsky is likely the team's top free-agent candidate.
The team still has two goalies under contract in Roberto Luongo and James Reimer, but neither goaltender played well last year. Luongo, who still has three years remaining at $4.53MM, managed to appear in 43 games despite often dealing with injuries, but finished with a 3.11 GAA and a .899 save percentage. While nothing is official, the rumor is that Luongo wants to come back as the team's backup. Reimer, the team's current backup, has two years remaining on his contract at $3.4MM. He struggled as well last season, posting a 3.09 GAA and a .900 save percentage. The team is working on finding a trade partner willing to take Reimer's contract in hopes of freeing up some extra cap room to make more changes. Bobrovsky, a two-time Vezina Trophy winner, would give Florida a impact goaltender for the first time in years. The 30-year-old didn't have his usual strong season, posting a 2.58 GAA and a .913 save percentage, but finally stepped up in the playoffs after years of struggles, picking up six wins and a .925 save percentage.
Panarin has plenty of suitors, but many have felt for more than a year that the 27-year-old scorer was interested in moving to Florida and joining the Panthers. That thought was intensified after the Panthers signed his former coach Joel Quenneville to be their new head coach. Quenneville coached Panarin for his first two years in the league when he played with the Blackhawks and the two had a good relationship. It's hard to believe that Panarin has only been in the league for four years, but in that time, he's tallied 116 goals and 320 points. With his young age, he'd be a perfect fit alongside players like Aleksander Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau and Evgenii Dadonov. Panarin is also being recruited by a number of other teams, including the New York Rangers, who hope to get a shot at signing the free agent.
Aleksander Barkov| Artemi Panarin| Bob McKenzie| Chicago Blackhawks| Florida Panthers| James Reimer| Joel Quenneville| Jonathan Huberdeau| New York Rangers
Erik Karlsson Re-Signs With San Jose Sharks
June 17, 2019 at 11:45 am CDT | by Zach Leach 33 Comments
UPDATE: The Sharks have now officially announced the Karlsson extension and it is worth even more than previously believed. Karlsson is set to make $11.5MM on average over an eight-year term for a total of $92MM, according to CapFriendly. That includes $53MM in signing bonuses, largely front loaded in the early years for potential lockout protection, as well as in the final two years to dissuade a buyout. The contract also includes a full No-Movement Clause. There is little doubt remaining that San Jose is all in on Karlsson given these terms, which make Karlsson the highest paid defenseman in NHL history and behind only Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews overall. The Sharks simply have to hope that he can get back to full health and remain that way as long as possible, while those teams that missed out on a chance to court him this summer have to hope that the somewhat underwhelming replacement options don't drastically increase their asking price.
It's been an ongoing narrative early this off-season that the San Jose Sharks were willing to do whatever it takes to re-sign Erik Karlsson, after the all-world defenseman played well – when healthy – in his first season with the team. Karlsson is considered not just the top defenseman on the free agent market, but arguably the biggest name overall, and that's taking into account his injury concerns. Few defensemen in the NHL can do what a healthy Karlsson can offensively and the 29-year-old was set to cash in on the open market. Yet, it seems that GM Doug Wilson and the Sharks have convinced Karlsson that he doesn't need to test the waters to find a considerable contract and a winning team. TSN insider Bob McKenzie reports that "all signs are pointing" to Karlsson returning to San Jose and colleague Pierre LeBrun follows it up by stating that "a deal is indeed done."
McKenzie is hardly the first to report that extension talks were getting close between the two sides, but when the respected hockey mind makes a pronouncement like this, it generally carries significant weight. LeBrun thus checked in himself and found previous reports that the two sides were talking about a contract in the neighborhood of Drew Doughty's eight-year, $88MM contract to be true. LeBrun believes that is will be an eight-year deal worth more than Doughty's $11MM AAV. This would make Karlsson's cap hit the third-largest in NHL history.
Unless his negotiating rights were to be traded prior to July 1st, the Sharks were always going to be the only team that could offer Karlsson that valuable eight year. However, it is likely their willingness to move into the double-digit AAV realm that pushed negotiations closer to a resolution. Especially in a season in which Karlsson missed 29 games due to injury, there was plenty of speculation that his value would take a hit on the free agent market, resulting in lesser term or at least a lower dollar value over a long-term deal. Instead, the Sharks seemingly plan to keep Karlsson in town by offering him the same contract he likely would have landed prior to this past season and hope that recent groin surgery solves the nagging soft tissue damage that cost the superstar blue liner so much time this season.
Assuming this extension becomes official shortly, it will have wide-ranging effects. San Jose cannot afford to re-sign Karlsson to this contract and also re-up restricted free agents Timo Meier and Kevin Labanc without making some sacrifices. Priority unrestricted free agents like Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton, Gustav Nyquist, and Joonas Donskoi cannot all return if any can. Signing even one of those players may force the Sharks to move out other salary from the roster. Additionally, per the terms of the original Karlsson trade, San Jose will also surrender a 2021 second-round pick to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for extending their acquisition. As for the rest of the free agent market, one of the top names is now off the board. The demand and thus the price for the next tier of defensemen – Jake Gardiner and Tyler Myers – just went up, as did the cost of bringing in a big name like Artemi Panarin or Matt Duchene after both Karlsson and Jeff Skinner received larger contracts than expected.
The greater story here though is that the Sharks' Stanley Cup window, which some saw as closing if Karlsson, Pavelski, and Thornton were all to leave, has now been extended with the re-signing of one of the game's best defensemen, so long as he can stay healthy. With Karlsson, Brent Burns, and Marc-Edouard Vlasic together on the blue line for at least six more years and core forwards like Logan Couture, Evander Kane, Tomas Hertl, and soon Meier locked up, the team has strength at both ends and will continue to be a top competitor year in and year out.
Artemi Panarin| Bob McKenzie| Brent Burns| Doug Wilson| Drew Doughty| Erik Karlsson| Evander Kane| Gustav Nyquist| Injury| Jake Gardiner| Jeff Skinner| Joe Pavelski| Joe Thornton| Joonas Donskoi| Kevin Labanc| Logan Couture| Marc-Edouard Vlasic| Matt Duchene| Newsstand| NHL| Ottawa Senators| Players| San Jose Sharks
Snapshots: Blue Jackets, Sharks, Avalanche
June 13, 2019 at 8:53 pm CDT | by Zach Leach 4 Comments
GM Jarmo Kekalainen and the Blue Jackets knew what they were getting into when they held on to top impending free agents Artemi Panarin and Sergei Bobrovksy, despite substantial hints that both planned to depart, and then went out and added another valued UFA in Matt Duchene at the NHL Trade Deadline. Columbus went all in, and while they didn't win or even reach the Stanley Cup, they did succeed in winning the franchise's first ever playoff round. Now, as they get set to potentially watch several star player walk away as free agents, Kekalainen and company are going to either squeeze every last drop out of those UFA's or at least won't make it any easier for them to jump to rival teams. TSN's Pierre LeBrun reports that the Blue Jackets have declined to give Panarin and Bobrovksy permission to talk to other teams about a sign-and-trade possibility. They have also kept the price of acquiring their negotiating rights high; LeBrun speculates the team is asking for a second-round pick. As the June 23rd UFA negotiation period approaches, and not long after it the start of free agency on July 1st, it seems Panarin and Bobrovsky are likely to remain Blue Jackets until the very last minute, unless a team ponies up. As for Duchene, the Blue Jackets remain interested in re-signing him, so similar rumors haven't started yet, but don't expect the deadline addition to be treated any differently if it comes to that.
Columbus has likely lost hope of re-signing their top free agents, but San Jose is still holding out when it comes to Erik Karlsson. Karlsson is set to be the top defenseman on the market, but the Sharks would like him to skip that opportunity in favor of remaining with the team. The Athletic's Kevin Kurz writes that the two sides continue to work on an extension, with terms rumored to be close to the eight-year, $88MM contract signed by Drew Doughty of the rival Los Angeles Kings. Barring a trade in the coming weeks, only San Jose can offer Karlsson that eighth year, which may be even more valuable to the veteran defenseman given his recurring injury issues this season. Kurz agrees that the market may have cooled for Karlsson, so a long-term offer from the Sharks will very likely be the best deal he gets. This makes his decision less about salary and more about whether San Jose is where Karlsson wants to potentially spend the rest of his career.
Misinformation is very common in draft and free agency season, so it should come as little surprise that one Denver source says the Avalanche are interested in drafting defenseman Bowen Byram just days after another said they weren't. Byram is undoubtedly the best defenseman in the draft class, so no team with the chance to draft him is going to totally ignore him. The WHL product could go as early as No. 3 to the Chicago Blackhawks, but likely won't get any farther than No. 6 to the Detroit Red Wings. Colorado falls squarely in the middle there at fourth overall and will surely consider Byram. But if Mike Chambers of The Denver Post is to be believed, the Avs will take the "best player available" route with their first of two first-round picks and would select Byram if he's there. We won't know for sure how it all plays out for just over one more week.
Artemi Panarin| Bowen Byram| Chicago Blackhawks| Colorado Avalanche| Columbus Blue Jackets| Detroit Red Wings| Drew Doughty| Erik Karlsson| Free Agency| Injury| Matt Duchene| San Jose Sharks| Sergei Bobrovsky| Snapshots| WHL
Free Agent Focus: Columbus Blue Jackets
June 9, 2019 at 3:00 pm CDT | by Holger Stolzenberg 2 Comments
Free agency is now less than a month away from opening up and there are quite a few prominent players set to hit the open market while many teams have key restricted free agents to re-sign. Columbus does have a few important restricted free agents, but it's the unrestricted free agents that have dominated the press over the last year.
Key Restricted Free Agents: D Zach Werenski – The defenseman wraps up his entry-level deal and now is expected to get quite a pay raise after making $1.775MM last season. The top pairing defenseman may not have the accolades and numbers that partner Seth Jones carries, but with the way the market has been rising, the 21-year-old blueliner could seriously cash in this summer and could conceivably make even more than Jones' current $5.4MM per year deal. Regardless, Werenski had a solid season for the Blue Jackets, posting 11 goals and 44 points and has scored 38 goals over three seasons, an impressive feat for a young defenseman. Werenski also added a goal and six points in 10 games during Columbus' playoff run this season.
D – Ryan Murray – Other than playing 82 games back in 2015-16, Murray's biggest problem has been staying healthy. Other than that one season, the most games the 25-year-old has played was 66 and that was back in his rookie campaign. The talented blueliner played in 56 games this past season, but was hampered with a back injury for quite some time as well. This is Murray's last year as a restricted free agency as he could become an unrestricted free agent in 2020-21 and could opt to depart. Although Murray has shown talent, Columbus might have a problem handing the former second-overall pick in 2012 a long-term deal if he can't stay healthy. That's why Murray could be a solid trade candidate, most recently to Chicago.
Other RFAs: D Adam Clendening, F Markus Hannikainen, D Scott Harrington, G Joonas Korpisalo, F Ryan MacInnis, F Sonny Milano, F Eric Robinson, F Justin Scott, F Lukas Sedlak, D Doyle Somerby, F Sam Vigneault
Key Unrestricted Free Agents: F Artemi Panarin – The 27-year-old has been everything that Columbus had hoped for when the Blue Jackets traded for him two years ago. Panarin scored 55 goals and 114 points over those two seasons, but it became apparently clear that he had little interest in signing any sort of extension and wished to move on when he hit unrestricted free agency. Rather than trade him away, the team chose instead to hold onto him and bulk up for the playoffs, which did allow Columbus to advance to the second round of the playoffs for the first time ever. Unfortunately, the team has no chance to sign him as he has quickly become the most sought-after free agent, most likely to sign a deal with either Florida or the New York Rangers.
G Sergei Bobrovsky – Unfortunately for Bobrovsky, the team is in the exact same pickle that they are with Panarin. The long-time goaltender has been one of the faces of the franchise for years in Columbus and while many initially thought he just was holding out for a Carey Price-like contract, it has been quite clear that he too intends to leave the Blue Jackets and sign elsewhere with many people believing that he might choose to sign with Florida as well. Regardless, Bobrovsky becomes the most highly-touted goalie on the free-agent market. While his regular season numbers took a minor dip with a 2.58 GAA and a .913 save percentage, the 30-year-old netminder finally showed some skill in the playoffs with a 2.41 GAA and a .925 save percentage in 10 appearances.
F – Matt Duchene – If there is one big-name free agent that Columbus might be able to retain, it will be Duchene, who is at least considering staying with the Blue Jackets. Unfortunately, there are also a large number of teams that are interested in signing him as well, which could make a signing tough. Acquired at the trade deadline from Ottawa for several prospects and their 2019 first-round pick, Duchene added a second-line center presence that helped solidify the team's top six and between the two teams combined for 31 goals and 70 points. The down side of signing him is the team would lose their 2020 first-rounder as well, making it even more of a challenging decisions for the franchise.
Other UFAs: G Jean-Francois Berube, D Tommy Cross, F Ryan Dzingel, G Keith Kinkaid, F Mark Letestu, D Adam McQuaid
Projected Cap Space: Cap space is definitely not an issue in Columbus as the team is projected to have more than $32MM in cap room. The problem is the team is likely to lose all four of their top unrestricted free agents and must find a way to attract other free agents without having to overpay them. However, that will be a challenge for general manager Jarmo Kekalainen, who has done an excellent job in recent years to compete in a small market. Regardless, the team must find a way to add a top talent and hope that its prospect depth can keep the team above water for the next couple of years.
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William Osborne
Published 4:09 pm Monday, December 26, 2022
Aug. 26, 1938–Dec. 24, 2022
William Jarrett Osborne, 84, of Ironton, passed away Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022, at his residence surrounded by his loved ones.
William was born Aug. 26, 1938, in Ironton, to his late parents, William G. and Anna Marie (White) Osborne.
William was a graduate of Ironton High School with the class of 1956 and retired from CSX Transportation in 1999 after 43 years.
He was a member of Central Christian Church of Ironton and was a member of the Masonic Lodge.
In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Dona Mae (Stewart) Osborne; his brothers, Thomas E. Osborne, Joseph O. Osborne and Carl E. Osborne; his daughter, Kimberly Dawn Osborne; and his grandson, Aaron J. Christian.
He is survived by his children, William (Jami) Osborne, Leah Rae Osborne, James D. Osborne and Shawn (Karen) Osborne, all of Ironton; his grandchildren, Jarrett Osborne, Ryan Osborne, Christen Osborne, Jacob Osborne, Tyler Scior, Kyle Scior, Darrian Osborne, Rachel Osborne, Kimberly Dawn Osborne, Alexander Osborne and David Osborne and 12 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Phillips Funeral Home, 1004 S. Seventh St., Ironton, with Pastor Jimmy Williams officiating. Burial will follow in Woodland Cemetery, Ironton.
Visitation will be Thursday 11 a.m. until the time of service.
Please visit our website to offer condolences to the family at www.phillipsfuneralhome.net.


The United States and Mexico share a 2000-mile border where a population of 9 million is growing more than twice as fast as the populations of U.S. and Mexico.
Despite this growing population, the border region is confronted with many environmental health issues because of the lack of clean drinking water and proper health care. Even more, five out of the seven poorest communities in the country is in the border region. More than 35 percent of its population is living in poverty.
The living conditions in the area are in dire need of help. From weak social communities to inadequate building infrastructures, where there is no running water, sewage systems or electricity, the U.S.-Mexico border region faces many detrimental environmental health issues that cannot be fixed with the shortage of health care professionals or the stigma associated with the area.
Stigler, who is the environmental program manager and tribal liaison for The San Diego Foundation, has been working on environmental issues, like water monitoring, with indigenous communities in San Diego County and Mexico for about ten years.
She has worked with various people including tribal health community promoters in remote tribal communities in Baja CA Mexico, local San Diego tribal environmental programs, communities in Cañon de los Laureles (Goat Canyon) in Tijuana and elsewhere.
Currently, Stigler is earning her doctorate in global health at UCSD/SDSU. She is currently interested in studying how climate change and its policies will affect susceptible populations in the border region.
The severity of the environmental health problems parallels those found in Third World countries. In addition to the underrepresented communities in the border region, many other residents are living in poor conditions. In some cases, there is no clean water for food, like drinking and cooking, or for hygienic purposes like bathing and washing. Even more, there is no basic sewage system to maintain wastes.
Because of this, residents have a much higher chance of catching waterborne and infectious diseases, such as salmonella infections, mosquito-transmitted malaria, measles and tuberculosis. Considered as a place where many people from different countries pass through often, about an average of 1.6 million per day, the health of those living in the border region confronts a national concern.
According to Stigler, some of the border cities do not follow safe air standards. Hazardous waste is a big problem as the border region becomes more industrialized.
New River, which runs down the inland region of Southern California, is the most polluted river in the United States. It has more than 100 industrial chemicals and 76 million liters of raw sewage passes through the river each day.
The rate of tuberculosis is twice the national rate. The rate of Hepatitis A is three times the rate of United States' and two times the rate of Mexico's. Salmonella and shigella dysentary is four times the rate of U.S. and Mexico.
Stigler develops workshops and speaks at community meetings on how residents can protect themselves from harmful contaminants in drinking water and in the environment. At these workshops, she calls attention to problems like poor drinking water.
"When looking at exposure to poor drinking water, it's often a concern for waterborne pathogens and dehydration from gastrointestinal problems," Stigler said. "This is especially problematic for children and the elderly. Since environmental health deals with so many different issues [like] air, trash, food, water, there are many health concerns [such as] cancer from exposure to dangerous chemicals, asthma from poor air quality [and] lead poisoning from exposure to lead in homes.
Stigler said that the current methods to solve the problem of poor water resources are not enough.
Stigler has formed the Tribal Environmental Health Collaborative, which is made up of tribal representatives, tribal NGO's and universities that are assessing the top priorities for tribes in San Diego on environmental health and also trying to find funding to address their problems.
She said that, with the San Diego tribal environmental health collaborative project (TEHC), it's difficult to measure the success of the drinking water infrastructure.
In addition, there is the issue of cultural competence in environmental health initiatives.
With the services that help tackle the issue, there are cultural conflicts in language and views on how to interpret natural elements, like water, which is considered sacred and represents nature.
"Cultural conflicts arise often due to a misunderstanding of how different communities and governments operate. When working binational there are language and communication barriers as well as cultural differences that can make the work challenging," Stigler said.
Besides the language barriers, Stigler also comes across other communication challenges because of what technologies are used to communicate and how the political hierarchies work in the community. Understanding and respecting tribal sovereignty is very important.
Despite the cultural challenges, the attempts to address and solve the environmental health issues have made some impact.
Stigler will continue to work as a program manager to bring environmental awareness to local tribes.
"I hope to continue to work with non-profits who are fighting environmental injustices in our region and globally," she said.
Those who are interested in helping can volunteer or donate to numerous organizations who are working on the issues, such as Environmental Health Coalition and the Native American Environmental Protection Coalition.
Regina Ip is a public information intern with the Comprehensive Research Center in Health Disparities (CRCHD) and is majoring in Communications and Biology at UC San Diego. The CRCHD is a partnership of organizations focusing on community health and health disparities research. This publication was supported by the UC San Diego Comprehensive Research Center in Health Disparities Grant # 5 P60 MD000220 from the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health.


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High temps, no water, no breaks for workers in FL, GA, TX construction booms
By cmonforton on May 9, 2017.
The southern U.S.'s construction boom is not translating into better wages and working conditions for construction workers. Those are the results of a survey of 1,435 construction workers from six southern U.S. cities: Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Houston, Miami, and Nashville. The survey, which was administered during July and August 2016, was a collaboration between the Texas-based Workers Defense Project, the Partnership for Working Families, and Nik Theodore, PhD with the University of Chicago's Department of Urban Planning and Policy. Their report, Build a Better South, was released today.
Among the notable findings is the risk of heat-related illness faced by many of the workers. During the survey period, the heat indices in the six cities ranged from 119 to 126. Most of the workers reported performing heavy manual labor for at least five hours per day. In these conditions, it's not surprising that 89% of them described their workplaces as "hot" or "very hot." Thirty-six percent, however, reported that water was not provided at the worksite. (A violation of the law since OSHA requires employers to provide an adequate supply of potable water.)
Failing to provide drinking water may be linked to another feature of the construction industry in these locales. Thirty-two percent of the workers were treated as independent contractors--and arguably responsible for bringing their own water--although the features of their work indicate they were actually employees. A business that misclassifies employees as independent contractors means they aren't paying employment taxes and other employee-related costs. The authors note how misclassification can create a race-to-the-bottom because offending firms:
"...are able to submit much lower bids on projects and therefore harm employers who properly pay for benefits, employment taxes, and overtime. In order to compete, employers who are committed to correctly classifying their employees must look for other ways to cut costs. Based on our interviews with construction contractors, this usually means that they are forced to keep wages low in order to be competitive."
I found the city-specific findings particularly interesting. In Charlotte, for example, 68% of the 200 respondents were Latino and 39% of them were undocumented immigrants. Only 11% of the 200 reported having any formal construction training, but 77% indicated they had received an OSHA 10-hour safety training.
The authors refer to at least four billion dollars in current construction projects in Atlanta. Several of the projects involve significant public investment. Despite the boom, the median wage of the 250 workers interviewed was just $14 per hour. One in four workers earned $12 an hour or less.
Among the 200 construction workers interviewed in Dallas, the authors note:
"Heavy pressure to do high volumes of work at a fast pace was a recurring theme in the interviews..."
Only one in four of the Dallas construction workers were covered by their employer's health insurance plan, only 30% have paid personal days, and just 20% have paid sick days.
In Nashville, about 18% of the respondents obtained their current construction job through a temporary staffing agency. (In the other five cities, few of the workers reported securing their jobs in this manner.) Among the Nashville construction workers who had been injured on the job in the past year, 19% said they paid their own bill and 38% said their employers paid it through some mechanism other than workers' compensation.
The report, Build a Better South, provides an important reality check on who is (and is not) reaping the benefits of the post-recession construction boom. Importantly, laced throughout the report are statements and statistics from the construction industry about firms being unable to recruit and retain skilled workers. That makes the word "build" in the report's title is especially appropriate.
Building a better southern U.S. will mean providing the mechanisms for workers to fill the skilled labor gap. To do so employers in the construction industry need to invest in formal training and apprenticeship programs. They will need to set a high standard for wages, benefits, safety, and ongoing training. Likewise, developers, general contractors, and municipalities will need to establish criteria and make decisions that will promote higher wages and decent working conditions. They need to shun policies and practices that compel a race to the bottom. That's how to build a better south...and elsewhere.
We know how the race to the bottom jobs turn out. It's now in print for us at Build a Better South: low wages, no benefits, no rest breaks, and even in the sweltering heat of July and August, no potable water.
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So "In Charlotte, for example, 68% of the 200 respondents were Latino and 39% of them were undocumented immigrants." Our Republican overlords want it both ways -- cheap, exploitable labor on the one hand, and strict rules against the migration of Latinos to what was once their own land anyway. The white, Republican hegemony is on its way down. It's fine with me if first the population of North America, and then the voter rolls, become preponderantly Latino, plus other quondam minorities. Guess that makes me what they now snarkily call an "SJW" -- social justice warrior. But I take it one mega-step further. With the http://mindsz.com/ideasz/ai-mind we should build an AI Prosperity Engine raising the standard of living for the whole rainbow of citizens. Unintended consequences will arise, but the current situation as described in the blog-post above is intolerable.
By Mentifex (Arth… (not verified) on 10 May 2017 #permalink
My god. If a manager cant even organize a simple
cheap thing such as potable water, i would have zero
expectations of say, a saline eye wash station or
an emergency plan on site. Or tasks evaluated by a risk
matrix. And this is in the USA????
By Li D (not verified) on 11 May 2017 #permalink
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Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Announces Participation at Cowen and Company's Energy and Natural Resources Conference
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (NYSE:RS) announced today that Gregg Mollins, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Karla Lewis, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will participate in Cowen and Company's Energy and Natural Resources Conference to be held December 6-7, 2016, at the Le Parker Meridien Hotel in New York City. Reliance's presentation is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, December 6th at 3:00 p.m. ET.
The presentation will be webcast live over the Internet, hosted on the Investors section of the Company's website at investor.rsac.com. In addition to the live webcast, a replay will be available on the Company's website for 90 days following the event.
About Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., headquartered in Los Angeles, California, is the largest metals service center company in North America. Through a network of more than 300 locations in 40 states and twelve countries outside of the United States, the Company provides value-added metals processing services and distributes a full line of over 100,000 metal products to more than 125,000 customers in a broad range of industries. Reliance focuses on small orders with quick turnaround and increasing levels of value-added processing. In 2015, Reliance's average order size was $1,660, approximately 47% of orders included value-added processing and approximately 40% of orders were delivered within 24 hours. Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.'s press releases and additional information are available on the Company's web site at www.rsac.com.
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