Hayden Brice senior spotlight: ‘The value of hard work’ - Auburn Tigers Official Athletic Site

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AUBURN, Ala. – Hayden Brice’s career has had a lot of changes, including two stops in junior college and two position changes, but it’s clear that the Auburn senior edge defender is making most of the opportunity to play at his dream school on the Plains.

Originally from Jackson, Mississippi, where he graduated from St. Joseph Catholic School, Brice was a multi-sport athlete growing up. In addition to football, he also played basketball, was involved in track and field, and swam. Ultimately, he decided to focus on football over his second favorite sport, basketball, while he was in high school.

“I played AAU basketball when I was in the 10th grade. I remember going to a tournament in Atlanta, walking in the gym and seeing these other kids that were like seven feet tall,” said Brice who now stands 6-foot-3. “They were already this tall at the age of 16. After that, I realized that I might not get any taller, but I knew that I was definitely big enough to be a football player. So, I just put all my focus into football after the 10th grade.”

Following high school, Brice continued his football career as a wide receiver in the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges, playing first at Pearl River Community College in 2018, where he recorded eight catches for 136 yards, and then at Northeast Mississippi Community College in 2019, where he totaled eight catches for 220 yards and a touchdown.

After his 2019 season at NMCC, Brice had his sights set on one school – Auburn University.

“I never actually took a visit to Auburn,” the senior said. “Auburn was the only school that I applied to, so when I got in, I came. Auburn was a dream school for me.”

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Why Pakistan Was Hit So Hard By Floods - The New York Times

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Floods have killed at least 1,100 and submerged about a third of the country. We explain the factors making it so bad.

After a spring of deadly heat waves, summer floods have killed more than 1,100 people in Pakistan. Since June, rains have washed away buildings, submerged homes and destroyed roads. One-third of the country is underwater.

Scientists can’t yet say exactly how climate change has shaped the disaster, but they know that global warming is sharply increasing the likelihood of extreme rain in South Asia, home to a quarter of humanity. There is little doubt that it made this year’s monsoon season more destructive.

Today, I’ll talk about some of the climate factors in play and why Pakistan, a country that has done very little to cause global warming but is now among the most vulnerable to its effects, has been hit so hard.

Global warming and the monsoon

The South Asian summer monsoon is part of a regional weather pattern. Basically, winds tend to blow from the southwest from June through September. That onshore breeze brings wet weather. In normal times, that’s generally a good thing. Farmers all over the region count on monsoon rains for their crops.

But these are no longer normal times. Global warming means that water evaporates much faster out at sea. And, a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture. So, monsoons risk bringing way too much rain.

Researchers will need time to conduct attribution studies to understand exactly what happened this summer, but Steven Clemens, a professor of earth, environmental and planetary sciences at Brown University, said the months of deluge in Pakistan are “super consistent with what we expect in the future” as the planet heats up.

This monsoon season, rainfall in Pakistan has been nearly three times the national average of the past 30 years, the country’s disaster agency said. In Sindh Province, which borders the Arabian Sea to the south, rainfall is nearly five times the average.

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Why preparation and recovery are so hard

The challenge of preparing for more intense rains is complicated by persistent political instability in Pakistan. No prime minister has ever completed a full term in office. In April, former Prime Minister Imran Khan was forced out. This month, he was charged under antiterrorism laws amid a power struggle with the current leadership.

The country’s difficult economic situation also means there aren’t sufficient resources for adaptation projects. At one point this month, annual inflation was measured at 42.3 percent.

Madiha Afzal, an analyst at the Brookings Institution in Washington, told me the economic and political turmoil shifted attention away from the heavy rainfall and delayed the government’s response.

“People weren’t focusing on that,” she said. “So things that should happen in a disaster, like getting the word out for people to evacuate from areas where there was going to be flooding, didn’t happen.”

The economic problems, Afzal said, are also likely to affect the government’s ability to shelter the displaced and rebuild what was destroyed. Agriculture is likely to take an especially big hit. According to World Bank data, the sector employs almost 40 percent of Pakistanis. Across the border in India, it accounts for close to half of all jobs.

The United States this month announced $1 million in aid to help Pakistan cope with disasters. And the country on Monday secured a $1.1 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund to avert an imminent default. But government officials in Pakistan estimate the damage of these floods alone will run over $10 billion.

It’s not just about money and political will, though.

Clemens told me models and the computers that run them can’t yet predict precisely when and where an extreme weather event will happen, or how a specific area will be affected. Getting adaptation projects right in this context won’t be easy.

The floods in Pakistan offered an example. A bridge that had been rebuilt 16 feet, or five meters, higher after it was destroyed during record flooding in 2010 was again inundated days ago.

Related: How is climate change affecting floods?

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Warming Greenland: A study predicted that melting ice on the island could eventually raise global sea levels by 10 inches, or 27 centimeters, much more than previous estimates.

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• The Washington Post reported on “heat officers” and how they’re helping cities cope with hotter summers.

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More jewelers, large and small, are using metals reprocessed from devices like mobile phones, laptops and game consoles. Recycled gold started off as a small consumer-led trend, one industry analyst said. But now it’s “something that consumers are actually demanding.”

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Firstbase and Gusto hold forth on hard-to-find hires at Disrupt - TechCrunch

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Hiring the best talent has never been easy for startups. Things got even harder when the pandemic shrank the available talent pool and 2021 set a record for venture capital fundraising, meaning more companies with more cash in the market. The result? A major talent shortage and a hyper-competitive job market.

Despite the fact that some tech companies have begun executing layoffs and others — like the Big Five — are slowing or stopping hiring altogether, the tech talent market is still hot.

Knowing how to navigate this changing labor landscape is essential for founders, which is why we’re thrilled to announce that Chris Herd, founder and CEO at Firstbase and Emil Yeargin, vice president of talent at Gusto, will help chart this territory onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco.

In a conversation called “How to secure those hard-to-find hires,” we’ll explore what early-stage founders need to know to be competitive in a more remote-friendly world. Our panel will also look at what it takes today to attract top talent for hard-to-fill roles in areas like AI, crypto, data science, engineering and senior management. Hint: Securing a hard-to-get hire may require something other than just offering more money or the right title.

Chris Herd is the founder and CEO of Firstbase, an all-in-one provisioning platform for remote teams. The monthly subscription-based platform lets companies set up, supply, maintain, manage and retrieve all the physical equipment remote workers need to do great work at home.

Emil Yeargin is the vice president of talent at Gusto, where he works to transform both recruiting strategy and candidate experience. Prior to joining Gusto, Yeargin served as the director of technical recruiting at Lyft. Before joining Lyft, he led recruiting teams at Okta and Zenefits.

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Why Is It Hard For Murder Mystery Shows to Have A Good Second Season? - GameRant

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Lions releasing LB Jarrad Davis, 'Hard Knocks' favorite WR Kalil Pimpleton - NFL.com

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The Lions, like the rest of the NFL, are in the midst of juggling their roster to cut down to 53 players. It won't include a former first-round pick or a Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Detroit Lions favorite.

Jarrad Davis' second stint with the Lions is over. The team is releasing the linebacker, along with rookie wide receiver/kick returner Kalil Pimpleton, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Monday.

Davis arrived in Detroit via the 21st-overall selection in the 2017 draft and played in 14 games as a rookie, but never quite lived up to top-choice expectations. After four seasons with the Lions, he moved to New York, where he lasted just one year with the Jets before returning to Detroit this offseason.

The reunion made sense. Still a team attempting to rise from the lower third of the NFL, Detroit could use some experienced depth, and Davis was familiar with the franchise even if he hadn't played for coach Dan Campbell. Instead, Davis failed to latch on, playing deep into Detroit's Week 2 preseason win over Indianapolis as part of a defense dotted with hopefuls, not guaranteed members of the final roster.

As it turns out, Davis' spot wasn't guaranteed, either. His release is a bit of a surprise due to his standing as a former first-round selection, but those who have kept an eye on him shouldn't be stunned. At 27 years old, Davis is free to find employment elsewhere.

The same is true for undrafted free agent and Hard Knocks focal point Pimpleton. The former Central Michigan receiver attracted attention from NFL Films' cameras during the preseason thanks to his juggling ability and his slightly oversized pads, but struggled to consistently produce. Though he caught three of five targets for 23 yards in the Week 2 win over Indianapolis, Pimpleton failed to haul in a well-placed pass from David Blough that would have produced a first-half touchdown in the game. A week later, he caught another three passes on five targets for 31 yards.

The Lions are also waiving wide receiver Tom Kennedy, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported.

Detroit has multiple pass-catching options -- 15 different players saw targets in Week 3 -- and that's without mentioning the franchise's newest prized toy, Alabama receiver Jameson Williams. Ultimately, it's a numbers game, and no matter how well Pimpleton proved he could juggle, the Lions' attempt left him without a job.

There are returner jobs available elsewhere in the NFL, and Pimpleton could find his way into one. Hopefully his equipment fits him better than it did in Detroit.

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Men’s Soccer Falls to NJIT in Hard Fought Match - James Madison University Athletics

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – After a defensive stalemate began the contest, James Madison men's soccer fell to NJIT, 1-0, on Sunday afternoon at Sentara Park.
 
The Dukes fall to 1-1, as the Highlanders move to 1-0-1.
 
Redshirt sophomore Ethan Taylor and freshman Cameron Arnold led the offense, each getting two shots off with both of Taylor's put on goal and one of Arnold's.
 
How It Happened

• Offense was a premium through the first half, as the first shot in the match came from NJIT in the 31^st minute.
• Taylor was able to get off JMU's first shot in the 42^nd minute, with it being saved that set up a corner kick.
• Taylor took a second shot in the 45^th minute that was also saved.
• The offense picked up in the second half, after a pair of shots from NJIT in the 47^th minute.
• NJIT found the back of the net in the 51^st minute off a free kick that Asembo Augo was able to head for the 1-0 lead.
• The Highlanders went around 30 minutes without a shot or corner kick after the goal, as the Dukes put pressure on NJIT's backline by taking four shots and setting up five corner kicks.
• JMU had one final chance in the 88^th minute, but Arnold had his shot saved.

 
Game Notes

• JMU had advantages in shots (9-8) and corner kicks (6-4).
• NJIT's goal was the lone shot the Dukes allowed on goal.

 
Quoting Head Coach Paul Zazenski
"We are very disappointed today and the effort levels were not up to the standards of JMU men's soccer."
 
Up Next
The Dukes hit the road for their next three matches, beginning with a trip to Charlottesville, Va. to take on Virginia on Thursday, Sept. 1. The match is scheduled for 8 p.m. and will be streamed on ACC Network Extra.
 

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In New Hampshire, Republicans Weigh Another Hard-Right Candidate - The New York Times

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Don Bolduc, a retired Army general, has played to the Republican base and is leading in polls to take on Senator Maggie Hassan, who is viewed as vulnerable in November.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — He has said the state’s popular Republican governor is “a Chinese Communist sympathizer,” called for the repeal of the 17th Amendment allowing direct popular election of senators and raised the possibility of abolishing the F.B.I.

The man behind these statements is Don Bolduc, a retired Army general who leads the Republican field in what should be a competitive race for the New Hampshire Senate seat held by Senator Maggie Hassan, a Democrat.

In one primary after another this year, Republican voters have chosen hard-right candidates who party officials had warned would have trouble winning in November, and Mr. Bolduc could be on course to be the next. Like him, many embraced former President Donald J. Trump’s election denial. “I signed a letter with 120 other generals and admirals saying that Donald Trump won the election and, damn it, I stand by” it, Mr. Bolduc said at a recent debate.

The suddenly fraught midterm landscape for Republicans caused Senator Mitch McConnell, the G.O.P. leader, to complain recently that poor “candidate quality” could cost his party a majority in the Senate that had long seemed the likely result.

In the final competitive primary of the year, scheduled for Sept. 13, Republican officials in New Hampshire are echoing Mr. McConnell. They warn that grass-roots voters are poised to elect another problematic nominee, Mr. Bolduc, and jeopardize a winnable race against a vulnerable Democrat.

This month, Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican moderate broadly popular in his purple state, said on New Hampshire talk radio that Mr. Bolduc was a “conspiracy theorist-type candidate.” He added: “If he were the nominee, I have no doubt we would have a much harder time trying to win that seat back.”

Mr. Bolduc, who served 10 tours in Afghanistan, held a formidable lead with Republican voters in a poll this month, in large part because he has barnstormed continuously for more than two years, while his rivals joined the race later. The contest was effectively frozen for a year until November, when Mr. Sununu, a top recruiting target of national Republicans, declined to run for Senate, deciding instead to seek a fourth term as governor.

Mr. Bolduc has built a following by offering red meat to the conservative base. But New Hampshire is a politically divided state where Republicans who win statewide traditionally appeal to independents and conservative Democrats. Its four-member congressional delegation is entirely Democratic; state government is firmly in the hands of Republicans.

“We’re not a red state, we’re not a blue state, we’re a weird state,” said Greg Moore, a Republican operative not involved in the Senate primary. He was skeptical that Mr. Bolduc, after targeting only his party’s base, would be able to attract a broader coalition in November.

In a debate on Wednesday outside Manchester, Mr. Bolduc denounced the provision in Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act authorizing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices, saying, “Anything the government’s involved in, it’s not good, it doesn’t work.”

A rival of Mr. Bolduc’s, Kevin Smith, told him at an earlier debate, “You know, Don, your M.O. seems to be ‘Fire, ready, aim.’”

Mr. Bolduc, 60, is a compact figure who still sports a military haircut close-cropped on the sides. In the minutes before the debate went live on Newsmax, while other candidates studied their notes, he spontaneously led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance and in singing “God Bless America.”

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A poll this month by the New Hampshire Institute of Politics showed Mr. Bolduc with support from 32 percent of registered Republican voters, well ahead of his closest rival, Chuck Morse, the State Senate president, who was at 16 percent. Others in the poll, including Mr. Smith, a former Londonderry town manger, were in the low single digits.

All of the candidates have struggled to raise money and draw voters’ attention — 39 percent of Republicans said in the poll they were still undecided.

That gives Mr. Bolduc’s rivals hope, although time is running out: The primary is just one week after Labor Day, when most voters traditionally tune in.

Ms. Hassan has long been seen as vulnerable. Just 39 percent of voters in the Institute of Politics survey said she deserved to be re-elected.

At the debate outside Manchester, the candidates bashed Ms. Hassan, a former governor, linking her to rising gas prices and expected high prices for home heating oil this winter.

Ms. Hassan, in response, defended voting for Democrats’ climate and prescription drug law. “While I’m fighting to get results for New Hampshire, my opponents are out on the campaign trail defending Big Oil and Big Pharma and bragging about their records of opposing a woman’s fundamental freedom,” she said in a statement.

Mr. Trump has made no endorsement in New Hampshire, and he may not make one at all. He snubbed Mr. Bolduc in a 2020 Senate primary, endorsing a rival. Neither Mr. Bolduc nor Mr. Morse has spoken to Mr. Trump lately about the race, according to their campaigns.

Corey Lewandowski, Mr. Trump’s first 2016 campaign manager, who is a New Hampshire resident, has publicly urged his former boss not to back Mr. Bolduc, calling him “not a serious candidate.”

Mr. Bolduc declined to comment for this article. Rick Wiley, a senior adviser to Mr. Bolduc, said the criticisms of him — that he is unelectable, that independents won’t vote for him — were the same ones thrown at Mr. Trump in 2016.

“The electorate wants an outsider, that is resoundingly clear,” Mr. Wiley said. Shrugging off Mr. Sununu’s criticisms, he added: “I expect we’re probably going to be sharing a ballot with the governor. There will be unity on the ticket in November and Republicans up and down the ballot will be successful because of the policies Biden and Maggie Hassan have put in place.”

The biggest primary threat to Mr. Bolduc, and the preferred candidate of much of what remains of the G.O.P. establishment, is Mr. Morse, a low-key, self-made tree nursery owner with a strong Granite State accent, who appears in his TV ads riding a tractor at dawn at his operation in southern New Hampshire.

Despite his prominent role in state government, a poll in April found that 54 percent of Republican voters didn’t know enough about Mr. Morse to have an opinion. Just 2 percent named him as their choice for the nomination. His ascent to 16 percent in the latest public poll this month is seen by supporters as a sign of momentum.

Dave Carney, a strategist for Mr. Morse, agreed that Mr. Bolduc was the current race leader. But he said that Mr. Morse’s superior fund-raising, which allowed him to buy TV ads, was raising his profile, and predicted that he would continue to gain on Mr. Bolduc.

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“Sixty-one percent of the voters are willing to replace Hassan,” Mr. Carney said, referring to the share of voters in the Institute of Politics survey who said that it was time to give someone new a chance to be senator or that they were undecided. “We need to nominate somebody who can do that.” He called Mr. Bolduc a “flawed candidate,” adding, “I don’t think there’s any way in hell he could get conservative Democrats or the vast majority of independents to go his way.”

Mr. Morse had $975,000 in his campaign account as of July, compared with Mr. Bolduc, who had just $65,000. Ms. Hassan’s $7.3 million on hand has allowed her to aggressively spend on TV ads all year, including one promoting her work for people with disabilities that features her son, who was born with cerebral palsy.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee, which this month slashed its planned spending in three battleground states — Pennsylvania, Arizona and Wisconsin — has kept a commitment to spend $6.5 million on the New Hampshire race after the primary, reflecting its belief in Ms. Hassan’s vulnerability.

With the Senate divided 50-50 between the parties and Democrats optimistic about flipping at least one seat, in Pennsylvania, Republicans need to take down two or more Democratic incumbents to win a majority. Their top targets are in Georgia, Arizona, Nevada and New Hampshire.

At the recent debate, the audience was mostly committed supporters of each of the candidates, with few appearing undecided. Bolduc fans dismissed out of hand Mr. Sununu’s view that their candidate would have a hard time in November.

“Sununu is a globalist clown and is not a Republican,” said Kelley Potenza, a candidate for the state House of Representatives who is from Rochester. “He’s afraid because Don Bolduc is the only candidate that’s not going to be controlled.”

In the audience before the lights went down, Bill Bowen, a recent transplant from California and a Morse supporter, said Mr. Bolduc had reached his ceiling in the polls. He said supporters of Mr. Bolduc who ignored doubts about his electability in November were misguided.

“That’s all that matters,” he said, adding, “This is the 51st vote,” referring to a potential Republican majority in the Senate.

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