Bridgeline Announces Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2024Area individuals among NC Teaching Fellows awardeesBOSTON — When Joe Sacco took over as interim coach the Bruins had lost five in a row and fired Jim Montgomery. Fast forward to the present and they’re in the midst of a five-game point streak, two points behind the second-place Toronto Maple Leafs and four points behind the first-place Florida Panthers while players like Elias Lindholm are finding their groove. And after Monday’s resounding 4-1 win over the Washington Capitals — a team that had just eight losses in regulation prior to puck drop — things seem to be trending upward for Boston. “It’s trending in the right direction,” Sacco said after the game. “I think that’s the biggest thing. And there’s been a commitment from our players. There’s been a buy-in. And so we have a process that we go through every game and they’re checking most of the boxes. It’s not perfect every night and we know that there’s going to be games where you’re not at your best. But we show lately that when we’re not at our best we can find ways to win. “But I like the mindset of the group and where we’re at right now,” he continued. “I like the way we’re defending. I think we gave up 11 shots (Monday) against a good hockey team. I know they played (Sunday) but that’s a good hockey team over there, one of the better teams in the league. So there’s a commitment, there’s a buy-in from our group. That’s what you see, that’s why you see the results.” The Bruins look like a different team under Sacco. They’re playing hard and battling for 60 minutes. Even when they went down two forwards after David Pastrnak left with an upper-body injury and Oliver Wahlstrom received a game misconduct with the game tied 1-1, Boston found a way to pull out the win. The penalty kill went 2-for-3 including killing off Wahlstrom’s five-minute major without allowing the Capitals to get a shot on net during that time. All told, Washington amassed just 11 shots, which is a testament to how well the defense played. It also helps that Lindholm has been playing better of late, and Charlie Coyle has found chemistry with him and Brad Marchand as the second line right wing despite being a natural center. Marchand also looks to be playing better after at times looking like something was bothering him whether it was mental or physical. But he’s been finding open lanes both on his shots and his passes to help give the Bruins wins. “I just like the way he’s playing right now. He’s got more jump. He’s got more pace to the game,” Sacco said of Marchand. “He’s getting back into form now and you’re seeing the results.” The Bruins are off until Friday due to the NHL’s holiday break. Lindholm admitted he wishes the break didn’t come at this point in the season so they can keep their momentum going, it will be good for the Bruins to get some rest and prepare for a home-and-home against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
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UPDATE 1-Twenty-one dead in Mozambique unrest after top court decision on electionB.C. leaders pitch Hollywood executives in bid to keep province on screenIf finding the right present and making sure the recipient gets it on time leaves you feeling anxious, you’re not alone. More than half of Americans say that gift-giving stresses them out . Concerns about on-time delivery are so common that people share holiday deadlines for each shipping service . And in the event that you can’t meet these deadlines, there are now handy etiquette guides offering advice for how to inform the recipient. If you’ve sent late gifts thanks to shipping delays , depleted stocks or even good old-fashioned procrastination , our new research may offer some welcome news. In a series of studies that will soon be published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology , we found that people overestimate the negative consequences of sending a late gift. Why do people tend to overestimate these consequences? Our findings indicate that when people give presents, they pay more attention to norms about gifting than the recipients do. For example, other researchers have found that people tend to be reluctant to give used products as presents because there’s a norm that gifts should be new. In reality, though, many people are often open to receiving used stuff. We found that this mismatch also applies to beliefs about the importance of timing. Many people worry that a late gift will signal that they don’t care about the recipient. They then fear their relationship will suffer. In reality, though, these fears are largely unfounded. Gift recipients are much less worried about when the gift arrives. Unfortunately, aside from causing unnecessary worry, being overly sensitive about giving a late present can also influence the gift you choose to buy. A U.S. Postal Service worker places packages on a parcel sorting machine on Dec. 12, 2022. Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday RM via Getty Images To test how lateness concerns affect gift choice, we conducted an online study before Mother’s Day in 2021. We had 201 adults participate in a raffle. They could choose to send their mother either a cheaper gift basket that would arrive in time for the occasion or a more expensive one that would arrive late. Concerns about lateness led nearly 70 per cent of the participants to choose the less expensive and more prompt option. In another study, we conducted the same kind of raffle for Father’s Day and got similar results. Aside from finding that people will choose inferior items to ensure speedier delivery, we also found that givers may feel that they can compensate for lateness with effort. In another online study of 805 adults, we discovered that participants were less likely to expect a late delivery to damage a relationship if they signaled their care for the recipient in a different way. For example, they believed that putting an item together by hand, versus purchasing it preassembled, could compensate for a present being belated. If sending something late isn’t as bad as expected, you may wonder whether it’s OK to simply not send anything at all. We’d caution against going that route. In another online study of 903 participants, we found that recipients believed that not receiving anything at all was more likely to harm a relationship than receiving something as much as two months late. That is, late is better than never as far as those receiving gifts are concerned. You may want to keep that in mind, even if that new gaming console , action figure or virtual reality headset is sold out this holiday season. It could still be a welcome surprise if it arrives in January or February. Rebecca Walker Reczek _, Professor of Marketing, The Ohio State University_ Cory Haltman , Ph.D. Candidate in Marketing, The Ohio State University Grant Donnelly, Assistant Professor of Marketing, The Ohio State University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article .
Cooper added nine rebounds and four steals for the Bulldogs (6-0). Batcho scored 13 points, going 4 of 6 and 5 of 7 from the free-throw line. Abram shot 3 for 13 (2 for 7 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 12 points, while adding six rebounds. Delonnie Hunt finished with 26 points and three steals for the Spiders (3-4). Abram scored eight points in the first half and Louisiana Tech went into halftime trailing 35-27. Sean Newman Jr. scored a team-high 12 points for Louisiana Tech in the second half. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Nextracker to Present at the Goldman Sachs Energy, CleanTech & Utilities Conference
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