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We face the fundamental challenge seen in a 2021 study from Buck Global showing that 58% of employees do not trust senior management to look out for their best interests and that 42% believe their leadership is out of touch with the reality workers have experienced during the pandemic. That should give us all pause. But we can pair this with positive findings of research conducted by Paul Zak, director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies, which showed employees in high-trust companies reported 50% higher productivity,76% more engagement,40% less burnout and more than double the energy they bring to their jobs compared to workers in low-trust organizations. How well we emerge from these past years might come down to how we hold ourselves to a trust-building standard. These key areas need close attention:

Have your workers been able to weigh in on the benefits of virtual work that they now see as key to their ability to excel? You almost certainly have employees who flourished these past years, through great effort on their part that theyre proud of. Marking those times as an aberration can send a powerful negative message you didnt intend.

How proactive are your efforts to touch base with each employee and address their problems and issues? Do manager schedules allow time to make that happen? Does your culture allow managers to show the kind of personal vulnerability to teams that is such a core component of building rapport?

Companies often announce enhancements and changes to help their workforceand are surprised when those well-meaning efforts are met with skepticism, indifference or scorn. What went wrong? It may be the news was described, but not the intention behind it. Simply connecting those dots can make a huge difference.

Avoid announcements such as: Great news; were now offering day care three days a week! Youll serve employees far better with an approach closer to Weve been looking for ways to help our working parents participate more easily in collaborations at the office; one suggestion well be testing is providing daycare three days a week. When employees understand from the start the underlying care and motive behind the action, youve instantly opened the conversation allowing honest dialogue and alignment to happen and trust to flow in both directions.

How many convoluted mission statements have you rolled your eyes at over the years? No company can afford that lack of clarity anymore. To have your promises trusted, you must first make those promises clear, relevant and actionable.

Its time we saw these new realities as an opportunity for every company to become its better selftrusted in the eyes of the world, their clients and, most importantly, the employees who are the true beating heart of every company and every brand.

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Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General Stephanie Williams hosts the fourth round of the 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission, Palais des Nations. 19 October 2020.

CAIRO - 17 May 2022:Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on Libya Stephanie Williams said she was pleased by the encouraging progress made over the past two days between members of the Joint House of Representatives (HoR) and High State Council (HSC) Committee at their second round of talks in Cairo, Libya Herald reported.

She said these have thus far included finding consensus on significant parts of the draft constitution including sections relating to the legislature and judiciary.

Williams said she looked forward to seeing further progress made in the consultations, due to take place through May 20 with the aim of generating a consensual constitutional framework to take Libya to national inclusive elections as soon as possible.

Libya's Prime Minister Fat'hi Bashagha and a number of ministers have left the capital, Tripoli, hours after their attempt to enter the city triggered clashes, the media office of the interim Libyan government announced Tuesday.

Bashaghas office said he and his ministers left Tripoli later Tuesday for the sake of the security and safety of citizens and to stop the bloodshed.

Appointed by Libya's parliament, Bashagha entered Tripoli overnight but withdrew hours later on Tuesday as fighting rocked the capital, the Libyan News Agency quoted the office as saying.

The UN special adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, meanwhile, urged calm and for rival parties to engage in talks to resolve their disputes.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed Tuesday Egypt's concern about the developments in Tripoli, reiterating the necessity of maintaining pacification in Libya as well as preserving lives, properties, and resources of the Libyan people.

The ministry urged all Libyan parties to practice self-restraint, and abstain from taking any steps that would foment violence. Egypt also underscored the inevitability of a dialogue that is aimed at holding presidential and parliamentary elections contemporarily and without delay.

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The lunar eclipse in progress

Updated: 9:38 PM CDT May 15, 2022

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FLOWER MOON AND THE LUNAR ECLIPSE. ALL I WANT THIS TIME. YEAH, THATS CRAZY. WELL RANDY FACTOR TOM COMING UP FOR THE DAY ON MONDAY. I GIVE IT AND EIGHT BEAUTIFUL FOR BEING AND WORKING OUTSIDE. ID GO HIGHER BUT I THINK TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY MAKE IT. INTO THE LOWER 80S. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN THE EARTH START TO ENTER THE PENUMBRA, WHICH IS THE EARTHS OUTER SHADOW BY 9:27. ITLL START TO ENTER THE INNER SHADOW B 1029 THE MOON FULLY BE INHE T DEEPEST SHADOW AND AT 11:11. THATS WHEN ITS IN THE CENTER OF THE DEEPEST SHADOW, SO IT SHOULD BE THE MOST DARK. RED COLOR THAT WE HAVE THE ECLIPSE STARTS TO END 1153ND A THEN WERE ENDING THE PARTIAL ECLIPSE 1255 AND AND THEN WERE COMPLETELY DONE JUST BEFORE. 2 AM NEXT TIME NOVBEEMR 8TH THESE HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY SOLAR ECLIPSES THAT THE GRANDDADDY THATS WHERE IT' LINED UP WITH THE SUN THE MOON AND THE EARTH AND A LITTLE SPOT ON. TO GET THE TOTALITY. HAVE TOAI WT A COUPLE MORE YEARS FROM ONE OF THOSE 7355 TODAY TEMPERATURES RIGHT ABOUT AVERAGE. PRECIPITATION WERE GETTING DRIER. HALF AN INCH BELOW AVERAGE MOISTURED EPLEY AIRFIELD, THERE IT IS. FLOUR MOON. ITS OUR CAMERA 27 THE DOUGLAS LOOKING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST. WELL, IT FEELS GOOD 68 DEGREES A LITTLE WEST BREEZE JUST SIX MILE ANS HOUR TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S WINDS PRETTY LIGHT SUPER DOLL PACIFIC RADAR. ALL QUIET CLOUDS GONE, THERE WERE A FEW SHOWERS AROUND THIS MORNING. NOT TOO MUCH IN OMAHA SOME STRONGER STORMS OVER KANSAS, MISSOURI DROPPED SOUTHWARD, AND NOW PRETTY QUIET FOR A CPLOUE OF DAYS HERE. LOOK AT THAT HOURLY PLANNER, HUH? MOSTLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT MOSTLY SUNNY COMING UP FOR MONDAY ZOER PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. JUST A LITTLE WARM LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, HIGH PRESSURE. NEARLY OVERHEAD BY MORNING. THERES THE SUNSHINE. HERES THE AFTERNOON LOOKS GREAT. TOMORROW NIGHT DISTURBANCE STARTS TO COME IN FROM THE WEST. WELLEE S AN INCREASING CLOUDS LATE, MAYBE A COUPLE OF SHOWERS WHICH KIND OF COMPLICATES THINGS FOR TUESDAY. WE COULD HAVE SOME MORNING RAIN. TBU IF IT DRIES OUT A BIT WITH THIS POSITIONING OF THIS LOW PRESSURE INHE T WARM FRONT, WE COULD SEE SOME STRONG THUNDERSTOSRM IN THE LATE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY. MOSTLY CLEAR THE LUNAR ECLIPSE ALREADY IN PROGRESS. YOU CANT REALLY TELL BECAUSE JUST BARELY INTOHE T OUTER SHADOW, BUT YOULLNO KW IT IN. IN TWO HOURS FORUR SE 52 DEGREES TOMORROW MORNING 74 NOON TIME 80 DEGREES AND FIVE OCLOCK HIGH TEMPERATURE 82 IMPACT WHETHER ON TUESDAY THAT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RAIN IN THE MORNING. AND THEN MAYBE A SEVERE STORM CHCE WOULD BE VERY LATE AFTERNOON. PALYRT CLOUDY BUT DECENT ON WEDNESDAY ANOTHER FRONT ON THURSDAY WARM AHEAD OF IT, BUT LOOK AT THE COOL DOWN WINDY WITH THEIV HE 71 ON FRIY,DA THEN HEISEN THE 60S NEXT WEEKEND THATS GOING TO FEEL GOOD.

The lunar eclipse in progress

Updated: 9:38 PM CDT May 15, 2022

The lunar eclipse in progress

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THERE STARTS AT 10 AM SOME BREAKING NEWS. NOW ONE PSONER IS CRITICALLY HURT IN OMAHA TONIGHT. AHOMA POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE ON REPORTS OF AN ASSAULT THIS HAPPENED AT SECOND IN DREXEL WAS AROUND 8:30 THIS EVENING. WERE

Assault victim taken to the hospital with CPR in progress

The Omaha Police department said medics performed CPR on the assault victim.

Updated: 10:17 PM CDT May 15, 2022

The Omaha Police department said one person was taken to the hospital with CPR in progress.Police say the person was assaulted near S 32nd Street and Drexel Street. The call came in around 8:30 p.m. Sunday night.Police have not said how the person was assaulted yet.KETV will update this developing story as more information becomes available.

The Omaha Police department said one person was taken to the hospital with CPR in progress.

Police say the person was assaulted near S 32nd Street and Drexel Street. The call came in around 8:30 p.m. Sunday night.

Police have not said how the person was assaulted yet.

KETV will update this developing story as more information becomes available.

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A northern Michigan wildfire that has raged across more than 2,000 acres since Fridaywas, according to a MichiganDepartment of Natural Resources estimate,75% contained Monday, the agency said.

Some roads that were closed in the Blue Lakes Fire in Montmorency and Cheboygan counties also were reopened, said Kerry Heckman, a DNR spokesperson, in a press release.

The fire had been 60% contained Sunday, a day after crews were pulled off fire lines temporarily in the afternoon due to lightning risk.

Containment doesnt necessarily mean the fire is out, Heckman said, but itis unlikely to spread beyond the containment lines.

These are areas where firefighters have been able to plow a line down to bare eartharound that portion of the fire, removing all fire fuels.

A Wednesday lightning strike that smoldered for a few days before spreading into dry fuels was determined as the cause of the fire, the agency said.

DNR reported an estimated 2,200 acres in the wildfire's path Monday, down from Sunday's estimate of 2,700 acres and Saturday's 2,300.

The differences in reported acreage are due to improved mapping with firefighters on the ground using a variety of tools, according to Heckman.

Some roads will remain closed until nearby hotspots can be identified with infrared imaging and addressed. Those include Blue Lakes Road between Hardwood Lake and Black River. The Black River is also still closed between Blue Lakes and Clark Bridge roads.

Fire danger remains high in northern Michigan. Due to increased fire risk, the DNR has not conducted prescribed burns and has not been issuing burn permits.

Crews on the scene Monday included 32 DNR firefighters, two emergency medical technicians and a 13-member incident management team, according to the press release, with law enforcement assistance from two Montmorency County sheriffs deputies and three DNR conservation officers.

Local assistance wasprovided by Tri-Township EMS, Montmorency County Emergency Management and the Michigan State Police.

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UPDATE: At a town hall meeting on Tuesday, fire officials announced that the High Park fire in Teller County is now 70% contained.

UPDATE (Tuesday): According to fire crews, the High Park Fire currently burning in Teller County is now 37% contained, up 10% from progress made over the weekend.

So far, crews say, the fire has burned almost 1,600 acres.

Helicopters continue to make water drops over the area, focusing on the southern end of the fire.

About 400 people and 75 businesses are under evacuation or pre-evacuation status.

A federal incident management team took the lead on the High Park Fire over the weekend.

UPDATE: Crews fighting the High Park Fire in Teller County provided an update of their progress on Monday.

Yesterday was a really good day, said Lathan Johnson of Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team 1. We were able to continue to secure a lot of line.

Johnson said the fire began to move south, which he clarified was helpful to crews on scene because thats easier terrain.

UPDATE: The fire has grown to 1,558 acres and is 27% contained. Helicopters continue running dip and drop cycles delivering water over areas of heat, primarily in the southern end of the fire.

TELLER COUNTY, Colo. The High Park Fire in Teller County, which sparked on May 12, 2022, has burned 1,499 acres and is now 27% contained. The countys sheriffs department has reported no structures have been lost as 180 personnel fight the flames, with additional support on the way.

A federal Incident Management Team took command of the fire on Sunday. Teller County Commissioner Dan Williams has asked Governor Jared Polis to declare a state disaster.

Dozens of people in Teller County are still under evacuation orders.

There is, as yet, no word on what started the High Park Fire.

UPDATE: More photos of the fire and burned areas.

UPDATE: Videos show helicopters dousing hot spots of the High Park Fire with buckets of water.

UPDATE: Pre-evacuation notices are in effect for Rhyolite Mountain Mesa, Monarch and Lost Canyon. An evacuation shelter has been set up at Woodland Park High School. Livestock can be taken to Cripple Creek Fairgrounds.

County Road 11 is closed from milepost 3 to County Road 112.

The Teller County Sheriffs Office will have a community town hall meeting at 1 p.m. at Cripple Creek Victor High School.

The fires increase in size is due to a combination of firing operations to secure indirect fireline and wind-driven fire, according to Mykell Kroll, Fremont County Director of Emergency Management. It is burning in ponderosa pine and grass in steep, rocky terrain with High Park Road to the west and Fourmile Creek to the east. The fire has been most active at the southeast corner of the fire perimeter where it spotted across Fourmile Creek.

Firefighters will continue to patrol and mop up heat sources to secure the fires edge in all sections of the fire.

Helicopters and air attack platforms will continue to support the firefighting effort with aerial observation and bucket drops.

UPDATE: The fire has increased to 1,172 acres with 10% containment. The briefing for this morning has been cancelled.

UPDATE: A video of a press conference with the Teller County Sheriffs office has been released below.

UPDATE: At a briefing early morning, the Teller County Sheriffs Office stated the fire was over 1,000 acres and is 10% contained. There will be another briefing for evacuated individuals at Florissant fire station at 1 p.m.

TELLER COUNTY, Colo. The High Park fire burned back on itself on Friday, forcing new mandatory and pre-evacuation orders and closing down roads in the area.

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Los Angeles firefighters responded to a wind-driven fire burning near Porter Ranch and Chatsworth Sunday afternoon.

The Porter Fire was first reported around 3:30 p.m. south of the 118 Freeway in the San Fernando Valley.

The fire was burning in grass, fire officials said, but was being pushed by 10-15 mph wind towards heavy vegetation.

Video shared to the Citizen app showed large plumes of black smoke billowing from the fire.

The fire was considered a major emergency, but no homes were threatened and no evacuation orders were issued.

One civilian vehicle, a pickup truck at the Porter Ranch park-and-ride, was destroyed by the fire.

About 140 firefighters were assigned to fight the fire from both the ground and air, ultimately halting the blazes forward progress at about 7 acres in size, LAFD said.

By 5:30 p.m., the fire was 75% contained, according to the LAFD.

At 4 p.m., the California Highway Patrol issued a SigAlert for the 118 Freeways off-ramp to Porter Ranch Drive. It was expected to remain in place for one hour, the CHP tweeted, though at 5:30, that SigAlert was extended for another hour.

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The latest attempt to create the first broad national data privacy law in the United States is causing the typical nonsense in Washington. But from the mess in Congress and elsewhere in the U.S., were finally seeing progress in defending Americans from the unrestrained information-harvesting economy.

Whats emerging is a growing consensus and a body of (imperfect) laws that give people real control and companies more responsibility to tame the nearly limitless harvesting of our data. Given all the bickering, tacky lobbying tactics and gridlock, it might not look like winning from up close. But it is.

Let me zoom out to the big picture in the U.S. Tech companies like Facebook and Google, mostly unknown data middlemen and even the local supermarket harvest any morsel of data on us that might help their businesses.

We benefit from this system in some ways, including when businesses find customers more efficiently through targeted ads. But the existence of so much information on virtually everyone, with few restrictions on its use, creates conditions for abuse. It also contributes to public mistrust of technology and tech companies. Even some companies that have benefited from unrestricted data collection now say the system needs reform.

Smarter policy and enforcement are part of the answer, but there are no quick fixes and there will be downsides. Some consumer privacy advocates have said for years that Americans need a federal data privacy law that protects them no matter where they live. Members of Congress have discussed, but failed to pass, such a law over the past few years.

The weird thing now is that big companies, policymakers in both parties and privacy die-hards seem to agree that a national privacy law is welcome. Their motivations and visions for such a law, though, are different. This is where it gets frustrating.

A consortium that includes corporate and technology trade groups kicked off a marketing campaign recently that calls for a federal privacy law but only under very specific conditions, to minimize the disruption to their businesses.

They want to make sure that any federal law would overrule stronger state privacy laws, so businesses can follow one guideline rather than dozens of potentially conflicting ones. Businesses may also hope that a law passed by Congress is less disruptive to them than anything the Federal Trade Commission, which now has a Democratic majority, implements.

This is one of those legislative tugs of war that is unseemly to watch from the outside and enraging to longtime consumer privacy advocates. Evan Greer, director of the digital rights group Fight for the Future, told me she sees what corporate lobbyists are supporting as watered down, industry-friendly laws that offer privacy in name only.

Behind the muck, though, there is emerging agreement on many essential elements of a federal privacy law. Even the biggest sticking points whether a federal law should override stronger state laws, and whether individuals can sue over privacy violations now seem to have workable middle grounds. One possibility is that the federal law would overrule any future state laws but not existing ones. And people might be given the right to sue for privacy breaches under limited circumstances, including for repeat violations.

Laws are not a cure-all for our digital privacy mess. Even smart public policies produce unwanted trade-offs, and sometimes poorly designed or inadequately enforced laws make things worse. Sometimes new laws can feel pointless.

Most peoples experience with Europes sweeping 2018 digital privacy regulation, the General Data Protection Regulation or G.D.P.R., is annoying pop-up notices about data tracking cookies. The first of two of Californias digital privacy provisions in theory gives people control over how their data is used, but in practice often involves filling out onerous forms. And recent data privacy laws in Virginia and Utah mostly gave industry groups what they wanted.

Is any of that progress on protecting our data? Kinda, yes!

Some privacy advocates may disagree with this, but even imperfect laws and a shifting mind-set among the public and policymakers are profound changes. They show that the defaults of Americas data-harvesting system are unraveling and more responsibility is shifting to data-collecting companies, not individuals, to preserve our rights.

Progress looks like not completely perfect laws; there is no such thing. It looks like fits and starts, Gennie Gebhart, the activism director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a privacy advocacy group, told me.

I dont know if there will ever be a federal privacy law. Gridlock rules, and such regulation is tricky. But behind the lobbying and the indecision, the terms of the debate over data privacy have changed.

Yikes in cryptocurrencies: The prices of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been falling steadily, which my colleague David Yaffe-Bellany said shows that cryptocurrencies are increasingly resembling risky tech stocks.

Also, the virtual currency TerraUSD is supposed to be worth $1 each, and it has collapsed far below that level. Heres why thats a big deal, from my colleagues at DealBook.

The local florist now delivers for Amazon: To speed up deliveries in rural parts of the U.S., Amazon has been experimenting with paying small businesses a few dollars per package to deliver orders to nearby homes, Recode reported.

Instagram believed that a new dad was interested in disability and fear. A Washington Post columnist explores why disturbing images interrupted his newborns Instagram feed and advocates for a way to reset social media algorithms when they dont work for us. (A subscription may be required.)

Puppppppy coming straight for your face!

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Its about getting ready, prepping to peak when it matters most.

Till then its all about getting ready.

Over the course of the last five seasons the Alma baseball team has done a phenomenal job of peaking at the right time as evidenced by its four-straight Division 2 district titles.

Moreover, in nearly every instance, the Panthers werent exactly favorites to make a postseason run, rather they were upset-minded underdogs who did exactly that.

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One year ago the Panthers entered the postseason with a record of 11-14 and promptly disposed of 30-win Fremont to claim a district title. From there they fell in regionals.

So whats the story this season? Are the Panthers primed to make another run or are they rebuilding or are they somewhere in between?

Were a work in progress, said long-time Alma baseball coach Denny Kreiner following Tuesdays split with Saginaw Swan Valley. Were learning the game, teaching baseball and trying to find our footing.

Historically speaking the Panthers have consistently produced some of the best pitching prospects in mid-Michigan for decades now as Kreiner is a brilliant pitching coach. As the son of legendary CMU head baseball coach Dean Kreiner one Denny Kreiner learned the art of pitching from a young age and the Panthers have benefitted ever since.

That includes 2022 too.

With Western Michigan University recruit DJ Thompson settling in as the staff ace and numerous other arms contributing significantly the Panthers have a rock-solid staff in 2022, per usual.

Yet, if theres an area of concern, it would come on the offensive end as Alma has struggled to score runs consistently which has led to an 8-8 record thus far.

Our pitching has been pretty good, theyve been nails, Kreiner added. Our offense has struggled to put up runs and put the ball in play. Im trying to find two line-ups that will get us through districts.

Kreiners concern played out front-and-center Tuesday during Almas home twinbill versus Saginaw Swan Valley.

Tied at 1-1 through seven innings the Panthers had legitimate chances to win the game in the eighth and ninth frames. In the eighth they had runners on second and third with no out and didnt score as a squeeze bunt went awry. The runner was tagged out and after a strike out the rally was over.

The same thing happened in the bottom of the ninth. Had it not been for a three-run rally in the 10th the Panthers would have lost a game they should have won.

Thus, with the pitching in order, Kreiners main concern going forward is getting his offense in order.

Were working on the fundamentals and teaching more this season, said Kreiner.

Within the confines of the conference Alma will be hard-pressed to make a run at the title as it sports a 5-5 record. Yet, once the postseason rolls around, its a safe bet that Kreiner and company will be ready because they always are.

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INDIANAPOLIS Storms have covered much of the Hoosier State today as our warm & humid weather pattern begins to break down. Showers and storms will remain in the forecast as we head through the remainder of the weekend too.

Thunderstorms began to pop up across the state early this afternoon as the atmospheric cap broke due to all the daytime heating. As the afternoon progressed, further heating allowed storms to become numerous and a few quite strong. A pair of severe storms were reported to have dropped between quarter and half dollar sized hail. Storms will weaken as we progress through the rest of the afternoon and eventually dissipate by the early evening.

Sunday will begin quite comfortable will an abundance of sun and temps in the 60s. Temperatures will increase quickly even with a little bit of humidity and overall light southerly flow. By the mid afternoon, temps should be reaching the mid 80s across much of Central Indiana. Our warming will be disrupted as storms begin to develop late in the day however.

By around 4pm it will become important to stay weather aware and keep an eye to the sky. Isolated storm activity will begin ahead of an approaching cold front. This activity will become more widespread as we head into the early evening hours and the front begins to sweep through. The chance for a few damaging wind gusts and large hail will be possible. Even a brief tornado cant be completely ruled out. Things will improve quickly after dark however and the storm threat should subside after midnight.

The upcoming work week will be cooler and more comfortable with temperatures returning to the 70s. Humidity will be out of the region for at least the first several days as well. All things considered, these will be great days to enjoy some time outdoors!

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