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Yahoo
30-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Tenant told his fish tank is ‘health and safety risk'
A man was told his fish tank was a 'serious' health and safety risk – even though it was only 2ft deep. Stephen Sharp, 54, installed the 6ft by 4ft outdoor tank in his front garden in Carlisle, Cumbria, in January to house goldfish. But his landlord said the water feature posed health and safety 'risks' to his neighbours and told him to remove it. Mr Sharp, a father-of-one, said he had taken 'safety into account' by covering the tank – which he dubbed a 'pond' – with a lockable lid and wire meshing. 'I just can't see what harm the pond is doing when it's on a little bit of land that nothing will grow on,' he said. 'All the neighbours like it and say it puts a smile on their faces – their children loved to watch the fish. 'The pond means a lot to all of us, as both my parents are now deceased, so it's all we have to remind us of them. 'My daughter is very upset as she names the fish after family members that are no longer with us.' Castles and Coasts Housing Association (CCHA), which owns Mr Sharp's house, told him to remove it in February. The housing association said the tank had been installed 'without permission' and was on communal land, not a private garden. Mr Sharp said he had asked his neighbours for their consent before the tank was installed and that it reminded him of his mother, who lived in the flat before she died in October last year. But on Sunday he complied with the housing association's request by draining the tank and giving away the nine goldfish who lived in it. 'We are all heartbroken as we loved having the fish,' Mr Sharp said. He added that the CCHA had said it could send contractors to remove the fishtank if he did not do it himself. Jonathan Proctor, lettings and neighbourhood manager at CCHA, said: 'The housing association's first priority is the safety and well-being of all of our residents. 'Any open water, even a pond, poses a number of potentially serious health and safety risks to residents in the community. 'This pond has been installed without permission and is in a public area on communal land. We have asked for it to be removed.' Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Forbes
27-03-2025
- Sport
- Forbes
Frozen Four 2025: Analyzing Conference Tournaments And Betting Odds
BOSTON, MA - APRIL 07: TD Garden ice resurfacer decked out in the Frozen Four logo for 2023 during a ... More Frozen Four semifinal between the Michigan Wolverines and the Denver Pioneers on April 7, 2022 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Men's college ice hockey starts its premiere event this Thursday afternoon: the 2025 Frozen Four. Before diving into the action in St. Louis, it is worth reflecting on how each team got here. The NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament features sixteen teams, and six of those spots are reserved for the winners of the six Division I conferences. The conferences that are awarded automatic bids are: Atlantic Hockey America (AHA), Big Ten, Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC), Hockey East, and National Collegiate Hockey Conference. Conference tournaments serve as both a proving ground and a springboard, where some teams cement their status as national contenders and others play their way into the conversation with timely bursts of brilliance. This year's conference tournament results serve as an interesting dataset to examine which teams may under- or overperform in the Frozen Four. Of the six conference tournaments played, No. 1 seeded teams emerged victorious in half of them, underscoring their dominance where it mattered most. The champions included Michigan State (Big Ten), Minnesota State (CCHA), and Western Michigan (NCHC). Elsewhere, Maine won the Hockey East conference tournament as a No. 2 seed, Bentley won the AHA conference tournament as a No. 3 seed, and Cornell won the ECAC conference tournament as a No. 6 seed. Conference tournaments won by seed for Division I NCAA men's ice hockey in 2025. Overall, four No. 1 seeds made it to their conference tournament finals, putting their winning percentage at 75% given a No. 1 seed reaches the finals. No. 2 seeds had a winning percentage of 50%, and No. 3 seeds had a winning percentage of 20%. Interestingly the No. 3 seed played in five out of six of all conference tournament finals. While it is tempting to draw sweeping conclusions from a single year of conference tournaments, the 2025 results undeniably add more evidence to the notion that No. 1 seeds remain the gold standard of college hockey. Yet, the consistent presence of No. 3 seeds in the finals also hints at a league where the gap between the top and middle seeds may not be as wide as it seems. TEMPE, ARIZONA - FEBRUARY 22: Matteo Costantini #25 of Western Michigan University Broncos skates ... More against the Arizona State University Sun Devils at Mullett Arena on February 22, 2025 in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by) If parity was the theme of this year's conference tournaments, it showed up most vividly in the semifinals. None of the six conferences managed to get all four top seeds to the semifinal round, but the level of chaos varied widely from one conference to the next. Interestingly, the average seed of teams making the conference tournament semifinals turned out to be a reasonably good predictor of how many bids a conference earned to the Frozen Four. Below is a plot of the average seed of the teams which made the conference tournament semifinals compared with the number of teams a conference has in this year's Frozen Four. A linear regression demonstrates the correlation between the average seed of the teams which made ... More the semifinals in a conference tournament and the number of Frozen Four bids received by a conference. Hockey East received the most bids with six teams represented in the Frozen Four including the No. 1 and No. 3 overall seeds, Boston College and Maine. The average team seed in the semifinals of the Hockey East tournament was 4.5. By comparison, a semifinal group featuring the No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 seeds would equate to an average seed of 2.5. The Big Ten followed Hockey East with four teams receiving a bid to the Frozen Four. Impressively, this represents over half of the seven-team conference. The average seed in the Big Ten semifinals was 4. Maine goalie Albin Boija (30) makes a save during the first period of an NCAA hockey game against ... More Northeastern on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Greg M. Cooper) What makes this data interesting is how well it correlates with Frozen Four invitations. Running a simple linear regression reveals a strong relationship between the average seed of semifinalists and the number of bids earned by a conference. The lower the average seed in the semifinals, the more bids that conference tends to send to the Frozen Four. In other words, conferences where the top teams successfully defend their status tend to be rewarded more heavily. This observation lines up well with the depth of talent in both Hockey East and the Big Ten. Hockey East boasts nine teams ranked in the top 25, including five in the top 10, while the Big Ten features five top-25 teams, including three in the top 10. The numbers confirm that quality and depth matter just as much as the sheer number of teams a conference boasts. Draft Kings is currently favoring the top seeds out of Hockey East and Big Ten to win the Frozen Four this year. The top five teams favored to win the tournament have odds as of March 26: These translate to win probabilities of 26% for Boston College, 20% for Michigan State, 12.5% for Western Michigan, 10% for Minnesota, 9% for Maine, and 9% for Denver. Boston College forward Will Vote (22) skates before the start of an NCAA hockey game against Denver ... More on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, in Chestnut Hill, Mass. (AP Photo/Greg M. Cooper) While Boston College had an early exit from the Hockey East tournament, they are still favored to win the national championship this year. But if this year's conference tournaments have proven anything, it is that seeding isn't everything. No. 1 seeds may have won three of six conference tournaments, but No. 3 seeds made five finals, highlighting the thin margin between dominance and disaster. Hockey East and the Big Ten lead the way with a combined ten Frozen Four bids, but even they were not immune to upsets and surprises. The betting markets may favor the usual suspects like Boston College and Michigan State, but the true test begins Thursday.
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Recently Signed Penguins Prospect Wins Collegiate Award
Just days after signing his entry-level contract, one Pittsburgh Penguins prospect earned a distinction for his play this season. On Wednesday, Penguins defensive prospect Chase Pietila was named the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) Defensive Defenseman of the Year. Chase Pietila has been named the CCHA Defensive Defenseman of the Year.📝 #FollowTheHuskies — Michigan Tech Hockey (@mtuhky) March 12, 2025 Pietila was also just signed to a three-year entry-level contract on Sunday by the Penguins. Pietila, 21, was drafted in the fourth round (111th overall) by the Penguins in 2024. Hailing from Howell, Michigan, the 6-foot-2, 186-pound right defenseman registered seven goals and 22 points in 36 games with the Michigan Tech Huskies on top of his strong defensive play, which included 32 blocked shots. Chase Pietila has signed a 3-year entry-level NHL contract with Pittsburgh Penguins after his sophomore season.📝 #mtuhky #FollowTheHuskies — Michigan Tech Hockey (@mtuhky) March 9, 2025 His strong defensive play - and two-way impact - also earned him a spot on the All-CCHA First Team for the 2024-25 season. In 76 games for the Huskies across two seasons, Pietila has tallied 10 goals and 44 points. Bookmark THN - Pittsburgh Penguins on your Google News tab to follow the latest Penguins news, roster moves, player features, and more!
Yahoo
30-01-2025
- General
- Yahoo
SUNY Plattsburgh a feeder for interns for CCHA
PLATTSBURGH — On Fridays, Desmond Meacham time travels centuries within the collections of the Clinton County Historical Association & Museum, 98 Ohio Ave., Plattsburgh. Hailing from Port Jervis, he is a SUNY Plattsburgh Class of 2022 alum who volunteers at the museum. He first crossed its threshold as an intern recommended by professors Dr. Vincent Carey and Dr. Gary Kroll at the college. 'I was really looking into seeing how museums worked because what I wanted to do was apply for museum studies after graduating,' Meacham said. He met with executive board members Helen Nerska, Geri Favreau and Bill Laundry. 'I must have impressed them in some way because I got the internship for researching veterans of the American Revolution who lived here in Clinton County,' he said. 'I found quite a bit of information on those people fortunately. Way too many people because I wasn't able to put as much attention to everyone. But I found many very interesting stories that I really liked. At the end of the project, I was supposed to select several of the people covered in my research and do three presentations on.' His second project centered on America250, 'a nonpartisan initiative working to engage every American in commemorating the 250th anniversary of our country. This multi-year effort, from now through July 4, 2026, is an opportunity to pause and reflect on our nation's past, honor the contributions of all Americans, and look ahead toward the future we want to create for the next generation and beyond.' Website: 'A very large project, very lengthy project, that we worked on here with many, many people who were involved outside of this room,' Meacham said. 'That was to work toward the development of a planning manual, a tool kit and an area guide for America250. The planning manual was a primer on how to set up your own commemoration for America's 250 birthday because the federal government kind of had these guidelines to make it more grassroots-local based instead of throwing these big events. They wanted people all around America to do their own stuff.' The tool kit contains resources, which volunteers and stakeholders working on the commemoration can use locally as well as an area guide. 'Which was potentially sort of a tour guide of the area mentioning the events that will held here in 2026,' he said. 'Some small bits of information like trivia, contacts for CCHA, illustration of Clinton County and surrounding Lake Champlain. I worked on the content of those three documents while the designer of the documents was Randi Christodoulou. She worked on the layout of the three documents.' Afterward, Meachum worked on an array of smaller projects. Currently, he is working on collections manager Maurica Gilbert's Plattsburgh residence project on the homes that have historical or architectural significance in the area. 'Record what we know about them, get pictures,' he said. 'So collecting whatever information we have on those homes as well as any photographs or documents that we already know about that are in our PastPerfect system here, then making that information available to the public on our website.' PRIVATE EYE Aubrie Bourgeois sifts through the ephemera of lives lived in Clinton County, and she wouldn't have it any other way. Reared in Keeseville and a Chazy resident, the history major, graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh in May 2024. Her entry into CCHA was via Dr. Richard Schaefer in her senior semester when she interned for four months transcribing Civil War letters of Franklin Prairie. 'I transcribed his letters, and I uploaded them onto the PastPerfect database. and from that, I used my research from that semester to conduct my senior thesis, Emotions, Letters and War: Through the Eyes of Civil War Soldiers Franklin Prairie and Joseph South,' she said. 'I compared both letters to see how they wrote home because it's very different. During those times you weren't censored. You could write about anything. It's very interesting. I felt I knew both men from reading at least a hundred letters each from both of them. I did my paper on that.' The Cole Collection, named for native Adirondack archivist, historian, and folklorist George Glyndon Cole, a librarian for Special Collections at Feinberg Library, was her next project, which Bourgeois is still working on. The trouve also includes more than 160 maps. 'There's, I want to say, around 60 boxes full of documents that we got from the Plattsburgh Public Library,' she said. 'The first step that I did was to go through all of the documents to see what pertained to the county. If they didn't pertain to the county, I didn't really focus on them anymore.' Bourgeois poured through mayoral letters from the 1930s and 1940s, photographs from Plattsburgh Bigelow Co., and uploaded her discoveries on spreadsheets. 'I attended a few of the collections meetings where the items I recommended yes or no to go into the museum, they went through,' she said. 'And once it was approved by collections, I had to wait for it to go to the board. and from the board, anything that was approved, which is the next step I am at. I am sleeving all the documents correctly of the ones that can be accessioned into the museum. I am giving them accension numbers and I am uploading them with correct descriptions onto the website for PastPerfect for the museum.' Bourgeois enjoys discovering the county's rich history. 'Which is why I am here,' she said. FLOATER WITH FINESSE A Lake Champlain Basin Program museum studies grant is why Lily LaValley is at CCHA. A Class of 2026 computer science major with a minor in philosophy, her main project is sorting through photographs to describe and scan them. 'We have amassed like 800 photos that have not been accessioned,' she said. 'They all needed to be collected into a spreadsheet, described accurately, find where they were, scanned into the correct format, arranged in order, numbered, uploaded into the system, accessioned. So, I did that.' LaValley floats as a receptionist and clerk for the gift shop. 'I kind of fill in doing small projects and working on things that people need help with,' she said. 'I've done a lot of scanning and transcribing of Civil War letters. Another thing that we received from the library was Lt. Col. Frank Palmer's letters that I'm going through right now and scanning in preparation to transcribe them.' A wedding exhibit, 'The Honor of Your Presence,' which documents Clinton County nuptials from 1816 to 1969, will open on Valentine's Day. 'I have an exhibit within the exhibit,' she said. 'Because wedding dresses you tend to preserve them, we have many. We have them on display. Because these people were local, we have a lot of information about who they were and who they were related to and stuff like that. You tend to keep your wedding paraphernalia like wedding invitations, lists of who gave you what, etc. You hold on to that stuff. So, it was a really interesting exhibit to put up because of the wealth of information that we had. It was also a real interesting look for me into what you keep and how it lives beyond you in a way.'
