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The Minute After: Maryland
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Editor’s observe: Ryan is out on paternity depart. Justin Albers shall be writing The Minute After in his absence.
Ideas on a 70-60 win towards the Terrapins:
Survive and advance. That’s all that issues in March.
And whereas this Indiana staff definitely by no means makes it simple late in video games, the Hoosiers discover new methods to win on a regular basis – a tell-tale signal of a mature staff.
On Friday night time, Indiana used a 20-2 second-half spurt to drag away from Maryland, and in the end held on for a 70-60 win to advance to the Massive Ten Event semifinals for the second consecutive 12 months.
Indiana trailed 41-34 with 16:04 to go in a sport that resembled the staff’s earlier assembly with Maryland in School Park. The whistles weren’t going the Hoosiers’ approach, they have been getting beat up on the offensive glass early, they usually repeatedly had defensive breakdowns leading to open Maryland 3-pointers. The Terrapins have been merely more durable than Indiana for the primary 24 minutes of the sport.
However Mike Woodson’s Hoosiers remained poised, and quite than letting the adversity tear them aside, it appeared to mild a hearth beneath them. They began to make pictures – Miller Kopp instantly buried an enormous 3-pointer to chop the result in 4, and Tamar Bates buried an enormous 3-pointer from the left wing six minutes later to construct the Indiana result in 54-43.
However this sport was received due to Indiana’s mindset – an attacking, unrelenting mindset on each ends of the ground from a staff that refused to be denied.
Jalen Hood-Schifino and Trayce Jackson-Davis stopped settling, and took it proper on the Maryland protection time and time once more. Through the essential 20-2 run, Jackson-Davis scored seven factors on layups on free throws, and Hood-Schifino added one other three factors in the identical approach.
The Hoosiers have been suffocating on the defensive finish, the place they’ve hung their hat all season lengthy. After poor communication and sluggish rotations within the first half, Indiana pressured the Terrapins into highly-contested pictures late within the shot clock on virtually each possession within the second half.
Maryland was simply 8-of-32 (25 %) from the sector within the second half, and the Terrapins missed their last 5 pictures from the sector. After pulling down six 3-pointers within the first half to take a two-point halftime lead, the Terps have been simply 3-of-11 from past the arc within the second half.
Jahmir Younger, who killed the Hoosiers together with his velocity within the first matchup and scored 20 factors, was simply 3-of-15 from the sector on Friday – together with 1-of-10 within the second half.
“Our protection – to carry this staff to 60 factors – I’m very happy,” Mike Woodson stated in his postgame tv interview. “After we lastly took the lead, we didn’t relinquish it.”
The Hoosiers obtained sturdy performances from sudden sources on this one. Freshman Malik Reneau performed considered one of his greatest video games of the 12 months with eight factors and 11 rebounds in 21 massive minutes off the bench, and Bates added 5 factors and stable protection in 18 minutes. That helped make up for one more powerful sport for Trey Galloway, who was in foul bother all through and didn’t rating.
However Indiana will at all times go as its two stars go, and that was once more the case on Friday night time. Hood-Schifino responded from a dismal 1-of-14 efficiency in a January loss at Maryland – maybe his worst sport of the 12 months – with a fully very good effort on Friday. He wasn’t excellent, however the Massive Ten freshman of the 12 months confirmed elite toughness. Even when issues weren’t going his approach, Hood-Schifino simply saved coming, and his teammates got here with him.
He completed with 19 factors on 8-of-15 taking pictures, with six rebounds and a career-high three blocked pictures in 40 minutes, and he appeared as engaged as he’s been in any sport all season. Hood-Schifino’s three blocks matched his blocked shot complete for all the common season.
Jackson-Davis, the first-team All-American, was excellent once more, ending with a game-high 24 factors, 9 rebounds, seven assists and 4 blocks. The Hoosiers outscored Maryland 36-18 within the paint, and Jackson-Davis had quite a bit to do with that.
Coming into Friday, the Hoosiers had did not beat solely three Massive Ten groups – Maryland, Penn State, and Northwestern. They checked Maryland off that listing on Friday night time, and may have an opportunity to avenge their earlier season to Penn State on Saturday afternoon. The Nittany Lions upset two-seeded Northwestern earlier Friday night.
“That’s the Massive Ten,” Woodson stated with a smile. “The Massive Ten is hard.”
On Friday night time, the Hoosiers appeared like a staff decided to make a run to the Massive Ten event championship sport, one thing they’ve executed solely as soon as (they’ve by no means received a Massive Ten event title). They’ll have a possibility to get there once more towards a sizzling Penn State staff on Saturday in Chicago.
The Hoosiers will undoubtedly take it one sport at a time, however the best way they’ve appeared recently, this looks like a staff that has its sights set on postseason {hardware}.
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Maryland issues a new suicide prevention action plan for schools, families – WTOP News
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Suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 10 and 24 in Maryland. That’s according to a new suicide prevention action plan produced through the state’s Department of Health.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 10 and 24 in Maryland. That’s according to a new suicide prevention action plan produced through the state’s Department of Health.
Scott Poland, the director of the Office of Suicide and Violence Prevention at Nova Southeastern University College of Psychology, talked to WTOP about the action plan he authored with his wife, Donna, who is a career educator.
The “Maryland Action Plan to Prevent Suicide in K-12 Schools” serves as a reference guide to school administrators and the community, and was developed in cooperation with the state health department’s Office of Suicide Prevention.
Poland said one thing that surprises people is that children as young as 8 years old may consider taking their own lives.
“I hear from school personnel all around the country (asking if they) have to take it seriously (if a fourth or fifth grader is talking about suicide). And the answer is absolutely yes,” Poland said.
Among the data points in the action plan is a survey of students in the “Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey of 2021/2022.” According to that survey, 21% of high school students “seriously considered suicide” in the past year, and 27% of middle schoolers considered suicide at some point in their lives.
Poland said it’s important to talk about suicide with young people, and that the idea that talking about it might encourage a young person to consider suicide is a “myth.”
“When we actually bring it up, it gives someone a chance to unburden themselves, to realize that they’re not alone, that there are alternatives and that there is help available,” Poland said.
But he said young people are most susceptible to imitating suicidal behavior: “It is important that we not glorify the suicide victim.”
Instead, Poland said, the emphasis after a suicide should be on healing those affected and helping them find appropriate ways to deal with their emotions and mental health.
The plan released this week includes providing intervention action plans for a young person who may be considering suicide.
“Part of that, of course, is removing lethal means and developing a written safety plan with them,” he said.
Poland said that can include helping people understand “the importance of calling 988, doing things that can calm themselves down,” and reaching out to the nearest trusted adult.
People can reach the national resource for crisis response services and suicide prevention by dialing 988.
Poland said social media is “wreaking havoc” on children’s emotional well-being, often making them feel “not smart enough, not rich enough, not good enough.” Poland said he’s currently working with the state of South Dakota on developing tools to help “young people be a little more mindful and make better decisions about their screen time.”
Poland said parents can help — when it comes to the hours and hours that many people spend online — by modeling healthy amounts of screen time themselves. And he said adults need to think about how they introduce technology to their kids.
“We’re in too (much of) a hurry to give kids smartphones and 24-hour internet access,” Poland said.
“I really have to compliment Maryland,” Poland said, on coming up with the new plan.
Poland said Maryland does not have an especially high rate of suicide, but “I think we all recognize that losing one young person to suicide is one too many.”
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Getting to know Michigan State football’s Week 2 opponent: Maryland
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Game two is coming up for Michigan State football as the Spartans hit the road for an early season Big Ten matchup against Maryland. The Terps have had MSU’s number in recent years, but the Spartans’ new-look team is ready to change that narrative this weekend.
Jonathan Smith and his staff have a lot to work on this week after a lackluster 16-10 win over Florida Atlantic, but we’ve become more than used to slow starts for MSU in their first game so it’s not time to panic just yet.
While the team wraps up their preparations for Maryland, let’s take a quick look at the Terps and see what we can learn about them before the big game on Saturday.
Maryland is off and running in their 2024 campaign and had an absolutely dominant week one performance. The Terps took on UConn at home and came away with an impressive 50-7 win. Sure UConn is an awful football program, but we saw how poorly Michigan State just did against a similar opponent.
Not only was the final score lopsided, but ever major statistical category was as well. Maryland doubled UConn in first downs and rushing yards, threw for nearly 400 passing yards and even won the turnover battle 3-0. The Terps also only had five penalties for 45 yards which is significantly better than MSU’s 12 for 140 yards against FAU.
Sure all of this took place against UConn, but it appears that Maryland is in a very good spot heading into this big week two matchup.
One thing that I thought would be a positive for Michigan State in this game is that Maryland is breaking in a new quarterback as well. The Terps’ quarterback, Billy Edwards Jr., went off against UConn and completed 20-of-27 passes for 311 yards and two touchdowns. He also is a capable runner and added 39 yards on the ground, so Michigan State will have its hands full on Saturday slowing him down.
The Terps don’t have one standout running back in the backfield, so that does benefit MSU. They do however have two solid backs in Roman Hemby and Nolan Ray who both ran for over 60 yards and one score each.
The one player however that Michigan State needs to pay the most attention to is wide receiver Tai Felton. He had one of the best Week 1 performances in the country as he recorded seven receptions for 178 yards and two touchdowns. Thankfully MSU’s defense and secondary looked much improved against FAU, so hopefully that carries over into this weekend’s matchup.
The opportunity in front of MSU on Saturday is massive. The Spartans are big underdogs in this matchup which they probably deserve, but a win would do wonders not just for the overall perception of the team but for their confidence moving forward.
I’ve got a strange feeling that we’re going to be very happy around 7 p.m. ET Saturday night.
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Maryland makes filing taxes online free for some
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More than 700,000 Marylanders should be able to file their state and federal income tax returns online for free next year, saving residents hours of work and hundreds of dollars on tax software and prep services.
Maryland joined dozens of states Wednesday in a voluntary federal program called Direct File after a test run received positive reviews and showed possible cost savings. Filing paper returns by mail will still be an option.
“It’s unacceptable that Marylanders should have to pay any portion whatsoever of their refund or paycheck to fulfill a mandatory requirement like filing tax returns,” Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman said at a news conference in Annapolis.
The first-term Democrat called the program a game changer for Maryland taxpayers that will modernize her agency. It targets low-to-moderate earners with relatively simple tax returns, and is expected to expand over time.
Lierman’s office will partner with the nonprofit Code for America to integrate the Maryland tax filing system into Direct File. Eligibility requirements will be announced in January, the comptroller’s office said.
Gov. Wes Moore, State Treasurer Dereck E. Davis, members of Maryland’s congressional delegation, U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo and nonprofit partners joined Lierman for the announcement.
Funds from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 helped build and test the system. The IRS and Treasury Department then invited states to participate.
The IRS has been considering a free e-filing option for low-income American taxpayers for decades, according to the Congressional Research Service. When tax prep companies pushed back, the federal government agreed not to compete with them if they provided free help and e-filing to low-earning taxpayers.
However, many qualified taxpayers were pushed toward paid services, according to an investigation by nonprofit news outlet ProPublica.
The IRS piloted Direct File in 12 states this year. Filers used a laptop, tablet, cellphone or other device to submit income returns and request certain tax credits offered to low-earning individuals and families.
In a survey, nine out of 10 Direct File users ranked their experience as “Excellent” or “Above Average.”
U.S. Rep Steny Hoyer, a Democrat representing Maryland’s 5th District, called paying taxes the “price of our democracy.”
“We ought to make it as easy as possible for people to comply with a legal obligation that they have to support their country, their state and their communities,” he said. “And this system of Direct File does that.”
Robin McKinney, CEO and co-founder of CASH Campaign of Maryland, said easy, free online filing makes the government work more efficiently for citizens and should deliver refunds and credits to taxpayers faster.
McKinney’s nonprofit promotes economic advancement for low- to moderate-income Marylanders and provides free tax help, among other services.
Economic Security Project, a nonprofit that advocates for guaranteed income and economic equity for working families, found that adopting Direct File could mean $355 million in costs and time saved for Maryland’s low- to moderate-earners.
Maryland recently has expanded tax credits for working families, but about $152 million goes unclaimed each year, according to the Security Project’s analysis.
They also estimated that about $148 million could be saved in filing fees and $56 million could be saved in time spent filing taxes.
That money could have gone into Marylanders’ pockets, CASH Campaign’s McKinney said, and it could have gone back into the state’s economy.
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