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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — In a season of lows, the Patriots’ offensive line might have hit rock bottom in Sunday’s 34-15 loss to the Dolphins. The unit was charged with seven penalties and let up 16 total pressures to the Dolphins, per PFF’s in-game charting. Left tackle Vederian Lowe was penalized four times with three false starts and one holding penalty and allowed a strip sack, and he wasn’t the offensive tackle who wound up getting benched. That was right tackle Demontrey Jacobs, who was flagged once for a false start and once for a hold while also allowing a sack and seven pressures. “He was having a tough game,” head coach Jerod Mayo said of Jacobs. “Whether it was penalties or blocking the edge, he was having a tough game. We’ve got to protect the quarterback. As an offensive lineman, that’s what we do. We protect quarterbacks and we have to open up holes for the backs.” In all, Patriots quarterback Drake Maye was sacked four times. Guard Michael Jordan also allowed a sack. Maye didn’t have his best game of the season, but line play made the offense inoperable at times. They strung together three straight three-and-outs in the first half. Pressure also caused both of Maye’s turnovers. “Just a lack of technique,” Jacobs said of his issues. “Just got to be better in those moments really. I wouldn’t say it was nothing too extraordinary, just have to be better.” Jacobs was claimed off waivers from the Broncos in late August. Beginning the season as a deep reserve on the roster, he’s gone on to start seven games at right and left tackle. He was replaced by Sidy Sow late in the game. On top of strip-sack and four penalties, PFF charted Lowe with three hurries. When healthy, he’s been the Patriots’ top left tackle dating back to training camp. “I need to do better with cadence,” Lowe said of his false starts. “I’m trying to time up the snap and get a jump to get in the best position to be able to block these edge rushers. And I just need to be better with my operation. Those are things that I can control. Pre-snap penalties are something that you could control, it’s something nobody else did. So I know I need to be better with that.” Lowe wouldn’t blame his shoulder injury and trying to get an extra step on defenders or the crowd noise for his false starts. The starting left tackle appeared to disagree with his holding penalty. He said that it’s a trap technique he’s coached to do and one he’s performed throughout the season, but this is the first time he’s been flagged for it. “I don’t know what he saw,” Lowe said. “I’ll just go back and watch the film and try to see what he saw.” The Patriots are expected to get rookie tackle Caedan Wallace back off of injured reserve at some point this season, and he could potentially replace Jacobs. They could also slide Mike Onwenu back over from guard to right tackle. They have more depth at guard with Cole Strange returning to practice off of the PUP list and Sow and Layden Robinson as options in reserve roles. Tackles Caleb Jones and Jalen McKenzie and guard Liam Fornadel are on the practice squad. Sow, Onwenu and center Ben Brown appeared to have steady performances in Sunday’s loss.Lucintel Forecasts The Global 3D Printing Medical Device Market To Reach $4 Billion By 2030.

Sikich, a technology and professional services provider, has completed a fifth acquisition in as many years that focuses on building out its presence across the federal landscape. The newest move as part of that strategy sees Sikich purchase the federal contracts business of Cherry Bekaert Advisory, whose primary government customer is the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Six members of the Cherry Bekaert team will join Sikich, which is also adding Aurpon Bhattacharya as a principal in the federal government practice. Financial terms of the transaction announced Monday were not disclosed. Chicago-headquartered Sikich employs close to 1,900 employees whose client base includes federal agencies, state and local government agencies, corporations and nonprofit organizations. Sikich has recorded approximately $13.1 million in unclassified prime contract revenue over the trailing 12 months with the Pentagon's Defense Finance and Accounting Service its largest client at 42% of the obligations, according to USASpending.gov. Cherry Bekaert's unclassified prime revenue figure over that same timeframe is $2.4 million with all of it from USPTO. In May, Sikich accepted a $250 million minority growth investment from Bain Capital to support this current iteration of the expansion strategy. Bain Capital is the same private equity firm that , while Sikich retains majority control of itself in this instance. Sikich’s approach to growth across the federal landscape covers both agencies and contractors. Its expansion push traces back to 2019 and the purchase of public accounting firm Halt, Buzas & Powell that marked an initial entry into the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore metropolitan regions. Then in 2022, Sikich bought another public accounting firm in Cotton & Company. That transaction added 200 employees to Sikich’s team, including 15 partners, and footprints with cabinet-level and independent federal agencies. Sikich acquired professional services firm CLA in 2023 to add 70 employees and a business whose client base included the Transportation Department, Defense Commissary Agency and Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In August, Sikich purchased the accounting and consulting services firm Saggar & Rosenberg to further extend across both GovCon industry clients and federal agencies.Published 5:53 pm Thursday, December 26, 2024 by GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press Founded during the Black Freedom Movement of the 1960s, Kwanzaa is a non-religious holiday that is observed by millions of Americans. It has become a nationally recognized celebration of African culture and community in the United States that also is celebrated in countries with large African descendant populations. It serves as a nationwide communal event reinforcing self-determination and unity in the face of oppression. The holiday spans seven days from the day after Christmas to New Year’s Day. African American author, activist and professor Maulana Karenga founded Kwanzaa following the 1965 Watts Riots in Los Angeles, also known as the Watts Rebellion. Kwanzaa has become a nationally recognized celebration of African culture and community in the United States since its founding in 1966 and also is celebrated in countries with large African descendant populations. Email newsletter signup The holiday, which serves as a nationwide communal event reinforcing self-determination and unity in the face of oppression, spans seven days from the day after Christmas through New Year’s Day. It is observed in large, city-sponsored events as well as in smaller communities and homes nationwide. Kwanzaa has grown in popularity in the decades since its founding and is celebrated by 3% of the country, according to a 2019 AP-NORC survey. Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama all released statements commemorating the holiday, and in 1997 the U.S. Postal Service began issuing Kwanzaa stamps. It is not recognized as a federal holiday. Kwanzaa’s origins Kwanzaa emerged during the Black Freedom Movement of the 1960s as a way to reconnect Black communities in the U.S. with important African cultural traditions that were severed by the transatlantic slave trade. It also promotes unity and liberation. “It was also shaped by that defining decade of fierce strivings and struggles for freedom, justice and associated goods waged by Africans and other peoples of color all over the world in the 1960s,” Maulana Karenga, the holiday’s founder, wrote in his annual Kwanzaa address in 2023. “Kwanzaa thus came into being, grounded itself and grew as an act of freedom, an instrument of freedom, a celebration of freedom and a practice of freedom.” Karenga, an African American author, activist and professor, founded Kwanzaa following the Watts Riots, also known as the Watts Rebellion, in Los Angeles in 1965. Karenga described Kwanzaa as a “political-motivator holiday” in an interview with Henry Lewis Gates Jr. for PBS. “The idea is for African and African descended people to come together around family, community and culture so we can be in spaces where, in Dr. Karenga’s words, we feel fully African and fully human at the same time,” said Janine Bell, president and artistic director at the Elegba Folklore Society in Richmond, Virginia. The basics Many people who observe Kwanzaa, which is a secular holiday, celebrate it alongside religious festivals such as Christmas. People of any faith, race or ethnic background can participate. The name Kwanzaa derives from “mutanda ya kwanza” a Swahili phrase meaning “first fruits” or “first harvest.” The final “a” was added to the name to accommodate the seven children present at the first Kwanzaa, each of whom was given a letter to represent. The holiday is governed by seven principles, known collectively as the Nguzo Saba, and a different principle is celebrated each day: Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Nia (Purpose), Kuumba (Creativity) and Imani (Faith). The Nguzo Saba is represented by a candleholder with seven candles called a kinara. Each night, one of those candles is lit. The candles are the same colors as the Kwanzaa flag: Black representing the people, red their struggle and green their hope. Large Kwanzaa celebrations happen across the country every year in cities including Los Angeles, Atlanta and Detroit. These events often feature storytellers, music and dance. Bell said the theme at this year’s Capital City Kwanzaa Festival in Richmond is “knowledge of self,” and an African descendent will be selected by drawing a name from a fishbowl to win a free DNA test so they can learn where they come from. The holiday is also observed in individual homes, often focusing on children, because they are key to the survival of culture and the development of community. This concept of children and the future they embody is often represented symbolically by corn. “The intention is that it’s 365 (days a year),” Bell said. “The need for the principles and the strengthening value of the principals don’t go away on January 2nd.” Family celebrations also involve giving gifts and sharing African American and Pan African foods, culminating in the Karamu, a feast featuring dishes from across the African diaspora. Typical meals include staples of southern cuisine like sweet potato pie or popular dishes from Africa like jollof rice. Activities over the seven days are geared toward reaffirming community bonds, commemorating the past and recommitting to important African cultural ideals. This can include dancing, reading poetry, honoring ancestors and the daily lighting of the kinara. 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