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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Five people died in a heli-skiing accident near <keyword id="20636" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Alaska">Alaska</keyword>'s Knik Glacier on Saturday.</li><li>Petr Kellner, a finance billionaire and the <keyword id="36415" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Czech-Republic">Czech Republic</keyword>'s richest person, was among the deceased.</li><li>Only one person survived the <keyword id="46492" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="helicopter">helicopter</keyword> crash. The National <keyword id="34991" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="transportation">Transportation</keyword> Safety Board is investigating.</li></ul><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/forbes-billionaire-list-2019-for-finance-2019-3#13-petr-kellner-3">Petr Kellner</a>, the Czech Republic's richest person, was among the five people who died in a heli-skiing accident in the Alaskan mountains near Knik Glacier on Saturday.Only one person survived the helicopter crash, and is in a serious condition, <a href="https://dailydispatch.dps.alaska.gov/Home/DisplayIncident?incidentNumber=AK21031918">Alaska State Troopers said</a> in a press release Sunday afternoon.Kellner founded investment firm <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/forbes-billionaire-list-2019-for-finance-2019-3">PPF Group</a>, which on <a href="https://www.ppf.eu/en/press-releases/announcement">Sunday morning</a> confirmed his passing at the age of 56.Kellner was the Czech Republic's richest person and one of the wealthiest people in Europe, according to estimates from both Forbes and Bloomberg. Forbes puts his wealth at $17.5 billion, while <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/petr-kellner/?sref=lAVQtUwz">Bloomberg</a> puts it at $15.7 billion.Kellner is a self-made billionaire who began his career by selling office supplies, before embarking on an investment fund by borrowing $1 million against an office-supplies business, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/forbes-billionaire-list-2019-for-finance-2019-3">Insider's Debanjali Bose reported</a>. Through the fund, he acquired a controlling stake in an insurer during its privatization.<div type="image" title="Petr Kellner, majority shareholder of PPF Group, died in a helicopter crash alongside four others." height="1340" width="1422" msid="81745952" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2021/03/28/helicopter-crash-near-knik-glacier-kills-5-people-leaving-sole-survivor-in-serious-condition/">The Anchorage Daily News</a> reported that the helicopter had been chartered by Tordrillo Mountain Lodge for a heli-ski trip, where helicopters take passengers up remote mountains to ski rather than using ski lifts.A spokesperson for the luxury lodge told the publication that the helicopter had carried three guests, two ski guides, and a pilot.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blade-ceo-helicopters-air-taxi-evol-flying-cars-industry-2021-1">Air taxi service Blade wants to become a household name by entering the game early and perfecting it later</a>Alaska State Troopers were notified on Saturday night that the helicopter had failed to return and were given a location of possible crash debris, the group's press release said.A rescue team sent by the troopers found just one survivor, who as of Sunday afternoon was in a serious but stable condition, it said.The five other occupants - Kellner, Colorado resident Gregory Harms, Czech Republic resident Benjamin Larochaix, Alaska resident Sean McManamy, and Alaska resident Zachary Russell, who was the helicopter's pilot - were all dead upon the rescue team's arrival, troopers said."This <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> is devastating to our staff, the community in which we operate and the families of the deceased," the lodge told The Anchorage Daily News. "In 17 years of operations this is the first time we've had to face an event of this measure."The lodge, located at Judd Lake, charges <a href="https://www.tordrillomountainlodge.com/reservations/">$15,000 per person</a> for a week-long stay, which includes both accommodation and heli-skiing trips.Alaska State Troopers said that the helicopter was an Airbus AS 350-B3 owned by Soloy Helicopters of Wasilla, Alaska.A representative for the lodge told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/us/helicopter-crash-alaska.html">The New York Times</a> that she did not know what caused the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board <a href="https://dailydispatch.dps.alaska.gov/Home/DisplayIncident?incidentNumber=AK21031918">is investigating</a> the incident.Both Tordrillo Mountain Lodge and Soloy Helicopters did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

The Czech Republic's richest person was among 5 people killed in a heli-skiing crash in Alaska

As the mercury plummets and the latest weather forecast predicts fresh rounds of <keyword id="10265" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Snow">snow</keyword> across the Indian mountains, a gleeful crowd from home and abroad goes traipsing upon the ethereal <keyword id="918784" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="ski-slopes">ski slopes</keyword>. Heading off to the <keyword id="23693" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Swiss-Alps">Swiss Alps</keyword> or <keyword id="2005582" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Val-dIsre">Val d’Isère</keyword> in <keyword id="6354785" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="France">France</keyword> might be the classic choice of many, but <keyword id="2005583" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Powder-skiing">powder skiing</keyword> in the <keyword id="52569" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="himalayas">Himalayas</keyword> is getting increasingly popular among local and <keyword id="1704954" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="global-tourists">global tourists</keyword> in love with <keyword id="1614562" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="winter-sports">winter sports</keyword>. India is now home to a dozen or so <keyword id="2005584" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ski-areas">ski areas</keyword> and plans are afoot to build several international standard <keyword id="78303" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ski-resorts">ski resorts</keyword>. 
 <keyword id="90842" type="SPORT" weightage="100" keywordseo="skiing">Skiing</keyword> took off in the country during the days of the <keyword id="81273" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="British-Raj">British Raj</keyword> when two army officers first started the <keyword id="2005578" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ski-Club-of-India">Ski Club of India</keyword> in <keyword id="108228" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Gulmarg">Gulmarg</keyword> back in 1927. Fast-forward to 2014 and you will find improved facilities, along with the eternally breathtaking <keyword id="6439698" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="mountain">mountain</keyword> views, the best <keyword id="2005590" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Powder-snow">powder snow</keyword> and the vast, undulating <keyword id="2005591" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Snowy-tracks">snowy tracks</keyword> – from <keyword id="2005592" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Gentle-slopes">gentle slopes</keyword> and <keyword id="2005593" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Groomed-trails">groomed trails</keyword> to <keyword id="2005595" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Steep-bowls">steep bowls</keyword>, <keyword id="2005596" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Chutes">chutes</keyword> and <keyword id="2005598" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Tree-runs">tree runs</keyword> spilling off the magnificent ridges. Gulmarg in <keyword id="23412" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Jammu-Kashmir">Jammu &amp; Kashmir</keyword> and <keyword id="484044" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Auli">Auli</keyword> in <keyword id="44522" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</keyword> are the showpiece destinations, especially Auli, which features the <keyword id="2005599" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Second-largest-slopes-in-Asia">second largest slopes in Asia</keyword>. A research survey by the <keyword id="2005579" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Alpine-Tourism-Promotion-Council">Alpine Tourism Promotion Council</keyword> (ATPC) considers Auli’s slopes to be the best in the world. 
 <keyword id="2005600" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Heli-skiing">Heli-skiing</keyword> in the Himalays is another fabulous experience as the chopper flies one to spectacular heights and the <keyword id="105846" type="POSITION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Skier">skier</keyword> rides down the unexplored slopes – the perfect setting for this great <keyword id="6739232" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Adventure-sport">adventure sport</keyword>. The thrill-hunters can also go <keyword id="2005604" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Yak-skiing">yak skiing</keyword> in <keyword id="6363190" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Manali">Manali</keyword> – an <keyword id="2005608" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Extreme-snow-sport">extreme snow sport</keyword> only meant for the brave hearts. Those looking for <keyword id="2005609" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Off-season-skiing">off-season skiing</keyword> would not be disappointed either. There is <keyword id="2005611" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Grass-skiing-in-summer">grass skiing in summer</keyword>, held on a 120 meter-long grassy slope in <keyword id="569617" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Solang-Valley">Solang Valley</keyword> where one can use special <keyword id="2005612" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Skis-fitted-with-wheels">skis fitted with wheels</keyword>. If you are already feeling excited and want to chill out among the snow, slopes and the wild <keyword id="383218" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="slides">slides</keyword> and <keyword id="95340" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Tumbles">tumbles</keyword>, here is a look at India’s 7 <keyword id="2005614" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Best-skiing-destinations">best skiing destinations</keyword>. 
 
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Time To Celebrate The Snow: Check Out These 7 Ski Destinations
In India

Ever experienced a scenic flight <keyword id="2073446" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="On-board-a-seaplane">on board a seaplane</keyword>? No, you don’t have to shell out a fortune any more to charter a private seaplane and go flying. From today (February 24), <keyword id="1703859" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="commercial-seaplane-service">commercial seaplane service</keyword> is starting in Mumbai for the first time. And that’s another feather in the cap of the financial capital after the city rolled out the country’s first-ever <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Mumbai-Monorail-IsNow-On-Track-To-Run-From-Feb-1/articleshow/29663991.cms">monorail</a> on February 1. 
 Initially, the <keyword id="509938" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="seaplane-service">seaplane service</keyword> is connecting Mumbai to <keyword id="2073466" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Aamby-Valley-hill-station">Aamby Valley hill station</keyword> in <keyword id="6378734" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Lonavala">Lonavala</keyword> – a 100 km stretch – and the flight will take just 25-28 minutes or one-fourth of the time taken by a road trip. As of now, there will be just one flight a day and you only get a <keyword id="2073454" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Four-seater-Cessna-206">four-seater Cessna 206</keyword> amphibian. But the <keyword id="1429804" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="seaplane-services">seaplane services</keyword> will be scaled up if there is enough response. The flights will be operated by Mumbai-based <keyword id="1392953" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Maritime-Energy-Heli-Air-Services">Maritime Energy Heli Air Services</keyword> (<keyword id="779896" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="MEHAIR">MEHAIR</keyword>) and a <keyword id="2073455" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="nine-seater-Cessna-208">nine-seater Cessna 208</keyword> amphibian will be deployed if the demand rises. 
 While a seaplane is capable of taking off or landing on water, without an airstrip, there is another variety that can also take off from regular airfields on land. <keyword id="1645279" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="test-flights">Test flights</keyword> for the current stretch took place in December last year and the amphibians landed and took off from the <keyword id="2073458" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Aamby-Valley-Lake">Aamby Valley Lake</keyword>. 
 
In June last year, Kerala launched the country’s first tourist seaplane service that connects the distant backwater destinations. Similar services are also available in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 
 Mumbaikars, however, will have to wait some more for the intracity seaplane flights from Juhu to Girgaum Chowpatty. The <keyword id="190329" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Maharashtra-Tourism-Development-Corporation">Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation</keyword> (<keyword id="111420" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="MTDC">MTDC</keyword>), along with MEHAIR, had planned it nearly two years ago. But the project got delayed as it was awaiting crucial clearances from several authorities. It has finally got the nod from the <keyword id="6369097" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Ministry-of-Defence">Ministry of Defence</keyword> and has also obtained clearances from key agencies including the <keyword id="56306" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Coast-Guard">Coast Guard</keyword>, the <keyword id="42407" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Navy">Navy</keyword>, <keyword id="11098" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="police">police</keyword>, the <keyword id="170906" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="urban-development-department">urban development department</keyword>, <keyword id="48434" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="BMC">BMC</keyword>, <keyword id="136514" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Mumbai-Port-Trust">Mumbai Port Trust</keyword>, the <keyword id="6356826" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="environment">environment</keyword> department and the <keyword id="54875" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Airports-Authority-of-India">Airports Authority of India</keyword>. 
 But to implement this project, MTDC will require to build a <keyword id="2073482" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Floating-jetty">floating jetty</keyword> for ferrying passengers to and fro. It has already earmarked some 5,000 sq km, about 100-200m into the sea and next to H2O, the privately operated water <keyword id="6356028" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Sports">sports</keyword> complex. However, a High Court-appointed committee will have to give the go-ahead first before the <keyword id="2073483" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Mumbai-City-Collectors-office">Mumbai City Collector’s office</keyword> can grant the land near the city’s coast. 
 
Once the last leg of the project is cleared and the seaplane service is launched, the hour-long commute will come down to 5-7 minutes for a one-way fare of Rs 750-1,000. 
 MTDC and MEHAIR are also planning to operate several other routes with no air connectivity. In fact, MTDC has already started working with the irrigation ministry to identify suitable water bodies like dams, lakes and rivers for starting seaplane services across the state. The upcoming destinations could be Lonavala, <keyword id="64488" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Mahabaleshwar">Mahabaleshwar</keyword>, <keyword id="46028" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Panchgani">Panchgani</keyword>, <keyword id="143186" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Shirdi">Shirdi</keyword>, <keyword id="2073489" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Shani-Singnapur">Shani-Singnapur</keyword> and <keyword id="680155" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Trimbakeshwar">Trimbakeshwar</keyword> – most of them are either popular <keyword id="476562" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="tourist-attractions">tourist attractions</keyword> or noted <keyword id="680154" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="pilgrimage-sites">pilgrimage sites</keyword>. So fasten your seatbelt and be ready – these amphibians are all set to take you on a discovery flight of a lifetime – over land and water. 
 
With input from Agencies. 
Image: Thinkstock Photos/Getty Images

After Monorail,
Mumbai Gets Commercial Seaplane Service; Now Fly To Aamby Valley
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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Valerie, a $100 million super-yacht linked to a Russian arms tycoon, was seized by Spain on Monday.</li><li>Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck appear to have sailed on Valerie in July 2021.</li></ul>Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck appear to have previously sailed on a recently-seized $100 million super-yacht linked to a Russian arms tycoon.Spain said Monday that it had <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-oligarch-superyacht-seized-spain-sergei-chemezov-putin-kgb-sanctions-2022-3">seized the yacht, Valerie, in Barcelona</a>, adding that it was owned by a prominent Russian oligarch. Reuters, citing two sources, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spain-seizes-russian-oligarchs-yacht-barcelona-2022-03-14/">later named the oligarch</a> as Sergei Chemezov, CEO of Russian state-owned defense conglomerate Rostec, and a close ally and former KGB colleague of President Vladimir Putin.<keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword>n oligarchs and their luxury assets are a focus of Western sanctions on Russia since it invaded <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword> in February. Last week, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-us-seize-yachts-apartments-russian-oligarchs-putin-2022-3">President Joe Biden</a> said in his State of the Union address that the US would seize assets from Russian oligarchs, including yachts, apartments, and private jets.Lopez and Affleck chartered Valerie last summer, the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9831219/Jennifer-Lopez-chartered-130m-luxury-yacht-romantic-Saint-Tropez-trip-Ben-Affleck.html">Daily Mail</a>, <a href="https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/valerie-lurssen-superyacht">Boat International</a>, and other media reported at the time. The couple's vacation became the subject of tabloid fodder, with outlets noting how they seemed to be reproducing imagery from Lopez's <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellendurney/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-jenny-from-the-block-recreated">2002 video for "Jenny from the Block."</a>Photographs and a video posted by Lopez on her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jlo/">Instagram account</a> in late July 2021 show her and Affleck aboard a <keyword id="12378789" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="yacht" source="Orion">yacht</keyword> at sea. Features of the yacht seen in these images match those found in <a href="https://www.dynamiqbrokerage.com/purchase/valerie.htm">promotional pictures</a> for Valerie.The 85-meter (279-foot) Valerie is <a href="https://www.dynamiqbrokerage.com/purchase/valerie.htm">listed for sale with Dynamiq</a>, a yacht brokerage, with a price tag of 89 million euros ($98 million). She was <a href="https://www.dynamiqbrokerage.com/news/10m-price-reduction-on-mega-yacht-valerie.htm">originally listed with Dynamiq</a> for 120 million euros.The listing on Dynamiq's website states: "In mint condition with just one owner since delivery and never chartered, Valerie was built by <a href="https://www.lurssen.com/en/new-build/yachts/valerie/">Lürssen</a> in 2011 and underwent an extensive refit in 2019."An <a href="https://www.dynamiqbrokerage.com/news/85m-valerie-offered-for-charter-for-the-first-time-.htm">article posted on Dynamiq's website</a> dated July 15, 2021, said Valerie had been made available for charter for the first time, at a rate of 950,000 euros per week.Lopez and Affleck appear to have used the yacht shortly after that date.According to Dynamiq's listing, Valerie has a crew of 27 with space for 17 guests in nine "well-appointed" cabins, and an additional nursery and staff cabin on the upper and lower decks.The listing states: "There is no shortage of on-board amenities, from a fully-equipped spa with hammam to the heli-deck and expansive private sundeck with a 6m swimming pool. Moreover, an elevator serves all deck levels with additional waterline guest boarding access on the port side.It continues: "Lürssen's legendary build quality is evident in every element of Valerie's design. She is a pedigree product and a rare opportunity to acquire one of the most impressive and impeccably maintained superyachts on the market today without waiting years for a new construction."According to <a href="https://www.occrp.org/en/the-pandora-papers/a-family-affair-how-the-relatives-of-a-russian-state-companys-ceo-got-rich">an October 2021 report</a> by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, which was based on the Pandora Papers leaks of that year, Chemezov's stepdaughter Anastasia Ignatova owned Valerie through a British Virgin Islands company.Spain's prime minister, upon announcing Monday that Valerie had been seized, said the yacht was worth 140 million euros.In recent weeks, big yachts belonging to Russian billionaires have been seized by <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-oligarch-superyacht-seized-france-ukraine-igor-sechin-darth-vader-2022-3">France</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-oligarch-andrey-melnichenko-578-million-yacht-seized-by-italy-2022-3">Italy.</a>Some oligarchs appear to be trying to evade sanctions by sending their yachts and jets to places like <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-oligarchs-try-to-escape-sanctions-take-jets-yachts-dubai-2022-3">Dubai and the Maldives</a>, which do not have extradition treaties with the US.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck appear to have previously sailed on a recently-seized $100 million super-yacht linked to a Russian arms tycoon

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>The Army is developing and preparing to soon field a new version of its Commander's Risk Reduction Dashboard, a digital tool designed to help leadership identify at-risk soldiers and get them the assistance they need.</li><li>While CRRD Increment I only focused on 12 risk elements that could be used to determine if a soldier might be at risk of death by suicide, the new version will feature over 40 different risk elements, giving command teams a much clearer picture of their soldiers.</li><li>The system collects data from many different databases and compiles it into one web-based tool that commanders can use to better understand their soldiers, and not just active-duty personnel but also National Guard and Army Reserve.</li><li>Increment II has already achieved initial operating capability, but the full capability set is not expected until next year.</li></ul>The US Army is developing a next-generation web-based tool to help commanders spot soldiers who are at risk for suicide and get them the help they need, officials with the Ready &amp; Resilient (SR2) team revealed in an interview with Business Insider Wednesday.Development of the Commander's Risk Reduction Dashboard Increment I first began in 2012 in response to "a significant rise in suicides across the Army," Randy Lane, the Assessments Division Chief for SR2, explained.Army suicides spiked to the highest level that year, and it led Army leadership to investigate the problems. The service found that "commanders and leaders didn't have sufficient visibility on soldier and potentially unit risk," Lane said. "We lacked that. We had a gap in our capability."The Army fielded Increment I to a portion of the service in 2014 and all active-duty three years later. The original design featured 12 risk elements, giving command teams a clearer but still insufficient view of the soldiers in their charge.Military suicides in 2018 reached the highest rate since record-keeping began nearly two decades ago, with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/suicide-rate-active-duty-us-military-hits-5-year-high-2019-9">325 deaths</a>.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div><h2>A better way forward for risk assessment</h2>As service suicides continued to be a problem, the Army made the decision to expand the dashboard capability with Increment II, a much more effective system. The Army achieved Initial Operating Capability with Increment II in August of this year.While initial version of Increment II features 25 risk elements, the full capability set, which is expected to be fielded within the next year, will have over 40 elements, to include not only things like a history of criminal behavior or substance abuse but also medical issues, behavior health, violence, thoughts of or attempts at suicide, and financial issues, among other things.For the National Guard, which has traditionally had high rates of suicide, and the Army Reserve, the development team has taken into consideration issues like unemployment, underemployment, and homelessness, issues that do not affect active-duty personnel.The system, Lt. Col. Christian Estrellado, the SR2 Systems Branch Chief, explained, contains a knowledge base for commanders who have at-risk soldiers in their ranks. "This knowledge base consists of the programs that the installation has for the commanders to go ahead and call, use, or whatever else to help their unit," he told Business Insider.So, the dashboard not only helps command teams spot problems, it helps connect them to the teams that can get soldiers help when they need it."We want to identify [at-risk] soldiers and get them the help required," Lane explained."The problem we've had in the past is bringing those all together into a composite picture," he added. "Too often, when we conduct review boards after a potential soldier suicide, we look back and say, "Wow, if only we had seen that factor along with that factor along with that factor, it might have painted a picture that was a little clearer to the leadership."The new Risk Reduction Dashboard pulls from a number of different data sources, such as medical, legal, and personnel sources, and conveniently puts it in one place for command teams.The Army began experimenting with Increment II a couple of years ago, slowly rolling it out at places like Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Fort Carson, and Fort Benning, where the relevant development team was able to get valuable feedback from users."Across the Army, people are our number one priority. We can't achieve readiness, we can't modernize, we can't reform the Army without people. The Army is the people, so taking care of our people is the number one priority," James Helis, the SHARP and SR2 director, told Business Insider."That involves building cohesive teams down to the smallest level and having engaged leaders who truly know their soldiers so that when they identify challenges in their soldiers' lives, they can connect them with the resources to overcome those challenges and prevent them from spiraling into crisis."He added that this isn't a substitute for sitting down with soldiers, but it is a valuable tool that offers commanders a broader picture of soldiers and their units.If you or someone you know is struggling with depression or has had thoughts of harming themselves or taking their own life, get help. <a href="https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/">The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline</a> (1-800-273-8255) provides 24/7, free, confidential support for people in distress, as well as best practices for professionals and resources to aid in prevention and crisis situations.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Two of <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword>'s most powerful figures have announced a wild plan to bring the sport back in Britain.</li><li><keyword id="2268473" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Eddie-Hearn">Eddie Hearn</keyword> and <keyword id="1311196" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Frank-Smith">Frank Smith</keyword>, both of Matchroom Sport, will host four live events in consecutive Saturdays in the grounds of Matchroom HQ.</li><li>Fights will take place outside, in the gardens of a 15-acre plot on which stands a heli-pad, an indoor swimming pool, and a mansion fit for a king.</li><li>Boxing royalty <keyword id="576793" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Anthony-Joshua">Anthony Joshua</keyword>, the unified heavyweight boxing world champion, wants to take part.</li><li>"World championship boxing in my garden? Oh, go on then," Hearn said.</li></ul>LONDON — Film footage cuts from one drone to another as they circle above Matchroom's head office in Essex, a grassy-county east of London.The HQ is not your normal office block. It's a 15-acre mansion which Eddie Hearn, one of boxing's most powerful figures, grew up in with his dad, Barry, Matchroom's founder.It boasts an indoor swimming pool, a heli-pad, and has cityscape views of London's financial district bursting through the horizon dozens of miles away."Sweet Caroline," the 1969 Neil Diamond classic now synonymous with boxing in Britain, has just finished playing.A light display, pyrotechnics, and more elaborate fireworks accompany a big-name heavyweight who makes his entrance from the hills and toward a Sky <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">Sports</keyword> ring Hearn, 40, had built next to Matchroom HQ in his backyard.It's almost time for the main event — let's get ready to rumble.Nobody is smiling more than Hearn, who sits beneath the night sky at ringside, socially-distant from those around him.Event staff and the fight's referee wear N95 masks to mitigate any threat from the novel coronavirus. Staff disinfect spit buckets after cleaning the canvas to a medical level.Boxing is back.<h2>A grand vision for the return of elite boxing</h2>What you've just read is Hearn's vision to safely restart his sport behind-closed-doors in July, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8323317/Boxing-return-July-Eddie-Hearns-garden-1m-plan-delivering-four-weeks-fights.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the Mail Online</a>."World championship boxing in my garden? Oh, go on then," Hearn said.It is as inventive as it is ambitious, and it typifies Hearn's charismatic and over-the-top style as <a href="https://www.insider.com/eddie-hearn-plans-to-conquer-world-boxing-2020-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he has frequently told Insider that he isn't just content to have taken control of boxing in Britain</a>.No. He's always had world boxing in his sights, and even that might not be enough as <a href="https://www.insider.com/eddie-hearn-considering-plan-to-promote-mma-events-rival-ufc-2020-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he seemingly becomes increasingly tempted to challenge the near monopoly the UFC enjoys</a> in mixed martial arts.Hearn's vision for boxing in the COVID-19 era is akin to one Dana White has, as the UFC president appears determined to follow his three, indoor Jacksonville events in May, with <a href="https://www.insider.com/conor-mcgregor-texts-dana-white-wanting-to-fight-on-fight-island-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a mysterious "Fight Island" project</a> he insists is real, and has a UFC hotel, gym, and a purpose-built Octagon which can apparently host events from June.Both concepts are beyond the boundaries of what you and I consider normal, but, well … this is what wildly-effective promotional showmanship is all about. This is the fight game after all.<h2>How the hell did boxing get here, in Matchroom Sports Garden?</h2>The plan was likely devised at Matchroom HQ, otherwise known as Mascalls, which is a stately property 30 miles from the O2 Arena, where Matchroom's pay-per-view shows in London are often held.There are many rooms all dedicated to Matchroom operations whether it's media-facing staff or operations. One of the key minds is Hearn's right-hand man Frank Smith, 27, who can be seen at events not in-front of the camera, but to the side, often working behind-the-scenes where he elevates the brand globally.It is a far-cry from how Smith started, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boxing-news-frank-smith-anthony-joshua-matchroom-boxing-2017-3?r=UK" target="_blank" rel="noopener">telling Insider in 2017</a> he began life at Matchroom as a 14-year-old errand-boy delivering pizza or bringing tea to poker players.From there, he worked in various Matchroom sports properties like darts, snooker, and golf, before finally moving into the boxing department, where he handles multi-million dollar contracts for marquee clients like Anthony Joshua, Gennady Golovkin, and Devin Haney.Smith, now the CEO of Matchroom Boxing, recently told us about the challenges his company was enduring.<div type="image" title="Who is Matchroom Boxing CEO Frank Smith" height="618" width="825" msid="75872018" hostid="261"></div>Much of the world, England included, was in strict lockdown. Boxing, like the world's biggest sports leagues, had shut operations. The coronavirus pandemic had changed life for the foreseeable future.Smith said he was finding it tough to motivate a team of 100 scattered through multiple territories as the business was reliant on live events, and live events were banned. Matchroom shows in Britain, Italy, and the US had all been postponed.For Smith, the coronavirus was bigger than anything — boxing had to shut down. "So many people are suffering and are affected by it, so it's very hard … we're in a generation where we've never experienced anything like it," he told Insider.In early April, Smith ruled-out working abroad in a country with a lower rate of the virus, because the situation had a habit of changing so rapidly that the "substantial" financial investment it would take, to stage an event in Saudi Arabia or Singapore, for example, would be far too risky when borders could close at a moment's notice."It's quite a risk to do anything in other markets," Smith said. "We do shows in nine territories and didn't look outside the territories we normally work in. Restrictions constantly change, it would be a big risk to set something up, only for it to change again with airports closing."With international markets ruled out, Matchroom could only look within Britain, and so initially the team scoured studio options."We were looking at a few studios … no crowd, minimal staffing, minimal teams with the fighters," Smith told us. "But the decision was taken out of our hands when the government [banned] medical-supporting events."Options were running out.A possible new normal was dawning on the Matchroom team — they had become a live events business with no live events planned, or to plan.Because of social-distancing rules, Smith conducted group Zoom calls every morning with his teams, with staff now working from their own homes. They caught up on admin, doing things that may have been missed, or left, and just tried to stay busy.Every now and then Smith would return to Matchroom HQ to collect a file.Between those trips, and maybe Hearn himself taking a call at Mascalls with the gardens in the background, an elaborate scheme was hatched.<h2>The first rule of Fight Camp is … Tell everybody about Fight Camp</h2><h2>The second rule of Fight Camp is … No seriously, tell everybody about Fight Camp</h2>That scheme was Fight Camp — four consecutive midsummer Saturday night events which will take place in the gardens of Matchroom HQ, without fans, and with reduced fight teams and event crew.There can be no more than 90 people at each Saturday night event.There'll be a studio center for Sky Sports which is Matchroom's broadcast partner in the UK, in addition to a media zone, changing room marquees, a weigh-in area — likely in the halls of the building — and an outdoor ring beneath a canopy to protect against Britain's notoriously fickle weather.<div type="image" title="What is Matchroom Boxing Fight Camp, where is it, when is it" height="479" width="825" msid="75872021" hostid="261"></div>Matchroom plans to hire local hotels where athletes and trainers stay from each Tuesday, the start of fight week, through to Sunday, the morning after the Saturday fight.Everyone involved in the events will be forced to quarantine for 24 hours after they've been tested on the Tuesday before the event, until they receive the results the next day. If they test positive for the coronavirus, they will leave the hotel and be isolated. Those who test negative continue on for Fight Camp.Media activities will likely be done remotely, as the venue — with social-distancing measures — can only have 90 people on-site.Matchroom is paying for $35,000 worth of COVID-19 tests for everybody involved in each of the fight weeks, for the camp's four week duration.There is then a great financial outlay which come with rigging a mansion with fight and broadcast equipment in a way that dazzles on television. "It's a huge mission," Hearn told the Mail Online.Robert Smith, the general secretary for the British Boxing Board of Control — which oversees the rules and regulations of the sport within the UK — said on a recent BBC 5 Live appearance that promoters who go behind-closed-doors will "take a big financial hit."<a href="https://www.boxingnewsonline.net/boxings-comeback-begins/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to Boxing News</a>, Smith said: "But they have contracts with TV companies and we want to get boxing back on TV."<div type="image" title="Anthony Joshua and Eddie Hearn in Diriyah" height="1395" width="2000" msid="75872024" hostid="261"></div>Matchroom has held memorable events inside massive soccer stadiums in Britain, at the historic Madison Square Garden in New York City, and a purpose-built 15,000 capacity venue in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.Now, it's time for Matchroom Sports Garden to take center stage.It's a a costly but potentially legacy-building series of Saturday fight nights over a four-week spell, which Hearn, Smith, and the wider Matchroom team hope recaptures the momentum it had earlier in the year, a time Hearn was telling Insider — not for the first time — that <a href="https://www.insider.com/eddie-hearn-plans-to-conquer-world-boxing-2020-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">his business will be the world's No.1 fight firm</a>."Financially this will be painful for us," Hearn told the Mail Online, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/52689470" target="_blank" rel="noopener">adding to the BBC</a> more recently that he is confident the backyard brawls this summer will "go down in history" as one of the great periods in British boxing."The most iconic venue in the world is Madison Square Garden, we will be the new garden. Of all the challenges I have had from Wembley Stadium to Saudi Arabia and Madison Square Garden, this is the biggest. That excites me," he said.One of the greatest obstacles Matchroom has to overcome, is for gyms to reopen. This is so fighters with no other access to training can get fighting fit. Providing this ban is lifted, Hearn hopes to stage the events from mid-JulyProspective fights include:<ul><li>Natasha Jones vs. Terri Harper, super featherweight championship match</li><li>Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano, lightweight championship match</li><li>Cecilia Braekhus vs. Jessica McCaskill, welterweight championship match</li><li>Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin, heavyweight match</li></ul>As there will be no fan-led atmosphere at any of these shows, Hearn hopes the raw sound of 10-ounce gloves smacking into a fighter's face will make for a compelling enough audio-visual experience at home."There's nothing like 90,000 [people] singing 'Sweet Caroline' but if you can create intensity through the sound of punches landed, the sound of fighters' heavy breathing, the sound of corner teams giving instructions and conversing with their fighters, this is what we need in the mix of the new TV show," <a href="https://theathletic.com/1824855/2020/05/20/eddie-hearn-details-plan-to-bring-boxing-back-from-his-backyard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hearn told The Athletic</a>."This isn't a game of soccer or tennis. This is brutal. If we can showcase that brutality in a more intense way, it's going to be quite compelling in the short-term."He told <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3R5ZjHaVv8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the YouTube channel iFL TV</a> that many of his athletes can compete on short notice. "90% of fighters are ready to go," he said. "They want to carry on their career."<h2>Anthony Joshua wants to join Fight Camp</h2><div type="image" title="Anthony Joshua" height="1000" width="2000" msid="75872025" hostid="261"></div>Joshua, heavyweight boxing's hottest property, has not fought since he reclaimed three major world heavyweight championship titles in Saudi Arabia last year, when he out-pointed Andy Ruiz Jr. with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/3-statistics-show-why-anthony-joshua-was-able-to-beat-andy-ruiz-jr-2019-12?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a disciplined performance in Saudi Arabia</a>, six months after he was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/anthony-joshua-setback-should-have-listened-to-floyd-mayweather-2019-6?src=rss&amp;r=US&amp;IR=Tamp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">humiliatingly defeated by the same man</a> in New York.Joshua was due to defend his belts against mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev on June 20 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, and while the coronavirus nixed that event, the date is being rearranged for when the COVID-19 situation becomes clearer.<a href="https://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/story/_/id/29169457/croatia-interested-hosting-anthony-joshua-kubrat-pulev-bout" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ESPN reported</a> earlier this month that Croatia presented a "very solid offer" to host the fight, but Joshua apparently wants to keep the bout in the UK, and even asked Hearn for an invitation to Fight Camp."I was talking AJ, AJ wants to fight here at Fight Camp," Hearn told iFL TV. "I don't think that's necessarily an option. But he wants to fight. This is what he does, I want to go back to the office, I want to go back to work. That's what I do."I'm sure fighters would prefer to fight in front of live crowds, of course you would. That's not going to be an option in the interim and may not even be an option until next year. So, be a pro, get prepared and get a fight in the bank. Get your money in the bank, progress your career, and let's go."This echoes what Smith told Insider last month. The fighters, he said, are ready. "They're all keeping training, going out for their one run a day, working-out indoors, and staying very active."A lot of people knew the severity of the situation and are understanding of what's going on. They're all keeping ready, and that's the main thing."Regardless of who fights and who doesn't, Matchroom appears set to follow in the UFC's footsteps and have a short-term residency of multiple nights in the same venue.While the UFC did that in an empty 15,000 capacity VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Florida, the chosen venue, for Hearn, just happens to be the grounds of Matchroom HQ.He told the Mail Online last week that he hopes it will be great for boxing, even if he knows it "won't be great for the grass."Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/conor-mcgregor-fighting-manny-pacquiao-in-boxing-is-still-possible-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor fighting Manny Pacquiao in boxing is still possible, says the man who represents both athletes</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-evander-holyfield-debunked-meme-he-cant-wear-covid-masks-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Evander Holyfield hilariously debunked a meme that he can't wear COVID masks because Mike Tyson bit one of his ears off</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/floyd-mayweather-wants-to-make-1-billion-through-property-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Floyd Mayweather's new goal in life is to make $1 billion through property, doubling the money he made as a boxer, his right-hand man says</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/devin-haney-says-hes-not-racist-regrets-white-boy-remark-2020-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">21-year-old American boxer Devin Haney says he's not racist, has 'learned a lot,' and regrets saying he'd never lose to a 'white boy'</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/mike-tyson-punched-garbage-man-for-throwing-away-his-pigeon-2020-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Tyson said he once knocked out a garbage man for throwing away one of his pet pigeons that had died</a>Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/how-matchroom-and-eddie-hearn-will-restart-boxing-during-coronavirus-2020-5">Insider</a>

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