Kraken

• SEATTLE , July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2023 Green Sports Alliance (GSA) Summit culminated with the prestigious Play to Zero (PTZ) Awards, honoring 13 outstanding sports organizations for their remarkable achievements in sustainable practices.
• The PTZ Awards celebrate outstanding tracking efforts and impressive reduction achievements in water, waste, and energy.
• Innovation awardees have taken these accolades further by driving positive change in social and environmental justice.
• In this era of pressing environmental challenges, the responsibility falls on each of us – sponsors, leagues, teams, athletes, and fans.

• When you think of a kraken you probably think of a sea monster of enormous size, lashing out to sink ships that sail too close to it.
• Hans Egede, a Norwegian missionary, described a kraken as covering the whole sea when it surfaced and capturing victims with its claws.
• Even though the production crew of the original film knew that the kraken was Norwegian, they decided that “as a name for a sea monster, it was too good to miss”.
• Ruby Gillman’s approach to the kraken upends these representations, showing us a softer side to the beast.

Not so scary

• They try to blend in with humans and explain away any peculiarities by claiming that they are originally from Canada.
• The Gillman family take on human appearance, colourful skin tone not withstanding, and only transform into their gigantic form when in salt water.
• Their roots can be traced back to the sirens of ancient Greece, who lured sailors onto rocks with their songs.
• By making krakens protectors and mermaids destroyers, the film continues a wider cultural trend of questioning who the monsters really are.

Beastly biology

• Pixar’s Turning Red used its heroine’s transformation into a giant red panda, sometimes cute but also monstrous, as a metaphor for beginning adolescence.
• For Ruby, discovering her body’s true potential when she first encounters salt water leads her to question everything in her life she has previously taken for granted.

• From power and durability to integration and innovation, Kraken has everything anglers want and need from their trolling motor and more."
• Even with all that power, Kraken is extremely efficient so anglers can count on it to fish all day.
• In calm conditions, the Kraken can decelerate the motor when it's within approximately one meter of the user-selected location.
• Garmin has a long-standing commitment to build products that offer a compelling design and superior quality, and the Kraken trolling motor is no exception.

• NEW YORK, June 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TAG Associates LLC , a leading multi-family office and portfolio management services firm, today announced that Lane Fraum has joined the firm as Director to lead TAG’s growth efforts in Florida.
• Mr. Fraum will be based in the firm’s recently opened West Palm Beach office , where he will be responsible for working with TAG’s portfolio management clients and pursuing expansion opportunities in Florida.
• He will report to TAG President Jonathan Bergman.
• Mr. Fraum graduated from Cornell University, where he was captain of the ACHA men’s hockey team.