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Canada took the bronze medal after a comfortable 3-0 win against Kazakhstan. |
Aidan Wallace, Daniel Del Paggio and Stephen Harper all got on the score-sheet. |
The only other sporting action to take place today was the cross-country skiing at the Raduga Cluster. |
Japan's Naoto Baba took gold in the men's 30 kilometre mass start, finishing in 1 hour 10min 20.9sec. |
Russia's Kirill Kilivnyuk came second in 1:10:51.7, while Ilia Poroshkin was third with a time of 1:10:56.7. |
Hosts Russia finished the 2019 Winter Universiade top of the medal table, with 41 gold medals, 39 silver and 32 bronze. |
The floodwaters of the Mekong River have begun to recede across the country, but concerns remain over damage caused in Stung Treng and Kratie provinces. |
The Mekong River Committee (MRC) plans to hold an open forum this month on the development of hydropower dams along the river. However, 20 NGOs in the Kingdom have said they will boycott the event. |
Waters were particularly catastrophic this year after the collapse of the Xe Pian Xe Namnoy hydropower dam located near the Kingdom’s border with Laos. |
The dam, which cost an estimated $1.02 billion, was a project undertaken by a South Korean company. |
After the collapse, tens of thousands of hectares of crops and residential land were inundated, displacing 50,000 families. |
Soth Morn, 45, of Stung Treng’s Siem Pang village, told The Post on Tuesday that river flooding normally doesn’t cause serious problems for villagers. |
Morn claimed that 50 per cent of his cashew nut plantation was completely damaged. |
“My family and I, along with some villagers, left home for safer ground on the hills because the waters were rising very quickly. We brought only important items and two pigs. We left 20 ducks there. They drowned that night." |
“We have really never experienced such a flood before and I do not want to see this terrible event happen again,” Morn said. |
He appealed to the authorities not to allow any more dams to be built along the Mekong. He said biodiversity and the livelihoods of those living along the river would be impacted. |
Nonetheless, his appeal could fall on deaf ears, as the MRC had recently announced it will lead a discussion in the Lao capital about proposals for two new hydropower dams in the region. |
An announcement issued by the committee last month said the forum will take place over two days near the end of this month. |
A group of 20 environmental NGOs responded to the announcement by saying they will boycott the forum unless the projects are delayed. |
Mok Bunthoeun an official at the NGO Forum, said after the collapse of Xe Pian Xe Namnoy, the Laos government called for further dam projects to be delayed until the collapse is investigated fully. |
“The Laos National Mekong Committee explained that the Pak Lay hydropower dam is not a new project, but we think that the regional discussion forum should be delayed." |
“The Mekong Committee should reply formally to our request for an explanation over the impact of the previous hydropower dam or else we will not attend the forum,” Bunthoeun said. |
Meanwhile, National Committee for Disaster Management spokesman Keo Vy agreed that the forum should be delayed to next month while the collapse of Xe Pian Xe Namnoy is investigated. |
“It will not be late even if we delay the regional discussion forum to next month. However, experts of the MRC and relevant parties should make the decision,” he said. |
But the committee hasn’t given any indication that the forum will be delayed. |
MRC executive director Pham Tuan Phan said: “This forum encourages involved parties to raise their concerns and suggestions on the Pak Lay project and other remaining projects. |
The networking giant posts a net profit of $20.6 million, compared with a loss of $118 million reported for the like period a year ago. |
Bay Networks today posted a net profit of $20.6 million for its fiscal fourth quarter, compared with a loss of $118 million reported for the like period a year ago. |
On a pro-forma basis, the networking giant met analysts' expectations, posting a profit of 12 cents per share for the quarter ended June 27. According to First Call, analysts had expected Bay to earn about 12 cents per share. The company posted quarterly revenue of $618.3 million, up from $543 million reported for the ... |
"We had a strong finish to fiscal 1998, as indicated by the 13 percent sequential growth we achieved in the fourth quarter," Bay Networks chief executive David House said in a statement. "Revenue from North America hit record levels, reflecting robust end-user demand. At the same time, channel inventories continue to b... |
Bay Networks closed today at 34.8125, up nearly 7 percent. The earnings release came after the stock market closed. |
As reported last month, Canadian telecommunications firm Northern Telecom said it would acquire Bay Networks for $9.1 billion, the latest example of consolidation in the computer networking business. |
LSU's opponent on Saturday has the nation's toughest remaining schedule. |
It's one reason all the BCS gurus have crimson on their palette for painting the national championship portrait. The Tide's final FBS opponents have a combined record of 19-3, and all are ranked in the every top-25 poll according to BCS standings. Alabama also plays 5-3 Georgia State on Nov. 18. You will remember that ... |
If Alabama wins out, it will represent the SEC West in the conference championship game. No one will say if the Tide winning out will earn Bama a return to the national championship game, but I believe it will, ahead of undefeated Boise State and TCU. |
After Alabama plays LSU, it returns to Bryant-Denny Stadium on Nov. 13 for three home games beginning with cowbell-ringing Mississippi State (Moo U). Assuming Alabama takes care of Georgia State and Auburn continues to win, the two could tangle in the biggest Iron Bowl since 1972, when undefeated teams battled for a sh... |
The Tide defeated the War Eagles that year 31-7 before falling to the Cornhuskers 38-6 in the title game. |
The Tide is the highest-ranked one-loss team in all polls, and many believe they can still get a chance to defend their national title. |
Top prep Miami quarterback Teddy Bridgewater's interest is growing about playing for LSU. |
Bridgewater, of Miami Northwestern High, was the crown jewel of Miami's 2011 recruiting class, but Shea Dixon, managing editor ofTigersSportsDigest.com, said Bridgewater is not completely sold on Miami and is planning on visiting other schools, including LSU. |
"Bridgewater is still committed to Miami, but Miami hasn't had the best season," said Dixon. "He'll probably look at some schools in December." |
Dixon said Bridgewater, Scout's No. 4 over-all quarterback for 2011, has plans to visit LSU after his senior season with Miami Northwestern. |
"Before he committed to Miami, he always talked about LSU and the national exposure it gets," said Dixon. "He always said if he was going to go out of state, LSU would be one of the top colleges on his list." |
The 6-foot-3, 192-pounder, also can run the ball, using his 4.6 40-yard dash speed to earn 400 rushing yards and eight touchdowns as a junior. He believes he'll have an opportunity to compete early for playing time at an SEC school. |
LSU's only scholarship quarterbacks this season are juniors. Athens, Ala. quarterback Stephen Rivers has committed to LSU's 2011 class. |
LSU wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator Billy Gonzales, who served as Florida's wide receivers coach from 2005 to 2009, has been in charge of Bridgewater's recruitment. |
Former Tiger All-American Jerry Stovall will be honored during the LSU-Alabama football game on Saturday in recognition of his election to the College Football Hall of Fame. |
One of the great names in the history of Tiger football, Stovall was an LSU All-American and Heisman Trophy runner-up who later became head coach of the Tigers and is now a leader of the Baton Rouge community. |
"This is a great and important recognition for one of the legendary figures in LSU athletics history," LSU Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva said. "This honor is long overdue for someone who had such a tremendous impact on the game of football. Jerry played an important role in our football history a... |
Stovall will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame during ceremonies at the historic Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City in December. He will become only the seventh player in LSU history to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, and he will be one of just three living LSU members, joining ... |
Members of the National Football Foundation, which sponsors the Hall of Fame, will be on hand for the recognition. |
A two-time All-SEC First Team selection, Stovall was named the conference’s Most Valuable Player in 1962 en route to finishing as the Heisman Trophy runner-up behind Oregon State’s Terry Baker. A member of the 1961 SEC Championship team, he finished at LSU with 1,071 yards and 13 touchdowns on the ground, adding 462 ya... |
The No. 2 overall pick in the NFL draft in 1963, he started nine seasons at defensive back for the St. Louis Cardinals and played in three Pro Bowls before his retirement in 1971. |
In his post-NFL career, Stovall chose the coaching profession and was eventually named head coach of the Tigers in 1980. In 1982 he led LSU to an Orange Bowl appearance and was named SEC and National Coach of the Year. |
He has since become a community leader, currently serving as president and CEO of the Baton Rouge Sports Foundation. He and his wife Judy have two children, and they reside in Baton Rouge, La. |
A member of the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and the LSU Modern Day Team of the Century, Jerry Stovall will long be remembered as one of the greatest figures in the history of LSU Athletics. |
LSU players previously inducted into the hall of fame (with year of induction) include Cannon (2008), Casanova (1995), Doc Fenton (1971), Ken Kavanaugh (1963), Abe Mickal (1967), and Gaynell Tinsley (1956). College Football Hall of Fame coaches with stints at LSU include Dana Bible (1951), Michael Donahue (1951), Lawre... |
You would be forgiven if you felt winded after watching the Toronto Symphony Orchestra play Friday night. |
The Festival of Orchestras hosted the Canadian group, with violinist James Ehnes, at Northland Performing Arts Center in Longwood for the second program of its season. |
The evening's theme: motion. Both Ehnes and the symphony's musicians proved they were up to the task in several fast-paced pieces. |
Ehnes, a Canadian who lives in Bradenton, was soloist on U.S. composer Samuel Barber's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14. He kept a sweetness of sound in the first movement, even through the forte interludes. And he received support from Patricia Krueger, whose distinctive piano runs gracefully complemented the... |
It was in the third movement, "presto in moto perpetuo" or quickly in perpetual motion, where Ehnes proved his mettle. His fingers truly were in perpetual motion, producing a feverish rush of notes. Conductor Peter Oundjian held it together and only once or twice let the orchestra overpower Ehnes' sound. |
Oundjian, nattily dressed in a black suit with pleats that revealed purple silk underneath, started the high-octane concert with "Torque," another work in the perpetual-motion style. |
Composed by Canadian Gary Kulesha, "Torque" brought to mind a wild ride in a fast car — and not just because of the name. A rushing melody line and depth of sound from the bass instruments conjured a revving engine. |
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra is on a six-city Florida tour, and Friday's concert showcased the Canada-Florida connection, with Canadian dignitaries in attendance. |
"It's an extremely important relationship for all of us," said Canada's minister of international trade, the Hon. Peter Van Loan, in a pre-concert address. "We tremendously value this partnership." |
He called the orchestra a "great Canadian treasure, a great Canadian export." |
The orchestra opened the evening by playing rousing versions of "O Canada" and "The Star-Spangled Banner," with a particularly dramatic retard on the U.S. anthem's final line. |
While the first half was all about the U.S. and our neighbor to the north, the second part of the program turned to Russia with a performance of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64. |
And if the program's early pieces demonstrated "moving music" in terms of tempo, the Tchaikovsky piece was moving in the emotional sense. |
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 repeats the same melodic motif in each of its four movements, but with a constantly evolving emotional state that Oundjian brought forth from his musicians. |
The restlessness of the first movement was nicely underscored by the lowest of low notes from the double basses, while a mellifluous horn solo set a calmer tone for the second movement. |
The warmness in all the brass playing throughout the night was a highlight of the concert, and was never displayed better than in the symphony's uplifting final movement, with its triumphant trumpet flourishes. |
Even after the bravura of that Tchaikovsky work, energetic Oundjian couldn't resist one last whirlwind of a piece, and another by Tchaikovsky at that. For an encore, the orchestra lunged headlong into the familiar fast-paced "Trepak," the Russian dance from "The Nutcracker." |
Conservative Party chairman Brandon Lewis, during his visit to Leeds.'22nd August 2018. |
A good devolution deal for Yorkshire that helps the region grow “is worth taking that extra bit of time (over) to make sure it is done correctly”, according to Conservative party chairman Brandon Lewis. |
Speaking during a visit to Leeds, Mr Lewis said he understood the frustrations of Yorkshire leaders who have seen other northern authorities handed powers and resources from central government. |
But he defended his colleague Jake Berry, who has received widespread criticism over his perceived opposition to a One Yorkshire devolution agreement that would see the election of a single mayor for the region of 5.3 million people. |
Northern Powerhouse Minister Mr Berry said this week that local authorities should concentrate on implementing the more limited transfer of power to the Sheffield City Region before a wider deal is considered. |
He said the One Yorkshire plan, signed by 18 of the region’s 20 council leaders in March, “did not have the detail” expected in a bid for devolution, and that any discussions about a regional deal were based on the full implementation of the South Yorkshire agreement. |
The Yorkshire Post says: Devolution – why it’s time for county to seize control. What more does One Yorkshire have to do? |
We all want to see things developing but in the long run it is right to make sure we take our time to get something that is sustainable and will deliver proper added value. |
Mr Lewis said: “We all want to see things developing but in the long run it is right to make sure we take our time to get something that is sustainable and will deliver proper added value. |
“If the team in central government are looking at making sure this is something that is going to be sustainable, with a really positive outcome that is real, not just something that is devolution for the sake of devolution, but devolution that actually delivers something, it is worth taking that extra bit of time to ma... |
This week, political leaders in Yorkshire including Leeds City Council leader Judith Blake, North Yorkshire’s Carl Les and Doncaster Mayor Ros Jones issues a statement saying they were ready to “work at pace” to reach an agreement allowing a Yorkshire mayor to be elected in 2020. |
All but two council leaders back the proposals, but last month Communities Secretary James Brokenshire prompted anger by suggesting talks could not start until the Sheffield City Region deal agreed in 2015 is implemented in full. |
Doncaster and Barnsley pulled out of the South Yorkshire devolution deal last year, meaning Metro mayor Dan Jarvis was elected with virtually no powers or resources. |
Work on the economic rationale for a One Yorkshire deal and the governance for a region-wide arrangement are being drawn up and are likely to be published next month. |
Devolution deals are part of how the Government can promote economic growth but are “not the only thing”, Mr Lewis said. |
The senior Conservative added: “Some of it is making sure the infrastructure is right and developing the infrastructure is there. |
“We have got a massive infrastructure investment going on at the moment, possibly the biggest in 40 years, but devolution is a really good thing, it has been shown in a lot of areas to work, but it has got to be something locally driven, fully-supported locally, that actually gives added value locally as well. |
Developers are working on a tablet for the blind. |
When advancements are made in consumer technology, the people they benefit tend to be the general population. The autonomous car is one innovation that benefits every demographic — it provides more independence for aging and disabled community members who are often afterthoughts in Silicon Valley. But there are still m... |
A team of researchers from the University of Michigan is working on a way to update the braille display, so it's fit for the 21st Century. The technology could help create an accessible and affordable way for the blind to read braille. |
The proposed mechanism uses liquid or air to pneumatically raise the dots on the screen. This development would allow for a Kindle-sized page of text to be displayed all at once, expanding the possibilities for tactile visuals and deeper learning among the blind. |
It's not the only electronic braille device. The Dot smartwatch helps act as a translator for your smartphone, doing away with the need to employ impersonal text-to-speech functions in order to read a text message. |
“Until now, if you got a message on iOS from your girlfriend, for example, you had to listen to Siri read it to you in that voice, which is impersonal,” Dot CEO Eric Ju Yoon Kim explained in an interview with Tech in Asia. “Wouldn’t you rather read it yourself and hear your girlfriend’s voice saying it in your head?" |
These and other developers working on advancing refreshing braille displays are hoping their devices will help boost braille literacy among the blind, which has seen a steep decline. Part of this drop is due to the current state of braille technology. |
What's currently available are refreshing braille displays that only displayed one line of text. The reading process is limited, slow, and tiring. Also, these refreshing braille displays cost around several thousand dollars. On the flip side, text-to-speech and audio materials have become quite affordable — these featu... |
But there's some concern that the blind are becoming limited by the scope of what they can hear. Deeper learning requires visual understanding — the impact of a pie chart may become lost without a tactile visual. |
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