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The WHO meanwhile urged Asia countries to step up surveillance of the virus. “There is still the possibility for this to jump to humans,” WHO spokeswoman Maria Cheng said in Beijing. |
The WHO has said bird flu poses a threat to humans if it develops the ability to spread from person to person. So far most cases in humans have been traced to contact with sick birds. |
Worried about the disease's spread, Malaysia on Monday said it was banning all imports of chicken and meat products from China. |
In Hanoi, Vietnam reported Monday that another person died from bird flu, bringing the regional death toll to 54 as the communist country continues to fight the disease. |
Vietnam has started but has yet to complete developing the bird flu vaccine. It targets to test the vaccine on humans in August while initial tests on poultry showed the birds have shown anti-bodies. |
A 46-year-old man from the northern province of Hung Yen died May 19 at Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi after being admitted three days earlier with classic bird flu symptoms that included a high fever, coughing and breathing problems, said Phan Tien Son, director of the Hung Yen provincial preventive medicine center. |
The man tested positive for the H5N1 virus on May 18 while he was hooked to a respirator, he said. |
It was unclear how the victim became infected. No bird flu outbreaks had been reported among poultry in the man's village and he had not traveled outside the area, but the family did raise ducks, Son said. |
None of the poultry appeared sick and the man did not eat duck, he added. |
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — After weeks of gridlock, 56th Street next to Trump Tower reopened to crosstown traffic on Wednesday. |
The move to reopen one lane of traffic of the south side of 56th Street was made by the city, police and the secret service to help alleviate congestion and make it easier for delivery vans and customers to have access to businesses. |
The street between Fifth and Sixth avenues has been closed to traffic since the election. |
Derek Walsh, the owner of Judge Roy Bean Public House, said the mess has hurt business at his bar. |
“Everything is open on the block, but a lot of people walking by, they’re afraid to walk past the bomb squad, and the command post and the barricades,” he said. |
Walsh hopes the renewed sounds of the busy rush will mean more business. |
Tommy was relieved when he pulled up and no longer had to spend 30 minutes at a checkpoint delivering oil to a local office building. |
“The Secret Service, with the dogs, I had to open the hood, I had to open everything, every door here, they had to walk around the truck,” he told 1010 WINS’ Glenn Schuck. |
Last week, city councilman Dan Garodnick went to the area to talk to local business owners. |
In a statement, Garodnick praised the new developments, saying the street opening sends a signal that the area surrounding Trump Tower is open for business, Diamond reported. |
Officials say the safety of President-elect Donald Trump’s home and Trump Tower is still a top concern. Because of that, 56th Street between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue will remain closed. |
Just Tuesday, there was a scare in the Fifth Avenue high rise when cops quickly evacuated the lobby after spotting what turned out to be an unattended backpack full of children’s toys. |
“I came 400 miles to eat at the Trump restaurant and we’re just about ready to sit at the table they said ‘Get out.’ I said ‘What?’ They said, ‘You gotta leave, there’s a threat.'” said tourist Jerry Morris. |
Everyone entering the building is subject to having their bags X-rayed. Security experts say no chances will be taken with the home of the president-elect as a potential target. |
“The home, besides the White House, of the president of the United States and we are to expect that very tight security grid in a very busy commercial neighborhood,” security expert Manny Gomez explained. |
In addition to reopening traffic, the NYPD has also relocated its mobile command post closer to Trump Tower. The block of 56th between Fifth and Madison avenues remains closed. |
This is cross-posted from The Huffington Post. |
News that the White House will approve the sale of military jets to Bahrain without any human rights restrictions is as depressing as it is predictable. The $3 billion deal would be a dangerous misstep, showing that the new administration is handling its foreign policy with all the surety of a blindfolded guy juggling ... |
Congress needs to step in to stop this happening. |
Although the Obama presidency didn’t do nearly enough to push Washington’s Gulf ally to stop its repression of peaceful dissent, it at least tied the sale of 19 F-16s to Bahrain to some human rights reform—the restrictions that President Trump is about to lift. |
The sale will encourage further repression, which, in turn, will cause greater instability and violence as Bahrain enters a particularly tense period. The sixth anniversary of the mass uprising against there repressive regime was last week, marked by renewed street protests and clashes between demonstrators and the pol... |
Meanwhile leaders of the peaceful opposition remain in prison along with other prominent human rights activists. The regime has left itself with no one to talk to should it ever want to end its political crisis. |
Bahrain’s government says Iran is behind the protests in an attempt to ignore legitimate grievances. It may be true that Tehran is exploiting the unrest for political gain, but that’s all the more reason for the Bahraini monarchy to accede to the opposition’s totally reasonable demands: allow fair elections, end corrup... |
Congressional alarm halted arms transfers to Bahrain in 2011 as bipartisan group in Congress led by Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ron Wyden (D-WA) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) recognized that the move would threaten U.S. national interests, including the safety of the U.S. Fifth Fleet base, anchored in the tiny count... |
Members should be concerned too about Bahrain’s ever-closer military and political ties to the Kremlin. Two visits by the king of Bahrain to Russia last year revealed his interest in “a closer look at your modern products, your arms manufacturing complex,” Bahrain creating a list of companies ready to invest in Crimea—... |
While the Trump White House might be relaxed about Bahrain’s cozying to Putin and the consequences of supplying the fighter jets, the deal is very likely to backfire. U.S. interests would be better served by nudging the monarchy towards stability though reform before the country descends into deeper political chaos. |
The White House and Congress should be pressing Washington’s ally for the release of peaceful dissidents such as prominent human rights defenders Nabeel Rajab and Abdulhadi Al Khawaja, and for political dialogue, not signaling to the dictatorship that it will get weapons no matter how brutally it treats its political o... |
This is a bad deal for the United States. It would be an excellent time for a bipartisan group in Congress to emerge and exercise enlightened leadership. |
The Resident Evil 2 remake releases on PS4, Xbox One and PC on 25 January 2019. |
Find out what the top 10 selling games are in the UK, Japan and the US, plus the GameCentral and readers' top 20s of 2017. |
Capcom is promising free new DLC content for Resident Evil 2, including a new mode that sounds like a cross between Raid and The Mercenaries. |
Capcom’s remake of their 1998 survival horror classic is one of the best-looking games of the year, but how does it all play out? |
The original game was released in 1998. |
The port is expected to release later this year. |
The producer of the Resident Evil remake has revealed that he's already recreated a virtual reality version of the Spencer mansion. |
It looks like Capcom is planning a sequel to the well-regarded 3DS game Resident Evil Revelations, if a leak on Xbox.com is to be believed. |
The original survival horror is being re-released as a download-only revamp of the GameCube remake of Resident Evil 1. |
A Japanese newspaper suggests that the next Resident Evil could be unveiled this June, as the publisher struggles with its smartphone games. |
Action in horror: Do games like Resident Evil and The Evil Within get the mix right? |
I’m almost universally dreadful at horror games. Aside from being a wimp when it comes to spooky goings on, I’m not a fan of gore. It makes me feel sick. Consequently, it’s disappointing to see modern scare-tactics relying so heavily on it. |
A very unexpected crossover is set to happen between Capcom and Valve’s two zombie games, with free new content for PC gamers. |
The next Resident Evil could see the series taking an even more drastic change of direction, according to the producer of Revelations. |
No Resident Evil Revelations for PS Vita because of… screen resolution? |
Capcom has revealed its reasons for not creating a PS Vita version of Revelations and they may be amongst the least convincing ever. |
Capcom has announced that 3DS exclusive Resident Evil Revelations will be released on home consoles and the PC, including the Wii U. |
The award shall be made to a full-time undergraduate student majoring in recreation and will be used to support the student during the internship. |
Preference shall be given to students who wish to work with senior citizens during their internships (e.g., interning in retirement villages, senior centers, etc.). |
Preference shall be given to eligible students who demonstrate financial need (as determined by Office of Financial Aid); academic merit shall be a secondary consideration. |
Decisions on the award are made during the spring semester. The award funds are disbursed during the semester in which the student is enrolled in the recreation internship (HPHE 4990). The student must have full-time status during this semester for the award funds to be disbursed. |
Opinion Can Canada avoid a populist revolt? |
Can Canada avoid a populist revolt? |
In the age of Trump, those of us who are immigrants from the United States feel doubly blessed to live in Canada (even in winter). Canada is an island of sanity in a sea of craziness. Not for us the ethno-nationalist populism that has upset so much of Europe. Not for us the xenophobia and anti-immigrant sentiments that... |
The nations upended by right-wing populism all have one thing in common. They are all facing white demographic decline. And that is the breeding ground for populist revolts. These revolts are linked directly to immigration, as Eric Kaufmann argues in his deeply researched new book, Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and... |
In Canada, the demographic shift will be huge. Today about 20 per cent of Canadians are visible minorities. But in 90 years, only about 20 per cent of Canadians will be white; most will belong to a racially hybrid majority, according to Mr. Kaufmann. The political fault lines of the future will be drawn along ethnocult... |
Whiteshift argues that it’s time to open up room for a legitimate conversation about white anxiety over immigration and the rate of change, rather than treat the subject as automatically toxic. For too long, argues Mr. Kaufmann, the establishment left – with the help of the establishment media – has branded any challen... |
Mr. Kaufmann, a professor of politics at Birkbeck College, University of London, was brought up in British Columbia. So he’s well-acquainted with Canada’s cosmopolitan vibe. Among the reigning classes – including the media – the coming demographic transformation is simply assumed to be a good thing, even proof of our s... |
Canada doesn’t really have a right-wing party. On all major issues, including immigration, the Conservatives are almost indistinguishable from the Liberals. The parties’ views on immigration are virtually identical. Even though, according to EKOS, as many as 40 per cent of Canadians think there are too many “visible mi... |
Does this mean that English Canada is safe from the scourge of national populism? Until recently Mr. Kaufmann was inclined to think so. But he’s changed his mind. “People argued that it would never come to Germany, Britain, Sweden, or Spain,” he said. “Now it has hit them all. We are not immune.” He also believes that ... |
That doesn’t mean Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party will be it. So far the media have done an effective job confining him to the margins. He has few visible followers, and is regarded as a mild threat to the Conservative vote rather than as a political force on his own. |
Ironically, Mr. Kaufmann believes the most polarizing political figure in Canadian politics today is probably Justin Trudeau. “He is the standard-bearer for the most out-there version of globalism,” he told me. |
Mr, Trudeau speaks for millions of Canadians. But he doesn’t speak for millions more – people who aren’t sure they’re comfortable with the rate of change, folks who think globalism has gone too far, and others who say they don’t recognize the place where they grew up any more. Those people aren’t going to go away. And ... |
A service for Herman H. Herbig, 81, a Minden resident, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Gardnerville. |
Mr. Herbig died Aug. 19, 2002, in Carson City. He was born Jan. 12, 1921, in Hankensbuttel, Germany, to Herman and Anna Herbig. |
The family came to Carson Valley in March 1938 and lived for a time with the Neddenriep family in Alpine County. |
He attended Minden Grammar School at age 17 to master English and continued his education as a student and graduate of Douglas County High School in Gardnerville. |
He was very proud to become a citizen of the United States. |
He lived with his parents at their Centerville Lane farm until 1946 when they purchased and moved to the ranch on Muller Lane, living there until his death. |
Mr. Herbig married Anneliese Schulz in Wittingen, Germany. They continued their ranching operation after the death of his parents. Upon retirement, they traveled throughout the world, visiting Russia, South America and Europe. |
On Sept. 15, 2000, the Herbigs celebrated 50 years of marriage with relatives in Germany. Their renewal of vows was held in the same church and the celebration was held in the same village as it was 50 years earlier. |
The Herbigs recently donated property at Highway 395 and Waterloo Lane to Douglas County for the now completed skate park and additional property for use as a recreational park. |
Mr. Herbig was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, past member of the Carson Valley 20-30 Club, Alpine Reservoir Co., Douglas County Farm Bureau, Carson Valley Soil Conservation and the Carson Valley Historical Society. In 1963, he received a Certificate of Merit from the U.S. Soil Conservation Service. |
Among his survivors are his wife of 52 years Anneliese of Minden; sons Herman G. of Minden; son and daughter-in-law Ralph and Tamara of Gardnerville and grandson Christian of Carson City. |
Burial will be in the family plot in the Genoa Cemetery. |
Memorial contributions may be sent to the Carson Valley Historical Society, 1477 Highway 395 N., Gardnerville, NV 89410. |
A leading independent Baptist pastor and his church have been sued for negligence in connection with alleged sexual assaults on a mentally disabled church member over a six-year period. |
Jack Hyles, pastor for 38 years of the First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana, and the church were named defendants in a civil suit filed October 2. The suit alleges that a 42-year-old Chicago woman, who attended the First Baptist Sunday school from 1991 to 1996, was raped and battered multiple times during that peri... |
One of the lawyers who filed the suit, Vernon Petri, says Hyles is a defendant because he failed to protect the woman. "Controls have to be set to be sure things are conducted appropriately," Petri says. At present, there are no criminal charges pending. |
Hyles, whose church has a weekly attendance of 7,500, is a leading figure of the independent Baptist movement. He is founder of Hyles-Anderson College in Crown Point, Indiana. |
Hyles "categorically denied the allegations" in an October 12 advertisement in the Hammond Times. He cited the church's long-standing outreach to the handicapped and underprivileged of the Hammond area, ministries that "are a financial liability. This is especially true in the case of the educable slow. We get nothing ... |
In the ad, Hyles said the church does "not believe that the events described in the allegations occurred." Hyles said the church preaches against and detests "any form of sexual misbehavior." In a news report, Hyles indicated that the church had no record of the woman's attendance at Sunday school since 1991. |
The action asks for unspecified damages. "Money is not the issue," Petri says. |
This article is from the December 8 1997 issue. |
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In the mountains of North Bend, Washington, Camp Blaze hosts a group of teenage girls who choose to spend their summers putting out fires — literally. They also rappel off tall buildings, smash car windows and use the jaws of life in simulated rescues, haul heavy firehoses across the pavement, and learn how to cocoon t... |
Many hope to one day save a burning building or forest, but Camp Blaze does more than just teach what it takes to be a firefighter. By pushing campers to their physical and emotional limits, veteran female firefighters are sharing lessons of empowerment and strength that girls can use everywhere. |
Recently, in a State House debate over expanding Sunday liquor sales, Rep. Todd Rutherford “wondered” how Southern Baptists could claim moral high ground on the issue given their history on slavery and race relations. We as Southern Baptists have admitted we were wrong on slavery and on race relations. We have prayed f... |
Here is the heart of the issue: once people sin, can they never be forgiven nor share their legitimate concerns? Thankfully, God through Jesus’ death on the cross forgives those who turn from their sins and ask forgiveness. Also, God says in Hebrews 8:12, “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sin... |
It is healthy in a democracy to debate issues. But let those involved debate the issues and not try to disqualify someone because of something that happened so long ago they had no control over it. Neither try to disqualify someone who has done wrong, but sincerely changed his or her mind, attitude and behavior and ask... |
The U.S. surgeon general has declared that no level of secondhand smoke exposure is safe. Despite this, South Carolina is one of only 14 states that does not have a state-level ban on tobacco smoke across all workplaces, restaurants or bars. However, many counties and cities in South Carolina have successfully passed t... |
House Bill 3274 has been introduced in our state, which would establish tobacco preemption in South Carolina. Tobacco preemption would take away the power of county and city governments to pass ordinances protecting their citizens from the dangers of tobacco exposure. This bill would rob local democracies of the power ... |
I urge our legislators to oppose House Bill 3274. We should defend the power of county and city lawmakers to protect their residents. We deserve smoke-free, clean air in South Carolina. I urge our lawmakers to act quickly and to vote no on this harmful bill. |
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