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The National Weather Service is forecasting dangerously high temperatures in the triple digits across the Southwest this weekend.
Excessive heat warnings and advisories have been issued across the region, from southern Texas to California. According to the NWS, residents can expect to see daytime temperatures 10-20 degrees above normal.
Additionally, areas where excessive heat warnings have been issued will see little reprieve at night, with temperatures staying above 75 degrees overnight. These conditions pose a serious threat for heat-related illnesses, the NWS warns.
Parts of the region, from Palm Springs in southern California to Las Vegas, Nev. and Phoenix, Ariz., will see highs up to 115 degrees Saturday. Temperatures in most areas aren't expected to drop below 80 until Tuesday, according to NWS predictions.
Extreme heat can be dangerous for anyone, but vulnerable groups including young children, elderly adults and individuals with underlying health conditions should take additional precautions. Be sure to slow down, the NWS advises, and undertake strenuous activities during the coolest parts of the day. Avoid any unnecessary exposure to the sun and heat, and always be sure to drink plenty of water to stay hydrated.
If you don't have access to air conditioning at home, consider spending time in public places that do, such as malls, libraries, movie theaters and more. Also, you can take a cold shower or bath to cool off.
If it is warmer than 90 degrees in your home, blowing warm air with a portable fan your way will actually dehydrate you faster, the NWS warns. Instead, use that fan to expel hot air from whatever room you're seeking refuge in.
And if you're running errands with young children or pets, under no circumstances should they be left in the car, according to the NWS.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the internal temperature of a car can climb 20 degrees in just 10 minutes. A child's body temperature rises three to five times quicker than an adults; 23 children died from vehicular heatstroke last year.
Much of the West and southwestern United States are already experiencing severe to exceptional drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. As a result, this weekend's heatwave comes hand in hand with an increased danger for wildfires.
The NWS has issued fire weather watches – an alert that conditions are ideal, but not imminent, for wildfires – in parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. Though these advisories aren't an indication that a fire will occur, they should serve as a warning for residents to be prepared as wildfires become probable.
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Rep. Kelly Armstrong talks gun rights and gun control, and an update on a hydrogen project
MINOT, N.D. — “We can’t get enough school counselors.”. That’s what Congressman Kelly Armstrong had to say on this episode of Plain Talk. We’ve all been talking about how we can make our school after in the wake of another horrific tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, and much of that has been...
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The Supreme Court of Canada has emphasized the common sense of jurors in explaining why it restored a manslaughter conviction of a father in the starvation death of his foster daughter.
The written judgment, released on Friday, is the latest of several recent cases – some in criminal law, others in family law – in which the country’s top court has told provincial appeal courts they were overzealous in trying to correct the perceived errors of trial judges.
The defendant, Kevin Goforth, had argued that because he was working 12 hours a day, six days a week as a carpenter, and because he left most childcare duties to his wife, he was too busy to foresee the risk to his foster children – the one who died, and a younger girl who needed to be hospitalized.
Kevin and Tammy Goforth became foster parents to the two girls, ages three and two, in November 2011. The birth mother had consented to a court order declaring her five children in need of protection. The two girls had been separated from their siblings and moved nine times before coming to live with the Goforths.
On July 31, 2012, the couple took the older girl to the hospital. She had suffered cardiac arrest, was not breathing, and was also emaciated, dehydrated and covered in sores and bruises. Police investigated and brought the younger child to hospital the next day. She, too, was malnourished and dehydrated, but survived. (There is a publication ban on the girls’ names.) The older girl was placed on life support because she could not breathe on her own, and died after a day and a half in hospital.
A jury convicted Ms. Goforth of second-degree murder, and Mr. Goforth of manslaughter, for denying the older girl food, water and medical attention. Both were also convicted of causing bodily harm to the younger girl. Justice Ellen Gunn of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench sentenced Ms. Goforth in 2016 to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 17 years. Mr. Goforth was sentenced to a 15-year prison term.
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, in a 2-1 ruling last year, threw out Mr. Goforth’s conviction and ordered a new trial. It said Justice Gunn did not properly instruct jury members on Mr. Goforth’s secondary caregiving role, or give them enough guidance that they could decide whether his conduct was a marked departure from what a reasonable parent would do in his circumstances. The appeal court also said Justice Gunn had done a poor job of explaining a critical issue: whether Mr. Goforth knew he was doing wrong.
But the Supreme Court said that while the jury instructions were flawed in some respects, they did not need to be perfect, and that the jurors understood their task. (The Supreme Court made its ruling on Mr. Goforth’s case in December, after a hearing, and released its explanation on Friday.)
“Jurors do not check their common sense at the door of the deliberation room,” Supreme Court Justice Suzanne Côté wrote for six judges.
“Given the evidence and the circumstances of the trial as a whole, I am confident that the jury in this case was well‑equipped to make a common sense assessment of whether failing to provide food or fluids to young children constituted a marked departure from the conduct of a reasonably prudent person.”
On Mr. Goforth’s secondary role as a caregiver, Justice Côté wrote that it was far from a critical issue. The dissenting judge at the appeal court had said, based on photographs, that the children were in “soul-crushing condition.” Justice Michael Moldaver, at the December hearing, said they were “skeletal.”
Mr. Goforth “was well positioned to observe their condition, yet he did nothing,” Justice Côté wrote.
The remaining three judges on the nine-member court said in a separate concurring judgment that the jury instructions were deeply flawed, but that no miscarriage of justice had occurred. Justice Russell Brown wrote the concurrence, supported by Justice Sheilah Martin and Justice Mahmud Jamal.
Danielle Robitaille, a criminal defence lawyer who was not involved in the case, said in an interview that the Supreme Court has been emphasizing the finality of trial decisions, and trying to curb delay. But, she said, “in producing a judgment that essentially says ‘no harm, no foul,’ they’ve lost the opportunity to provide guidance to lower courts” on how jury instructions should address such matters as criminal intent.
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal now must decide whether to uphold the 15-year prison sentence. The defence has asked for eight to 10 years.
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Environment Canada is warning there could be severe thunderstorms in Fort Liard, Nahanni Butte and Sambaa K’e on Friday afternoon.
An advisory issued by the federal agency stated conditions are favourable for severe thunderstorms in the region that could produce heavy rain. Those storms are expected to weaken by Friday evening.
The Northwest Territories government has warned that Fort Liard and Nahanni Butte “should be on high alert” for flooding due to high water levels and flow on the South Nahanni and Liard rivers.
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It's safe to say The Wizard of Oz has been an entry point to Judy Garland for many generations. It's hard to imagine it any other way; encountering the movie as a child could almost be a rite of passage, and Garland's performance as Dorothy remains indelibly embedded in popular culture more than 80 years later.
But the powerhouse entertainer born Frances Ethel Gumm famously (and luckily, for us) had so much more to give audiences over the course of her relatively short and tumultuous life. Her musical catalog is stacked with songs she introduced or made her own, and they aren't all "Over the Rainbow." (One among them has become a certified Christmas classic.) In adulthood, she'd garner Oscar nominations and Grammy wins, and shine in performances alongside other contemporary greats, like Fred Astaire and Sammy Davis, Jr. And her artistry, vulnerability, and perseverance under the unforgiving glare of the industry and public eye firmly established her as a queer icon.
Though she died at 47 in 1969 from what was ruled an accidental barbiturate overdose, she's remained in the public consciousness through biopics (including 2019's Judy, which earned Renée Zellweger her second Oscar), movie and TV show needle drops, drag queens, and even Tik Tok.
And so in 2022, Judy Garland endures, for a myriad of reasons beyond The Wizard of Oz. This month marks the centennial of her birth – the perfect occasion for the Garland-curious to finally dive into her work and unpack what made her so special, then and now. Movie retrospectives are happening, and YouTube has a plethora of clips to comb through; here's a guide to help jumpstart you on your journey beyond the yellow brick road.
The beginning: little girl, big voice
Every Sunday (1936)
By the time Garland was signed to a contract with MGM Studios in 1935 at the young age of 13, she'd already been in show business for almost her entire life, having worked the vaudeville circuit in an act alongside her two older siblings, performing as the Gumm Sisters. This short film catches her on the precipice of stardom, showcasing her powerful vibrato and effervescent stage presence via a song written specifically for her, "The Americana." Fun fact: It was designed by the studio as a screen test for the executives to decide whether to keep Garland or her co-star, Deanna Durbin, a classically trained opera singer. Ultimately, Garland would stay on and Durbin would sign with Universal Studios.
A star is born
By 1946, a decade into her tenure at MGM, the 24-year-old Garland had made more than 20 films. They feature wonderful performances by her, but also come with asterisks for those who may be new to her work and/or to the rhythms of classic filmmaking in general. Like many musicals of its era, Strike Up the Band primarily exists to string a bunch of rousing numbers together, which may or may not be your bag. And like many performers of her era, Garland's legacy does include unfortunate instances of blackface, in Everybody Sing and Babes In Arms.
Start with these signature roles from her MGM years instead:
Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)
She had many peaks throughout her career, and this is one of them. Garland plays Esther Smith, one of the eldest daughters in a prominent family living in St. Louis at the beginning of the 20th century. Through modern eyes, it's a movie with very low stakes drama – the primary source of conflict is the family's displeasure with the news they'll be uprooted from their hometown to move to New York City, where a new job awaits the father, played by Leon Ames. But to paraphrase Liza Minnelli, Garland's oldest daughter, it's all about the feelings conveyed. And here, in one of her early transitions away from child roles, Garland give us all the feelings as an assertive, vivacious young woman determined to stay in St. Louis and catch the eye of the clueless boy next door.
Easter Parade (1948)
Try to ignore the awkward age gap between Garland and her onscreen love interest Fred Astaire (23 years!) and enjoy their chemistry as a song-and-dance team in their only onscreen pairing. Astaire plays Don Hewes, a vaudeville star whose girlfriend and dance partner Nadine Hale (Ann Miller) breaks the news that she's leaving him to pursue solo stardom. (This occurs on Easter Sunday, hence the title.) Hoping to make Nadine jealous, he hires chorus girl Hannah Brown (Garland) and vows to turn her into a star. The songs were written by Irving Berlin, and standouts include the silly tramp number "A Couple of Swells" and the torch song "Better Luck Next Time."
Summer Stock (1950)
By all accounts, Garland's life was a shambles and her behavior behind the scenes erratic during production of this movie, her last before she was fired by MGM. Yet that's imperceptible here, because she's as plucky and game as ever, playing Jane, a farm owner who allows her sister's theater troupe to rehearse in her barn. (Why yes, this is quite literally a barnyard musical.) Gene Kelly is her co-star, and Garland holds her own alongside him on the dance floor. And of course, there's the oft-referenced highlight: That black fedora and tuxedo jacket, and Judy slinking along to the irresistible "Get Happy."
The drama queen
The Clock (1945)
It was extremely rare for a Garland performance not to call upon her to belt at least one tune, but she could sell a straight performance just as well as she could a song. In The Clock, she plays a woman who meets and falls in love with a soldier, played by Robert Walker, who's on 48-hour leave in New York City. As directed by Vincente Minnelli, the movie effectively captures the whirlwind romance and tension that grows out of their initial meet-cute in the middle of Penn Station, and Garland imbues the role with a quiet, radiating warmth.
This was her second collaboration with Minnelli (following Meet Me in St. Louis) and by this point they were already romantically involved; they'd marry the same year this movie was released. The director's admiration of Garland is evident in the way he frames her soft, ethereal close-ups.
A Star Is Born (1954)
Versions of A Star Is Born have come before and after Garland's turn, but this remains the definitive iteration, perhaps because it so closely parallels aspects of its star's life. Here she plays Esther Blodgett, a talented singer-turned movie star whose career and marriage are threatened by the presence of an addiction – except said addiction is not her own, but that of her alcoholic husband, the fading screen idol Norman Maine (James Mason). This is top-tier Garland, a performance steeped in pathos and vulnerability that will shake you to your core; she pours every fiber of her being into this tragic character, whether she's belting an indelible torch ballad, working up a sweat in a 15-minute showstopping medley, or describing the helpless, lonely feeling of loving someone who's slowly self-destructing before your eyes.
Judy in retrospect
Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961)
This live album has been called "the greatest night in show business history" for a reason. It's Garland, following a particularly dark period in her life, flourishing in one of the only environments where she ever seemed truly at peace – live, unfiltered, on a stage, with her audience. And the audience adores her; you can hear it in their effusive laughs whenever she tells a self-deprecating joke and in their rapturous chants for encores. Her voice, more rugged and raw than in her younger years, sounds fabulous, and as she moves through her hits and beloved standards, each one is reimagined in the process. "Over the Rainbow" has never sounded more achingly wistful than it does here; "The Man That Got Away" somehow feels even bigger and more unstoppable than it did in A Star Is Born. You will listen once, and then, surely, you'll want to listen again, and again.
"Judy Sings Lena Sings Judy," The Judy Garland Show (1963)
"Get Happy/Happy Days Are Here Again," The Judy Garland Show (1963)
The Judy Garland Show was short-lived – it was canceled after one season – but there are countless gems to be found streaming online. Two of the best moments find Garland dueting with another powerhouse female vocalist, Lena Horne and then-newcomer Barbra Streisand. In the former, the legends take turns singing each other's biggest hits, and it's an utter delight to see how their styles contrast, like Horne's slinky, exaggerated take on "Meet Me in St. Louis" ("I didn't know it was a sexy song!" Garland exclaims while bowling over with laughter) and Garland's hep vibrato over "Honeysuckle Rose." When they come together in unison for a spirited rendition of Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin's standard "Love," the energy is so high it can hardly be contained.
And then, of course, there's the Babs. Mashing up "Get Happy" and "Happy Days Are Here Again," their voices complement each other beautifully – Streisand's clean and clear vocals dance lightly over Judy's more guttural tones for most of the song, but then their bravados meld together in a triumphant climax. It's been called a passing of the torch, as it were, from one (gay) icon to the next, and everything about it is perfect.
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Why The Calls To Boycott Golfers Playing In The Saudi Tournament Is Hypocritical – OpEd
I am not defending Saudi Arabia for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. My moral compass just cannot accept what was done to that man. But there are problems with calls to ban the players that are currently participating in the Saudi Arabian funded LIV Golf league from other golfing tournaments — and the reasons are very simple.
For one, the separation of sports and politics has always been healthy and fair. Fair to the players whose lives are centered around preparations for competing in their respective sports. Unless a player is openly advocating human rights abuses or violence, they shouldn’t have to suffer the consequences of their government’s mistakes.
The other reason is simply that, with such mentality, if were to be honest and fair, countries such as Israel and the US wouldn’t be allowed to host any sporting event. All we have to do is to remember waterboarding, or the recent assassination of Al Jazeera journalist Abu Akleh!
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A French police report on the death of New Zealand paraglider Charlotte O'Leary in the French Alps has pointed to strong wind and poor weather as the cause.
Members at the local paragliding club decided not to fly because of the bad weather, the report said.
French news outlet Le Dauphine Libere reported O'Leary, 30, died shortly after take-off. She was flying solo.
Fellow paragliders alerted emergency services at 2.30pm after seeing a wing and body on the ground.
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Advertise with NZME.It is understood officers from mountain rescue organisation PGHM Jausiers attended immediately but O'Leary was already dead, the report said.
O'Leary, an experienced paraglider, was holidaying in Europe with her brother when the fatal accident happened last Thursday in Saint-André-les-Alpes.
The area, less than two hours from Nice, is one of the world's most acclaimed paragliding sites.
O'Leary, who studied medicine at the University of Otago and worked at Hauora Tairāwhiti, previously Tairawhiti District Health, from 2017-19, had been living in Queenstown.
She had planned to return to New Zealand for the winter ski season at Coronet Peak and had taken a role as part of NZ Ski's medical team.
NZSki chief executive Paul Anderson said O'Leary was an experienced emergency doctor who was coming back for her second season with the mountain's medical rescue team.
"People are devastated," he said.
"Losing anyone in these circumstances is very tragic and she was a really talented and valuable member of the medical team.
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Advertise with NZME."Our sympathies go to the family – it's tragic."
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade told the Herald it was helping O'Leary's family.
"We are aware of the death of a New Zealand citizen following a paragliding accident in France and are providing assistance to the family," a spokesman said.
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CHICAGO (AP) — A day after ordering a two-strike intentional walk that backfired, Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa said he’d do it all over again.
In the sixth inning of Thursday's 11-9 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, La Russa walked right-handed hitting speedster Trea Turner with a 1-2 count. Left-handed hitting Max Muncy followed with a three-run homer off lefty Bennett Sousa that opened the Los Angeles lead to 10-5.
Muncy had five RBIs in his return after missing 11 games with left elbow inflammation. He entered hitting .150 to Turner’s .303.
Before Friday’s home game against Texas, the 77-year-old La Russa referred to a line he said was passed on to him by former White Sox and Baltimore manager Paul Richards.
“Trust your gut. Don’t cover your butt,” La Russa said.
Freddie Freeman was at second in the sixth on Thursday after Sousa bounced an 0-2 slider for a wild pitch. With first-base open, La Russa ordered the intentional walk to Turner, whom he believed represented a bigger threat.
“Pssssh, 24 hours later, I’m even more surprised,” La Russa said of the reaction. “That’s not even a close call. I mean do you know what Muncy was hitting from the left-hand side this season? .125.”
The move was all about Turner, who had already driven in a run when he legged out an infield single.
“Turner is a tough hitter with no strikes, one strike, two strikes,” La Russa said. “He shortens up and he’s got all kinds of ways to put the ball in play and hurt you.
“Now, if it had been a right-handed pitcher, yeah, I probably would have tried to make a pitch.”
Turner said he was astonished when he was sent to first. Muncy admitted he was riled, then lofted a 2-2 pitch from Sousa just over the left-center wall for his fourth homer.
“Since then, somebody sent me some stats about what Turner hits with 1-2 counts,” La Russa said. “He’s like the third- or fourth-best hitter in baseball over the past three years. I mean, we all know that."
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The expert's battle plan for those on a collision course with insolvency.
It is time for businesses on a collision course with insolvency to heed expert advice and take action.
With the number of company collapses expected to rise this year, it is time for those in the construction industry to lay the foundations for managing such a scenario.
Now is not the time to ignore fiscal obligations. Engaging with advisors and dealing with taxation requirements is the only way many will avoid potentially catastrophic outcomes. After businesses were given a break from being chased for tax debts during the height of the pandemic, the Australian Tax Office – the primary initiator of holding business owners accountable – is now ramping up its debt collection activity.
Construction industry businesses are hardest hit, forced to navigate a landscape indelibly fractured by rising costs and the ending of government stimulus, and now inflation amid the winding down of banking, landlord and tax office moratoriums. We are seeing these pressures hit the industry at all levels, from large construction companies dealing with subcontractors in distress to developers dealing with stressed builders. A concerningly high number of construction companies have already collapsed this year. Credit reporting agency, CreditorWatch, recently found the construction sector has the worst late payment record of any industry with one in 10 builders more than 60 days in arrears on their payments to suppliers. In April, co-founder of The Association of Professional Builders Russ Stephens said he believed about 50% of Australian building companies were trading whilst insolvent.
Most concerning is the size of those companies that have already failed – the recent collapse of Probuild, one of the country's major construction groups, was followed by the nation's largest home builder, Metricon, being forced to hold talks with clients and banks over its financial viability. No geographic location seems to be immune either. On the Gold Coast, long hailed as the one of the country's fastest growing regions, large construction firm Condev has collapsed, as has Hotondo Homes in Hobart and Perth's Home Innovation Builders and New Sensation Homes. Last year the high-rise builder ABD Group went into liquidation, as well as Queensland outfit Privium Homes which impacted more than 2,000 home buyers and left creditors owed close to $43 million.
We know that there are more to come. But even if construction companies cannot pay their debt in full straight away, it is vital they take heed of the advice issued by the ATO and other expert advisors in the taxation space. There is a way through. Solutions can be tailored to suit various circumstances but only when taxpayers realise the critical nature of engaging with those who can help.
Where they do not engage, insolvency action is a very real possibility. The ATO is already on the front foot – the office recently wrote to those businesses with significant tax obligations outstanding who have not responded to calls and letters. So far, 29,552 awareness letters for disclosure of business tax debts and 52,319 awareness letters about the use of Director Penalty Notices have found their way to businesses and directors.
Our message to businesses in the construction industry is to not stick their heads in the sand. There are ways forward, payment plans can be constructed, there is a way to see light at the end of the tunnel. Quite simply, this is impossible to ignore. The only way in which the Australian economy will be normalised is via accountability – businesses owners paying their debts and under-performing companies facing up to these challenges.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Texas Rangers have put right-hander Glenn Otto, who had been scheduled to start Friday night against the White Sox, on the COVID-19-related injured list.
The Rangers made the move before the game in Chicago. Catcher Mitch Garver also was put on the list.
Righty Matt Bush will start instead of Otto in what's become a bullpen game. Right-handers Tyson Miller and Jésus Tinoco were added as replacements from Triple-A Round Rock.
The White Sox will start right-hander Reynaldo Lopez, 4-1 with a 4.30 ERA, as an opener, instead of rookie righty Davis Martin.
Martin, who had been scheduled to make his third start of the season, is expected to enter the game after Lopez.
The 26-year-old Otto is 4-2 with 4.24 ERA in eight starts. The rookie has won his last three starts with a 2.25 ERA in the span.
Bush will make his third start this season. He’s 2-1 with a 4.22 ERA.
Texas also activated infielder/outfielder Brad Miller from the 10-day injured list.
Miller, out since May 29 with right hip impingement is slated to start in left field and bat seventh. He’s batting. .228 with seven homers and 23 RBIs.
The Rangers optioned infielder Andy Ibáñez optioned to Round Rock
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A white rosary strung on a white cross, deep red flowers in a vase surrounded by yellow and orange and pink bouquets.
Throughout the day Friday the memorial to Lily Grace grew on the street where the 3-year-old was struck and killed by a semi, on a busy block residents have long complained about.
A stuffed puppy with floppy ears, one purple and the other blue, a plastic pony, a little Mickey Mouse — all nestled around a votive candle.
Late in the afternoon, Grace’s father sent out of photograph of his daughter smiling and clutching a teddy bear, but he had nothing more to add.
“We really have no statement,” Tim Shambrook texted the Sun-Times. “There are no words to convey the loss we feel as a family.”
Thursday morning, Shambrook and his wife were riding their bicycles on Leland Avenue, Lily sitting in a carrier on her mother’s bike as Shambrook followed.
As they approached Winthrop Avenue, a parked ComEd truck blocked the bike path and Shambrook’s wife had to go around, squeezing her bike between the truck and a semi stopped at the intersection, according to a police report.
The semi started moving and knocked Shambrook’s wife off balance. Lily was thrown off the bike and under the wheels of the semi.
The accident happened about five miles from the couple’s home. Shambrook said he was angry and frustrated that the city doesn’t do more to make its streets safer for bicyclists.
Bicycle advocates say the bike lane on Leland is not cordoned off from other traffic and offers little protection on a street that gets heavy traffic.
“This wasn’t even a real bike lane, it had a dashed line,” said Christina Whitehouse, founder of Bike Lane Uprising.
“This is a greenway,” she added, referring to that stretch of Leland. “Why do we have semis driving down it? It’s meant to prioritize a residential environment. It’s a priority path for cycling. The city identifies Leland as one of the more calm, safe paths to cycle down. And clearly it’s not.”
In the summers of 2020 and 2021, the city converted that stretch of Leland into a “shared street,” placing cones to slow traffic and allow more room to pedestrians and cyclists. The cones have not appeared this summer.
“People loved the shared street last year, and people have been asking about it, but why isn’t it happening?” Whitehouse asked.
In the hours after the accident, Ald. James Cappleman (46th) said his office was already talking with CDOT about making Leland Avenue safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
He said his office would now look into what “further measures” could be taken, though he did not mention what they might be.
The Active Transportation Alliance said those measures should include “concrete curb extensions, bump outs and raised crosswalks and intersections” to control and speed and volume of traffic on Leland.
“City officials clearly need to do more,” said Amy Rynell, head of the group. “This patchwork approach of addressing one block here and another few blocks over there is not working. City officials need to fundamentally redesign entire corridors.”
Whitehouse also favors “separated concrete protected bikeways.”
“If you want cyclists to be in a certain area, make it safe,” she said. “I can guarantee that (the girl’s) mom is a more experienced cyclist than I am. There’s nothing she did that I wouldn’t do. People have no other options than to bike next to semis, to get forced next to traffic.”
Both Whitehouse and Rynell said truck traffic needs to be better managed.
ComEd said it had a permit from the Chicago Department of Transportation to work in the area where the truck was parked.
But Susan Hofer, a spokeswoman for the department, said “no CDOT permit allows a vehicle to park in a bike lane.”
The department said it was “conducting a complete review of the circumstances involved in yesterday’s fatality” and declined to release details of the permit issued to ComEd.
ComEd had no comment Friday.
“ComEd was blocking the bike lane and they were also impeding the view of the intersection,” Whitehouse said. “They were not supposed to be that close to the stop sign. We know intersections are the most dangerous places for bicyclists.”
Rynell said she is frustrated because “these issues have been discussed for years in neighborhoods across Chicago, yet little has been done to fix our most dangerous streets and make designated bike routes truly safe and comfortable for all.” | https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2022/6/10/23162788/lily-grace-uptown-bicycle-crash-leland-cdot | 2022-06-11T00:26:22Z | https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2022/6/10/23162788/lily-grace-uptown-bicycle-crash-leland-cdot | false | 1 |
The United States will send an envoy to Lebanon next week to discuss the country's energy crisis and underscore Washington's hope that Beirut and Israel can reach a decision delimiting their maritime boundary, the State Department said on Friday.
Amos Hochstein, the State Department's senior advisor for energy security, will visit Lebanon from June 13-14, the department said in a statement. Washington began mediating indirect talks over Israel and Lebanon's disputed maritime border in 2020.
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Services that help seniors stay in their homes longer are available in Langley from a variety of sources, including Fraser Health, local non-profits, and private companies.
On the government side, Fraser Health runs local Home Nursing and Home Care programs.
The nursing services may be provided at home, or in walk-in clinics, and include a variety of supports, starting with health education, assessments for caregiver needs, and helping to connect seniors to different health and social service supports.
The home nursing program can also aid seniors with things like wound care, intravenous therapy, and even palliative care in the home.
Then there’s the Home Care program, which supports clients with personal care needs that aren’t strictly medical.
Nurses and community health workers can help out with bathing, dressing, even getting people in and out of bed and moving around the home. Aid with medication and catheters and compression stockings can also be provided.
There are also overnight services and even in-home respite care, which allows family caregivers time to go out when a relative can’t be left at home alone at all.
People who need to access those services for themselves or a senior relative should start by contacting Langley Home Health, which is located a #101-20651 56th Ave., and can be reached at 604-532-9642.
Another program aimed at keeping seniors healthier and active while living at home is the new Seniors Community Connector program.
Spreading out through the Lower Mainland, this program does “social prescriptions,” connecting seniors not just to necessary medical or home supports, but to activities and people.
Doctors can refer seniors to their local Community Connector, whose job is to put the senior in touch with activities, resources, and even financial help.
It’s intended for seniors who have become vulnerable due to the loss of a spouse, money problems, or even malnourishment. Local doctors are the connection point to help get seniors in touch with the program.
Langley Senior Resource Society provides several services that help seniors living at home. While their care isn’t medical, it can be key.
The centre offers simple aid like light housekeeping, driving people to appointments, grocery shopping, and check-ins via phone calls.
Small things like housekeeping can be a big deal.
“That can be a really important service for seniors,” said Anthony Kupferschmidt, executive director of the LSRS.
“If there’s a service we don’t provide, we can connect seniors with the services they need,” he added.
There are also private home care providers across the region. Nurse Next Door, Home Instead, and Happiness at Home, among others, provide a variety of in-home supports from care aides or nurses. Respite care for family members is one of the most common services.
“We do kind of fill that gap,” said Kristina Bradley, who owns the Nurse Next Door franchise for Langley and Abbotsford.
The company’s nurses will do medical care as well as things like changing bedding, preparing a meal, helping people into the shower, and general tidying up.
She noted that although some medical needs could be taken care of in hospitals and clinics, nursing services like Nurse Next Door became very popular during the pandemic for people who wanted to stay at home and avoid going out to a medical facility.
In fact, demand has been growing so much that the local Home Instead office serving Langley through Ladner has been recruiting consistently.
“Among the many challenges we’ve faced through the pandemic, the need for professional care for local seniors has surged,” said Annette, a local resident previously dedicated her life to caregiving for older adults, until she stepped into an education and recruitment role to mentor and build strong caregivers for Home Instead.
“Our caregivers have been incredible heroes over the past two years,” she said. “Our office and local families have relied on caring and essential staff throughout the pandemic, as they provide crucial services such as Alzheimer’s care, companionship, meal preparation, household help, personal care, transportation, and more for older adults living, and often isolating, at home.”
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'Seemed like he was stalking us': Winnipeg man shares close encounter with coyote
A Winnipeg man is sharing his close encounter with a coyote on Thursday while he was walking his dog.
Jeff Prokoppa said he was walking his eight-month-old Basset Hound with his partner through Brookside Cemetery, when they spotted a coyote nearby.
"Almost seemed like he was stalking us. He would not take his eyes off our dog," said Prokoppa.
He said he has been walking through that area for most of his life and this was the first time he ever came across a coyote.
"I was quite afraid because I have heard other stories of people's dogs getting attacked and snatched…so I just wanted to get out of there and not get in his way."
Prokoppa said it felt like the coyote was following him for around 10 to 15 minutes, all while making attempts to get close enough to his dog.
"We rounded a corner and there was actually a maintenance person there with a riding lawnmower cutting grass. I was able to flag him down and he actually got between us and the coyote and he gave us a chance to get back to the car with the dog."
A spokesperson for the province said there are roughly 70 reports a year of interactions between people and coyotes in Winnipeg, adding the majority of the reports are just sightings and not conflicts.
"All reported conflicts in the city involve the presence of a pet and there are generally two to three reports of coyote attacks on pets each year," the spokesperson said.
They added coyotes are usually timid animals and try to avoid encounters with people, but if a food source is around, they can become aggressive.
"The province recommends that people secure attractants and not feed coyotes and other wildlife. Small pets can be considered potential prey by coyotes; pets should not be left outside unattended and should be kept on-leash for walks to reduce risks to their safety."
If people encounter a coyote, the province recommends they stay calm; pick up small children and pets and restrain larger pets. They add you should not run, but back away slowly without turning your back on the coyote and make yourself big, make loud noises and fight back if attacked.
Prokoppa said he plans to walk his dog on main routes for a little bit now to lessen his chances of coming across a coyote.
The province said people can report coyote sightings to 204-945-5221.
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The Government has been accused of concocting a food strategy for England “bordering on the preposterous”, with a leaked paper suggesting ministers are set to reject key recommendations from a major review.
Calls for a sugar and salt reformulation tax appear to be ignored, while no promise has been made to guarantee the budget for farm payments until at least 2029 to ease the transition to more sustainable land use.
Cabinet minister Michael Gove announced in 2019 that Leon restaurant co-founder Henry Dimbleby was to lead a review into England’s food system to ensure it is “safe, healthy and affordable” for all.
Mr Gove said he had appointed Mr Dimbleby to investigate the entire system “from field to fork” to ensure it was robust “in the face of future shocks” and delivered healthy and affordable food “regardless of where people live or how much they earn”.
The review was also set to investigate how the food system could help to restore and enhance the natural environment, build a resilient and sustainable agriculture sector and contribute to urban and rural economies.
In his final report, published in 2021, Mr Dimbleby called for a sugar and salt reformulation tax as a key part of efforts to transform the nation’s diet to include less sugar, salt and meat to protect health and the environment.
But this appeared to be snubbed by ministers in a leaked draft of the Government’s food strategy white paper, ahead of its expected publication on Monday.
The Guardian and Financial Times reported that the document did not follow through on the proposal.
Instead, it stated: “Government can set a clear direction for industry and ensure that consumers are empowered with information to make improved dietary choices.
“Government should also incentivise industry to reformulate and promote healthier food that is more accessible, and design and deliver policy actions that drive improvements across the food environment.”
In his report, Mr Dimbleby had said some money raised by the tax should be spent on addressing the inequalities around food, by expanding free school meals, funding holiday activity and food clubs, and providing healthy food to low-income families.
It also called on ministers to make sure the budget for payments for farmers to deliver environmental benefits, such as restoring nature, preventing floods and improving soils, was guaranteed until at least 2029.
But this too was ignored in the draft white paper, the FT said, with the Government instead repeating a pledge to preserve the budget in the current Parliament.
Labour criticised the leaked document as “nothing more than a statement of vague intentions”.
Jim McMahon, the shadow secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs, said: “The UK is in a cost-of-living crisis with food prices spiralling, real-wages falling, growth plummeting and taxes up. It is clear now that the Government has absolutely no ambition to fix the mess they have created.
“A food strategy is of vital importance, but the Government has dithered, delayed and now failed to deliver.
“This is nothing more than a statement of vague intentions, not the concrete proposals to tackle the major issues facing our country. To call it a ‘food strategy’ is bordering on the preposterous.”
The draft white paper, published in full by The Guardian, said the Government accepted “much of the analysis” and “the majority of recommendations” from the Dimbleby review, with policy initiatives to boost health, sustainability, accessibility of diets and to secure food supply.
It said the food strategy focused on “longer-term measures to support a resilient, healthier, and more sustainable food system that is accessible to all, rather than duplicating work on the cost of living”.
The Government does appear to be moving forward with some of Mr Dimbleby’s proposals, including by consulting on mandatory food waste reporting for businesses of a certain size.
The paper also said ministers would “support progress on a wide range of issues, including alternative proteins”, after the review urged the Government to “nudge” consumers into changing their meat-eating habits.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — An injured officer who slipped in blood and spoke of “carnage.” Video of a huge, violent mob pushing through the U.S. Capitol. Former President Donald Trump’s allies and family members acknowledging his lies.
House investigators worked to lay out a devastating case Thursday in the first of a series of June hearings examining the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol. The House panel probing the attack showed violent video of the siege and showed clips of testimony examining the weeks beforehand in which Trump pushed falsehoods about widespread fraud in the election he lost.
While the basics of the attack on the Capitol are well known, the committee is trying to tell the story of how it happened, and how to prevent it from ever happening again, for history. The made-for-TV hearings — including video of police officers being brutally beaten and right-wing extremists leading the crowds into the Capitol — come as some have tried to downplay the violence.
“We can’t sweep what happened under the rug,” said Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the panel, as he opened the hearing. “The American people deserve answers.”
The committee has conducted more than 1,000 interviews with people connected to the siege and collected more than 140,000 documents. They will use that evidence over the course of seven hearings this month to show how the attack was coordinated by some of the rioters in the violent mob that broke into the Capitol and interrupted the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory — and how Trump’s efforts started it all.
Takeaways from the Jan. 6 committee’s first hearing:
LAYING IT ALL ON TRUMP
Thompson laid out the committee’s initial findings that Trump led a “sprawling, multi-step conspiracy aimed at overturning the presidential election” and the insurrection was a culmination of that “attempted coup.” The panel’s vice chairwoman, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, called it a “sophisticated seven-part plan.”
“The attack on our Capitol was not a spontaneous riot,” said Cheney, one of two Republicans on the nine-member panel.
The hearing featured never-before-seen video testimony from Trump’s family and close aides, many of whom were interviewed by the committee remotely.
The panel started by showing a video interview with former Attorney General Bill Barr, who said he told Trump at the time that his fraud claims had no merit. Barr, who said publicly a month before the insurrection that the Justice Department had not found fraud, told the committee members that he had told Trump it was all “bull——.”
The panel also showed video testimony from Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, who spoke to the committee in April. Ivanka Trump told the panel that Barr’s declaration “affected my perspective.”
“I respect Attorney General Barr so I accepted what he said,” she told the committee.
Another Trump adviser, Jason Miller, told the panel that campaign advisors had told the president in “clear terms” that he had lost the election.
‘THIS ISN’T EASY TO WATCH’
The committee showed new, graphic video from the insurrection, moving through a timeline of the violence. It started with rioters angrily walking toward the Capitol, then showed them breaking through thin police barriers and brutally beating police.
Using security footage, police body cameras, video from those who broke in and audio from the police scanner, the video showed rioters using flagpoles, tactical equipment and other weapons to hit officers as they overwhelmed them and broke inside. Some of the body camera footage was from the ground looking up, as officers watched their attackers beat them.
At the same time, it showed what was happening inside — the beginning of the joint session to certify Biden’s election win and, people fleeing from the violence.
And it showed the rioters chanting “Hang Mike Pence,” referring to the vice president who had defied Trump’s orders to try to thwart Biden’s certification, and chanting “Nancy! Nancy!” as they walked up a staircase inside the Capitol, referring to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
AN OFFICER OVERWHELMED AND INJURED
Caroline Edwards, a Capitol Police officer, testified in graphic terms about the bloody scene outside the Capitol that day and the traumatic brain injury she suffered when members of the Proud Boys and others pushed her to the ground as they led the mob into the Capitol.
Edwards was alone and holding two bike racks together at the front lines as the mob heaved toward her, pushing her and the racks to the ground. She hit her head on a concrete stairway, briefly falling unconscious.
Even with her injury, Edwards continued to fight off the crowd. She described a “war scene” out of the movies and hours of hand-to-hand combat that no law enforcement officer is trained to handle.
“They were throwing up — I saw friends with blood all over their faces,” said Edwards, who has still not returned to duty in the first responders unit where she worked then. “I was slipping in people’s blood. I was catching people as they fell. It was carnage. It was chaos.”
EXTREMIST GROUPS’ INVOLVEMENT
The panel’s other witness was British filmmaker Nick Quested, who was with members of the Proud Boys as they walked from Trump’s rally in front of the White House to the Capitol. Quested was also filming members of the group the day ahead of the attack as they planned and met with members of the Oath Keepers in an underground garage.
The committee used some of Quested’s footage of the war zone in front of the Capitol.
“For anyone who didn’t understand how violent that event was, I saw it,” he said. “I documented it and I experienced it.”
Thompson said Trump’s call for people to come on Jan. 6 “energized” members of the Proud Boys and other extremist groups. They highlighted Trump’s comment at a presidential debate that the Proud Boys should “stand back and stand by.”
The panel showed video testimony with a witness named Jeremy Bertino, a member of the Proud Boys, who said the group’s membership “tripled, probably” after Trump’s comment.
MADE FOR TELEVISION
The committee took the unusual step of launching the hearings with a prime time show — aimed to gather as many viewers as possible.
It’s still unclear how many will tune in, but the panel is producing the hearing in hopes of becoming must-see television, featuring never before seen video footage of the violent insurrection.
The hearing room was also set up for impact, with a huge screen hanging over the lawmakers.
‘WE WERE THERE’
Lawmakers who were trapped together in the House during the insurrection attended Thursday’s hearing after having dinner together. The members, all Democrats, were caught in an upper gallery of the chamber as rioters beat on the doors.
Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., said the House members, who were eventually evacuated without harm, are dismayed that an event that exposed the fragility of democracy could “somehow be whitewashed by tens of millions of people.”
Some GOP lawmakers have tried to downplay the insurrection, charging that Democrats are overly focused on the attempt to thwart the peaceful transfer of power.
“We want to remind people, we were there, we saw what happened. We know how close we came to the first non-peaceful transition of power in this country,” Phillips said.
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AP Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report.
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TORONTO (AP) — Wyndham Clark closed with an unlikely par save Friday to take a one-stroke lead over defending champion Rory McIlroy and four other players into the weekend in the RBC Canadian Open.
After bogeying Nos. 15 and 16 in windy conditions at St. George's, Clark got up-and-down from about 50 feet from a semi-plugged lie on the downslope in a greenside bunker on the par-4 18th. He was 7 under after an even-par 70.
“Really had no chance,” Clark said. “And I would love to say I was trying to do what I did, but I was trying to punt a little bit out to the right and somehow how when I came into the ball it like plopped up to the left and landed in the rough and trickled down to 4 feet. It was definitely the best save I’ve had of the year. It was pretty awesome.”
McIlroy (68) was tied with Matt Fitzpatrick (70), Alex Smalley (67), Keith Mitchell (67) and Jim Knous (67). McIlroy had to wait three years to defend his 2019 title because of the COVID-19 pandemic that canceled golf’s fourth-oldest championship the last two years.
“Challenging,” McIlroy said. “I think the only thing this golf course needs for it to feel a little more major like is just a bit of length. I think that’s the only thing that’s missing. The rough is very penal, the greens are tricky, the wind’s up, it’s drying out a little bit because of the wind. All of a sudden you’ve got a pretty testing golf course.”
Fitzpatrick closed double bogey-birdie-bogey-bogey-bogey.
“Just a poor finish,” Fitzpatrick said.” Just didn’t hole the putts I needed to on the last three. Just pathetic. Yeah, just pathetic finish really with the putter.”
Clark birdied the par-14th to reach 9 under, then bogeyed the next two. On the par-5 15, he drove into the right fairway bunker and saved bogey with a 10-footer. On the par-3 16th, he missed a 7 1/2-foot par try after hitting short and right into a bunker.
“Honestly, I played really well,” Clark said. “It was tough out there. It was windy, there was some tough pin placements. You guys have seen, these greens are very tough and you get into some tough spots where you have to be defensive even from 10, 15 feet.”
Clark opened with a 63 on Thursday after rallying Monday in a 36-hole U.S. Open qualifier to get into the field next week at The Country Club outside Boston.
Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was 4 under after a 67.
Aaron Cockerill and Nick Taylor were the top Canadians, tied for 21st at 2 under. Cockerill, making his PGA Tour debut, shot a 68. Taylor had a 70.
“First PGA Tour event and I’m in a decent position going into the weekend,” Cockerill said. “Kind of where I want to be and see if we can throw a low one on the board tomorrow and see what happens.”
PGA champion Justin Thomas also was 2 under after his second 69.
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He spun away from the goal and threw his hands up in disgust. Christopher LeBlanc had just rattled the woodwork on a potential go-ahead goal, and the Clarke County junior was determined not to let it happen again.
The opportunity for redemption came quickly.
Less than two minutes later, LeBlanc scored from a sharp angle for the decisive tally, giving the Eagles a 3-2 victory over Radford in the VHSL Class 2 boys soccer semifinals Friday at Spartan Field.
Clarke County (22-0) will face Glenvar (21-0-1) for the title at 10 a.m. Saturday.
“It really just got my blood boiling,” LeBlanc said of hitting the right post from close range. “I know I could have finished another one, so I just kept my head up, kept the intensity high. I just kept on going until I could get another chance.”
He got it thanks to an aggressive approach by Radford (16-5-2) that left the back end vulnerable. Caleb Neiman sent a perfect through-ball to LeBlanc, who streaked down the right channel and got one-on-one with the keeper.
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“I think they were getting a little greedy with their counterattack, trying to put a lot of people on offense,” LeBlanc said. “After I got to that ball, I knew I was in front of the whole defense. So either they foul me from behind, or I get a finish in. I just kept the pace and put it bottom-left with power.”
Radford coach Clark Ramsey praised the finish but also the technical quality that led to it. The Eagles scored their first goal in a similar fashion on a long pass from the midfield that Oakley Staples controlled and converted.
“We haven’t played a team that is as efficient through the middle, and that creates a swing,” Ramsey said. “We’ve trained a lot on the urgency and the assurance of clearance. We’ve worked a lot, too, with back-post responsibilities.
“But when you just have that many connections to the swing, it just creates a plus-one swing. It caught us three times, and they scored twice from those.”
Radford trailed 2-0 after Leo Morris scored on a nice cross from LeBlanc in the 22nd minute. But the Bobcats got one back six minutes later thanks to a brilliant free kick from Elijah Goff, who sent his curling left-footed strike from about 30 yards into the top-right corner of the net.
“Beautiful finish on the free kick,” LeBlanc said. “We couldn’t do anything about that except keep our heads up.”
Radford tied it in the 58th minute, as Elijah Kelly scored from the center of the box. Still, LeBlanc ensured the game wouldn’t stay level for long.
“I’m proud of them,” Ramsey said of his players. “Every senior, I’m proud of them for what they did. But for every player that’s coming back, I said that there were moments that we can learn from that we didn’t own, and we could have. Even during that last two minutes of play.” | https://roanoke.com/sports/local/radford-boys-fall-to-clarke-county-in-state-semis/article_9d6349ba-e8ec-11ec-a86a-fb7034ffb235.html | 2022-06-11T01:04:00Z | https://roanoke.com/sports/local/radford-boys-fall-to-clarke-county-in-state-semis/article_9d6349ba-e8ec-11ec-a86a-fb7034ffb235.html | true | 2 |
AfterShokz open-ear headphones review
Listening to music while you run can help you go faster and further. It can also make a long run less monotonous and boost your runner’s high. Unfortunately, running anywhere except a treadmill while wearing headphones or earbuds can be dangerous because it isolates you from your environment.
AfterShokz has a solution. The company’s bone conduction headphones don’t cover your ears — they transmit sound to your eardrums via vibrations sent through bone. According to the manufacturer, these workout headphones have an “innovative open-ear design” that allows the runner to stay present. They’re lightweight, flexible, sweatproof and durable.
This sounded like the perfect set of running headphones, so we tested the AfterShokz Air, and here’s what we found.
Testing the AfterShokz Wireless Bluetooth Headphones
Our tester has used these wireless headphones for the past year. They wear them for extended periods and are most interested in comfort, ease of connection and the ability to make hands-free calls without breaking up. They have also tested the AfterShokz Air headphones with different music in various environments to gauge their overall performance in numerous situations.
What are the AfterShokz Wireless Bluetooth Headphones?
AfterShokz headphones are open-ear headphones. This means they don’t cover your ears. Instead, they transmit music and other audio to the eardrums through the bones of the head and jaw, leaving your ears free to take in ambient sounds. They have a lightweight design at just 1.06 ounces and are made with sweat-resistant rubber. We found these two characteristics made these innovative Bluetooth headphones ideal for athletes.
AfterShokz Bluetooth headphones come with earplugs, a USB charging cable and a silicone travel case. They’re available in four different colors: Slate Grey, Midnight Blue, Canyon Red and Forest Green.
AfterShokz Wireless Bluetooth Headphones price and where to buy
AfterShokz Air wireless headphones are available for $99.95 on Amazon.
How to use the AfterShokz Wireless Bluetooth Headphones
Fit
These headphones are very comfortable. They fit around the top of your ear and are snug enough to feel secure but not so tight that they feel uncomfortable. Unless you’re laying down with your head on a pillow, you don’t even feel the wraparound frame. We could wear these headphones for extended periods with no discomfort.
Pairing
Pairing the AfterShokz Bluetooth headphones was easy. All it took was holding the “plus” button for a few seconds to initiate the process. Once you do that, we found we could connect to any device. Throughout the trial period, we connected to a MacBook, an iPhone, a Google Pixel 4 and Amazon Omni Fire TV. We experienced no issues with any device.
Audio quality
The bone-conducting technology doesn’t diminish the audio quality of these headphones. The sound comes in crystal clear for both podcasts and music. While the bass is good, it isn’t as prominent as other headphones on the market.
Phone quality
Compared to other Bluetooth headsets we’ve used, AfterShokz is excellent. We rarely experienced a dropped call due to the Bluetooth connection, and the ability to answer with just a tap makes wearing this headset super convenient.
AfterShokz Wireless Bluetooth Headphones benefits
We loved the combination of high-quality audio and comfort found in these headphones. The ability to hear your environment helps keep you safe and present while wearing. It was easy to get a snug fit, and the batteries lived up to the company’s claim of lasting up to six hours.
AfterShokz Wireless Bluetooth Headphones drawbacks
While these Bluetooth headphones offer excellent performance, there are a few things to keep in mind. If you want to block out environmental noise, you must use the included earplugs. There is no built-in voice assistant or hands-free controls. After wearing these headphones for several hours, we noticed our temples could get a little tender, but it wasn’t to the point of discomfort.
Should you get the AfterShokz Wireless Bluetooth Headphones?
The AfterShokz Air wireless headphones are so unique they’re hard to compare to other models. If you’re an athlete or you need to hear what’s going on in your environment while listening to music or podcasts, these headphones are one of the best options available. They offer excellent sound quality, long-lasting comfort, are sweat-resistant and feature innovative technology. If, however, you’re looking for noise-canceling headphones that isolate you from the environment, these are not the headphones for you.
Consider other products
Apple AirPods Max are a high-end over-ear headphone option. They have a two-button interface, are easy to use and offer an active noise-canceling mode as well as a transparency mode. Apple’s spatial audio makes it sound like you are listening to music in a room, not wearing a pair of headphones.
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Sony Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones
Sony’s wireless headphones have a remarkable 30-hour battery life with an impressive quick charge that can provide up to five hours after just 10 minutes. The simple touch controls let you play, pause, skip tracks, control volume, answer phone calls and more.
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Bose 700 Noise-Canceling Headphones
These headphones are from a recognized name in audio. They can be fine-tuned via an app, which gives them superior sound quality that you can tailor to your tastes. They’re lightweight and work with both Alexa and Siri.
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Beautifying reality: Two young Romanian artists bring old buildings back to life through their illustrated books
Jun 10, 2022
Beautifying reality: Two young Romanian artists bring old buildings back to life through their illustrated books.
Romanian visual artists Maria Poștea and Bogdan Gărgăriță have turned their passion for painting, illustration and architecture into a business. They publish books in which they "restore" old buildings with special architectural features to look like they did in their golden days. Although they find (...)
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — When Raevahnna Richardson spotted a woman standing outside a library in Salem, Oregon, gathering signatures for a gun-safety initiative, she made a beeline to her and added her name. “I signed it to keep our kids safe, because something needs to change. I have a...
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The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office has charged 28-year-old Jacobo Gil-Arvizu with murder with an enhancement in the stabbing death of 59-year-old Shelia Green on June 5 in Richmond. Green was killed in the area of 24th Street and Esmond Avenue. Gil-Arvizu is scheduled to be arraigned in Department...
A man who was serving a life sentence for carjacking and armed robbery was mistakenly freed from a Northern California jail for more than 13 hours before was rearrested Thuresday afternoon, authorities said. Shaquile Lash, 28, was released from the Sacramento County Main Jail at about 10:30 p.m., authorities said.
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INDIANAPOLIS (WXIN) – Kayla Bowling confided in her mother that she feared her ex-boyfriend would kill her. Those fears came to fruition on June 1, when police say 27-year-old Kyle Rigdon hit her with his car, killing her.
Bowling, 29, was on her bike at the time. Rigdon left the scene, police said. He’s now charged with murder.
According to court documents, Bowling received a Facebook message from Rigdon the night before her death that said, “Have fun with [whatever] you got going on tonight. Tomorrow will be the biggest wakeup call of your life.”
Bowling was taken to Eskenazi Hospital, where she was pronounced dead around 45 minutes later. She had provided a neighbor with the car’s license plate number before she died.
Another neighbor told police he’d seen Bowling on her bike on the day before she was killed. A silver car had blocked her in; a man was yelling at her, the neighbor said. Rigdon drove a silver Nissan Altima, according to investigators.
Bowling’s parents told responding officers that Rigdon had stalked and harassed their daughter. He’d slashed her tires days before, they said, according to court documents.
During an interview with Bowling’s parents, police learned Bowling and Rigdon had been dating, off and on, for about six months. They’d broken up a month ago. Their daughter was “terrified” of Rigdon, who always “seemed to know where she was at all times.”
Sometimes, Rigdon would text her and ask why she was at a certain location — and Bowling didn’t think he could possibly know where she was unless he was following her.
Bowling’s parents recounted how Rigdon had parked in front of their home, gotten out of the car with a butcher’s knife and slashed her tires. A police report indicated it happened on May 26. Rigdon continued to drive by the home several times that day, her parents said. Bowling’s father was so worried that day, he’d run into the home to get a gun for his family’s protection.
On May 31, the day before her death, Bowling got into a screaming match with Rigdon on her phone, her parents said. She told him to “stay away” and that their relationship “was over.” Around 11:30 p.m., Rigdon knocked on her window; she told him to leave or she’d call the police.
Bowling’s mother told police she found Rigdon to be controlling. She was aware of domestic issues and fights between the two and said Bowling had confided in her “several times” that Rigdon was going to kill her.
Less than 24 hours before Bowling’s death, Rigdon put out a Facebook post saying something to the effect that someone had broken his heart and would pay. By June 2, however, Rigdon had deleted the post, police said.
The mother of Rigdon’s child called police after Rigdon contacted her wanting to see his child. The woman described Rigdon as “unusually quiet and affectionate” with his son and told police he’d “uncharacteristically” given the boy $100 before leaving. He didn’t mention anything about Bowling, according to court documents.
When Rigdon showed up for work on June 1, he told his employer he’d hurt his girlfriend and asked his colleague to say he’d been at work since 10 a.m. He hadn’t shown up at the jobsite until 12 p.m. that day. Once his employer learned about Bowling’s death, he called police. The employer shared text messages in which Rigdon had asked him to tell his attorneys he’d been at work at 10 a.m. on June 1.
Officers and detectives spotted Rigdon’s silver Nissan Altima on the road and followed him onto the interstate, where they took him into custody. The car was towed for later examination. Once police got a look at the vehicle, they noticed fresh damage on the front left bumper. The undercarriage had grass and dirt on it, police said. | https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/national-world/man-sent-chilling-message-before-killing-ex-girlfriend-police-say/ | 2022-06-11T01:08:50Z | https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/national-world/man-sent-chilling-message-before-killing-ex-girlfriend-police-say/ | false | 20 |
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SAFE2 (SAFE2) traded flat against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 21:00 PM ET on June 10th. One SAFE2 coin can currently be bought for $236.23 or 0.01385238 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. SAFE2 has a total market capitalization of $12.45 million and $2,498.00 worth of SAFE2 was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. In the last seven days, SAFE2 has traded flat against the US dollar.
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TORONTO - Aaron Cockerill knows the RBC Canadian Open is an opportunity. It's more than a chance to play elite golf in front of family and friends, it's an opportunity to show North American golf fans what they've been missing.
Cockerill, from Stony Mountain, Man., shot a 2-under-par 68 on Friday morning to make the cut in his first-ever PGA Tour event. The top-ranked Canadian on the European-based DP World Tour, Cockerill wants to showcase his talent for his home continent.
"One hundred per cent, I'm trying to do that," said Cockerill. "We'll try and improve on that on the weekend.
"I think it goes a little unnoticed, but I've been playing really well this year and I hope to have a good weekend here."
Cockerill was tied for 21st place at 2-under-par 138 after two rounds of the national men's championship at St. George's Golf and Country Club. Nick Taylor (68) of Abbotsford, B.C., was also 2 under at the tournament's midway point.
Cockerill played on the PGA Tour Canada when he turned pro in 2018, but has since been plying his trade in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. This is his best season to date.
He is 42nd on the DP World Tour this season and 312th in the official world golf rankings. He tied for second at the Magical Kenya Open on March 5 and tied for third at the ISPS Handa Championship in Spain on April 23.
Cockerill was hard to miss on the course Friday, with mother Kathy, stepfather Doug, wife Chelsea and about a dozen friends from Manitoba cheering him on with shouts of "AC!" and "Let's goooo!"
If their cheers didn't catch the attention, their clothes did.
Many of Cockerill's friends wore T-shirts with his face emblazoned on it. The shirts were originally made last year for Chelsea's bridesmaids at their wedding rehearsal dinner, but have found a new purpose as the uniform of Cockerill's cheering section.
"I feel like I will never see the end of those things," Cockerill said with a laugh. "It's pretty funny and it's good to lighten it up a little bit when it's, you know, a very serious tournament.
"It's good to have a laugh every now and then."
Cockerill was not the only Canadian making a rare appearance on home soil. Myles Creighton of Digby, N.S., the top-ranked Canadian on the PGA Tour Latinoamerica, also enjoyed playing in front of his countrymen.
Creighton, who is 30th in the TotalPlay Cup rankings, only drew into the Canadian championship last week.
"I got a call (when) I was in Bogota, Colombia and I was so excited to miss the tournament this week in Colombia and come up here and play," he said. "It was so fun. I had some family and friends out there cheering me on."
Creighton intends to take a week off after the Canadian Open and then play in the Latinoamerica Tour championship on June 23 at PGA Riviera Maya in Tulum, Mexico. He'll then continue his season on the PGA Tour Canada starting with the Prince Edward Island Open on June 30 at Dundarave Golf Club in Cardigan, P.E.I.
The 26-year-old shot a 74 on Friday to miss the cut, but said he still learned a lot from his first PGA Tour event.
"It was just a great experience to see it for the first time and the next time it happens, it won't be new," said Creighton. "I'll know what to expect and know what the deal is and stuff.
"I'm super excited just for the week in general."
Adam Hadwin (70) of Abbotsford, B.C., was tied for 33rd at 1 under. Adam Svensson (68) of Surrey, B.C., and Corey Conners (69) of Listowel, Ont., were tied for 45th at even par. Mackenzie Hughes (75) of Dundas, Ont., was in a tie for 56th.
Vancouver's Stuart Macdonald (70), Roger Sloan (72) of Merritt, B.C., and Mike Weir (70) of Bright's Grove, Ont., all finished at 2 over, one shot above the cut line.
David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., amateur A.J. Ewart of Coquitlam, B.C., Jared du Toit of Kimberley, B.C., Calgary's Wes Heffernan, Brendan Leonard of Cambridge, Ont., Max Sekulic of Rycroft, Alta., amateur Johnny Travale of Hamilton, Callum Davison of Duncan, B.C., and Toronto's Albin Choi all saw their tournaments end on Friday.
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It’s a great pleasure to be here at the National Party’s Northern Regional Conference.
We are the party that is focussed on taking New Zealand forward and I can sense that you can tell we’re ready to do that.
This is the final of our regional conferences for 2022 and I have to tell you our party is in good heart. We know what we stand for, and why we’re here.
It’s the National Party that believes in personal responsibility, and so do I. It’s the National Party that believes we can make this great country even better, and so do I, and it’s the National Party that thinks strengthening law and order is a 365-day-a year commitment, not just for election campaigns. So do I.
Because the real strength of the National Party has always been our members. That ethos of service that all of us here share, attracted me to our party.
It’s each of you, giving up your time to deliver pamphlets, to knock on doors, to talk about National and to organise events - that will help put us in a position next year to win the election and to get New Zealand going again.
Why do we do it? We do it because we’re ambitious for New Zealand.
We do it because we care about people and because we believe in a brighter future for all Kiwis, regardless of their circumstances.
I’ve been up and down the country over the last few months - the small towns and big cities - and let me tell you, one thing that’s crystal clear is that there is real momentum for a change of Government next year.
We’ve reset the party, and we are ready to lead this great country of ours after the election, whenever it comes.
And we absolutely have to win. Because after five years, Labour is taking New Zealand and New Zealanders in the wrong direction.
Whenever the National Party is strong, it’s because we’re working together as a great team.
I’d like to acknowledge our hard-working local MPs in attendance today. So, please give them a warm welcome.
And of course I want to acknowledge our Deputy Leader and Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis.
Nicola is holding Grant Robertson to account for the Government’s record spending that’s putting pressure on interest rates and making hard-working Kiwis with mortgages worry about when the rises are going to end.
Nicola is going to have a huge turnaround job on her hands when she becomes Finance Minister, but I have absolute confidence she’s the person for the job.
The next general election will be crucial for New Zealand and it will also be hard fought.
But when I look at the people in this room, our strong team of MPs, all the passionate volunteers I’ve met all over the country, I can tell you that we’re up for it.
Politics doesn’t have to be divisive.
But, unfortunately, as this Government gets more desperate, it’s more often than not resorting to playing Kiwis off against each other. Landlords versus renters. Business owners versus workers. Urban versus rural.
It focuses on identify politics and factionalism that’s more about pitting people against each other, rather than bringing them together.
Then there’s the assault on the fundamental principle that everyone’s vote carries the same value as everyone else’s and none are more valuable than others.
That should be a given in New Zealand. Instead, there’s an emerging co-governance programme that Labour has sprung on the public without much warning or discussion.
If it wants to undermine democratic principles, the Government should be transparent about that.
National doesn’t support co-governance of public services.
The National Government I lead will be ruthlessly focused on delivering better outcomes for MÄori, non-MÄori and all New Zealanders alike.
We want every Kiwi to have the opportunity to flourish and to get ahead. Yes, we know that MÄori tend to have poorer economic and social outcomes, and we have to address that.
But I want this to be a country where your life prospects are not defined by your identity, or your race, or where you are born.
And we won’t achieve that vision by creating different systems for MÄori and non-MÄori. To me that’s a cop out.
That’s why we will abolish the MÄori Health Authority, that even the Government acknowledges won't lead to better health outcomes for the next five years.
Rather than identity politics, National is focused on issues that matter. And there are few things that matter more right now than the spiralling cost of living.
Inflation is at a 30 year high. It’s higher than most of our trading partners and it’s being felt by every family at the supermarket checkout, including those saving for a house who are finding they are still going backwards, even as house prices start to fall.
Rampant inflation means Kiwis are paying more in tax, even as incomes are falling in real terms.
We gave the Government one simple idea that would have helped people. Index income tax rates to account for the last four years of inflation.
That would have given an extra $1,600 a year to a household on an average income.
It would have given more than $500 a year to a couple receiving New Zealand Superannuation.
Anyone earning $50,000 or more would have been better off than they will be with the Government’s Band Aid gimmick. And it would have been permanent so they’d be better off every year.
That’s not ideology: that’s fairness.
But tax cuts just aren’t in Labour’s vocabulary.
Rather than curb its own spending, a Labour Government thinks it’s entitled to keep more of New Zealanders’ hard-earned money than it should.
It’s the worst form of entitlement because it costs every New Zealand household money that they could instead spend on their own priorities.
Labour needs these taxes because Labour is addicted to spending your money.
Not content with a $6 billion spend up in Budget 2022 - which would have been by far the biggest ever - Grant Robertson went further and raided another $2.5 billion from the next two Budgets.
All this spending has consequences.
The Reserve Bank recently raised interest rates by 50 basis points. The first back to back 50 basis point hike it’s ever done.
Now, a family with a $700,000 mortgage is on the hook for $14,000 more a year in interest than at the start of last year.
Some of those will be young families who bought their first home at inflated prices and now will be sleepless about what’s happening.
Not only are Kiwi households and the books going backwards, but outcomes are going backwards too.
This Government is all spin no delivery; all talk no action, all activity no achievement.
They confuse spending with getting things done.
Pick any portfolio and you’ll see the same pattern of more spending, more bureaucrats, and worse outcomes. It’s almost a skill, but not one that anyone thought they were voting for.
Remember KiwiBuild on which Labour campaigned up and down the country, promising 100,000 homes?
Five years in and they’ve made it to 1.4 per cent of their target, which of course they abandoned, but New Zealanders haven’t forgotten what was promised.
Child poverty. Far from lifting 100,000 kids out of poverty by 2020, the numbers have actually increased since Labour’s been in government.
Carbon emissions are up. And we imported well over twice as much coal last year than any year National was in office.
Homelessness. The Housing New Zealand waiting list is nearly five times the size it was when National left office, and more than a million dollars a day is being spent on emergency housing motels.
Education. School attendance and literacy rates are showing no sign of improvement despite spending an extra $5 billion a year.
Mental health. Another $1.9 billion allocated but no improvement in outcomes.
Welfare. There are an extra 40,000+ people on a long-term Jobseeker benefit under Labour - at a time of acute labour shortages.
This Government cannot achieve anything. This Government cannot get things done.
But today there’s a particular failure I want to talk about - one that increasingly has the potential to randomly affect any of us: gang violence.
In the two weeks up to last Tuesday, there were 23 gang shootings. The New Zealand Herald described it as the "Fortnight of Fear".
This is New Zealand. The place that Kiwis overseas used to want to come back to, because it had a reputation as a great place to raise children.
Tell that to the family in South Auckland who had bullets fly into their house while they were eating dinner a couple of weeks ago.
Or tell it to the Papakura family who, on the same night, had their house with two young children inside, targeted in a drive-by shooting with a shotgun.
We even had a shootout in broad daylight in a hotel lobby in downtown Auckland. It’s sheer luck that no one was killed or injured.
And just the other day we had the horrifying story of a three year old boy caught in a gang brawl that left him covered in blood, and bleeding from his mouth and nose.
During five years of a Labour government, gangs have added more than 2,000 new members to their ranks, while Police have added only 1,300 new officers over the same period.
Yes, gangs are recruiting faster than Police.
As gang membership has exploded, it’s unsurprising that we’ve also seen an escalation in crime, including public intimidation and shootings.
Since 2017 we’ve seen an 11% increase in homicides, a 21% increase in violent crime and a 31% increase in assaults.
We’re seeing people who’ve never done anything wrong, wanting to move out of their own neighbourhoods because the presence of gangs and the fear of gang shootings makes them afraid.
Hard-working business owners have become so desperate to protect themselves that they are trying to access firearms. Think about that: dairy owners feeling so afraid and unsupported that they want to be armed to protect themselves, their workers and customers.
This is not the New Zealand any of us want.
The National Party believes New Zealanders deserve to feel safe in their homes, in the small businesses they work so hard in, and in every community, wherever it is.
So, I have a message for all the gangs threatening New Zealanders: my government will not stand for it.
I have a message for Police: my government will back you. We will give you more tools to tackle gangs.
And I have a message for law-abiding New Zealanders: my government will be on your side.
On messages, let me also acknowledge right now the hard work, courage and dedication of New Zealand Police. They are doing their absolute best to keep us safe, and are risking their lives to do it. And to every Police officer, and to every Police family, I say thank you.
A Government I lead will practise what it preaches: that every citizen has rights and responsibilities.
Any citizen risks losing some of their rights when they choose to belong to a gang that shows no regard for their responsibilities as citizens.
It’s not a difficult concept.
Your freedom of association and your freedom of movement depends on you not using those rights to join with others to threaten, assault and maim other people.
These messages are simple but important. They’re important because my colleague Mark Mitchell is getting messages every day from Police, saying that morale is low.
Police need support, and under a National Government, they’ll get it. I’m only sorry they might have to wait for an election.
Reversing the growth of gangs will require a multi-pronged approach focussing on both the long-term drivers of crime combined with a zero tolerance approach to the present threat gangs pose to public safety.
National will bring back the long-term, social investment approach so that resources are directed where they can do the most good. That means developing targeted interventions to steer at-risk young people in a direction that gives them the chance of a positive and productive life.
It means ensuring New Zealand’s education system and economy are generating opportunities for everyone, so young people see they have life choices that don’t involve joining a gang.
It’s a long-term, challenging project that will take time and hard work to show results. But National is up for that challenge. The long-term benefits for New Zealand will clearly be worth it.
I think all of us here would feel compassion if we knew the life circumstances of many of the people recruited in to gangs. But as adults, we all have choices and gang members have choices too.
But none of this gets away from the fact that we need action against gangs right now. They are evolving, they are emboldened, and frontline Police need new tools.
So a National Government will do something about it. We’ll give Police four new powers to help them respond to the growing gang threat, and to help them keep New Zealanders safe.
One - We will ban gang patches and insignia in public.
We already do this in government buildings like hospitals and courts. National will extend these rules to every public space. Patches are about intimidation, and you only get one after you’ve committed a violent crime to show you’re loyal to a gang.
The ban will also cover publicly accessible social media sites, which Police say gangs are now using to show off, and to make their lifestyle appealing to kids.
Two - Police will have the power to stop gang members gathering in public.
Police will have the power to issue dispersal notices to anyone they reasonably suspect of being a gang member or gang prospect. Once issued, gang members would be required to immediately leave a public area and not associate in public with one another for seven days.
Three - Police will have the power to stop gang offenders associating with each other.
Gang crimes don’t just happen; they are co-ordinated and planned. Often, Police know exactly who the criminals are, but can’t stop them preparing to commit a crime. Police will be able to issue Consorting Prohibition Notices if they need to in order to stop known gang offenders committing serious offences. Once issued, those gang members won’t be allowed to associate or communicate with one another for up to three years.
Four - Police will have the power to stop gang members accessing guns.
National will give Police the power to issue Firearms Prohibition Orders. These could be issued against any gang member who in the last 10 years has been convicted of a serious offence, and would make it illegal for that person to access firearms or enter certain premises where firearms are present. Police would have the power to search people who are subject to a Firearms Prohibition Order, and search their premises or vehicles for firearms - at any time.
These initiatives will give Police four additional tools to help prevent situations escalating, and to help keep the community safe from people who know they have rights, but who choose to ignore their responsibilities.
As I said earlier, people have choices. If someone who is subject to one of these orders chooses to leave a gang, and is no longer considered a risk of serious offending, they can apply to have an order against them withdrawn.
Given the urgency of the gang problem, we are ready and willing to work with the Government to implement these policies as soon as possible.
In Government, there’s no more fundamental responsibility than the protection of citizens. It doesn’t matter whether a threat is external, or internal. People’s safety deserves priority.
I’m confident these practical tools will help Police tackle gangs, which every law-abiding citizen wants to see.
In closing, I want to say to all of you here that you should not lose hope about any of the challenges that I’ve described today.
With your help, National can win the next election and together we can make this great country of ours even better.
I know we can do that. You know we can do that.
Everything that has stalled or gone backwards under Labour - whether it’s economic, social or environmental - can be turned around by a capable National government.
National will back businesses to sustainably grow the economy - unleashing enterprise so that people can earn more and keep more of what they earn.
National will stop wasteful government spending, and restore a culture of fiscal discipline.
National will drive results from our health, welfare and education systems, to give all Kiwis the opportunity to flourish.
National will back Police to target gangs, and make our streets safer.
National will get New Zealand moving forward.
Thank you.
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The Story of Natural Hair
NAPOLEONVILLE, La. — The topic of equality is always being freshly re-examined. Hair is composed of a protein called keratin. And the average person has about 100,000 to 150,000 hairs on growing out of our heads. Hair is also one of the most controversial freedoms of expression.
By the 1970’s, afros crowned almost every head of an estimated 22 million African Americans. Today, as the Black Lives Matter Movement is refreshed; how much does black hair matter?
In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court didn’t re-examine an eleventh circuit court of appeals ruling around a job that was rescinded from a woman wearing dreadlocks. However, last year, California became the first state to ban natural hair discrimination and has since been followed by other states with similar laws.
Aevin Dugas is the Guinness record holder of having the largest afro in the world. Nothing is without maintenance and her most labor intensive regiment can take about two days to wash and style her nearly four feet’s length of hair. For her, style and statement grow naturally.
“I like the shine of it. I like how thick and squishy it is. To go from hating it, to now loving it and embracing it is huge.” I didn’t see people representing it very much over the years, so I once thought it was something bad.”
Aevin is from Napoleonville, Louisiana and Louisiana is always the possessor of quite an interesting history. Madam C. J. Walker was born in Delta, Louisiana and became recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records. Walker made haircare products for black women. However, even earlier than that, Louisiana was home to the Tignon laws of 1786, which held at the time, that both free people of color and enslaved women were required to conceal their hair.
Today, laws and legislation continue to evolve. Virginia, earlier this month became the latest state to ban hair discrimination. Aevin believes hair is simply hair and shouldn’t be tolerated, but embraced, saying “my hair never stopped me from turning in a report on time. My afro has never prevented me from sending an email for my job. So why is it a thing to discriminate one’s hair? It shouldn’t be a thing.”
Aevin is using her platform as an afro-fashionista to build her own hair care product line. Her hope is to help others by promoting healthy hair maintenance and also encourage conversation about the hair and ideas that both grow from our heads.
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From the Extension: Healthy grilling options during the summer
As the temperature rises outside, school gets out for the summer, and the smell of barbeque is in the air. It could be a weeknight dinner or a gathering with friends and family to grill beef, pork, fish, or fruits and vegetables on the weekends. No matter the menu, it's key to keep health in mind when choosing what to grill and recipes to include in your summer barbecues.
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We can shift our grilling for health to include lean cuts of meat or trim away any visible fat. Lean is defined as 10 grams of fat or less and 4.5 grams of saturated fat or less per serving. When choosing beef, round or loin in the name are lean choices. Strip steak is perfect for grilling, and a top sirloin boneless steak is a great choice to add your favorite rub or glaze.
For poultry, try out recipes that use skinless as that will be lower in saturated fat. Saturated fat is an unhealthy fat that can lead to blockage in your arteries, cause your cholesterol to increase, and affect your blood flow. This makes your heart work harder than it has to.
You can grill a variety of seafood for healthier meals, including salmon, halibut, cod, sea bass, and red snapper. Just make sure pieces are 1 inch or greater to prevent them from losing moisture too quickly and burning.
Vegetables can be grilled in halves, slices, or pieces straight on the grill, on skewers, in a basket, or foil tray. Cook times will depend on the size and shape. Heartier vegetables such as peppers and onions can handle higher heat, while eggplant, squash, zucchini, and mushrooms require less heat, and tomatoes and asparagus require the least.
Vegetables can take 5-10 minutes and should be flipped halfway through cooking. Those cooked in grill baskets will take longer. You can grill fruits such as watermelon, peach halves, pineapple skewers, apples, and plums. Grilling them on high heat will help enhance the sweetness and flavor.
Grilled apples can be chopped and added to a green salad with pecans and blue cheese, or you can add peaches and plums with brie and your favorite greens. Mix up your kebobs with pineapple and chicken or watermelon and shrimp.
A marinade is a seasoned soaking liquid used to add flavor to foods before cooking. Creating your own marinade at home is easy and lets you control the ingredients, limiting extra sugars, salts, and additives. Acidic ingredients like citrus juices or vinegar help soften or tenderize the item before being grilled.
As a guide, use 1/2 cup of marinade for every 1 pound of meat, poultry, or seafood. Be sure you soak the item in the marinade for at least 30 minutes, up to overnight, in the refrigerator in a sealed container.
After removing the food from the marinade, throw out the marinade and do not continue to use it. It can be a source of food-borne illness as a raw protein was soaking in it and is not safe to continue to use.
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The Nigerian Army on Friday said troops neutralised several Islamic of West African Province/Boko Haram terrorists in Lassa and Kelle villages in Borno State.
The Army noted that the terrorists were killed during an aggressive clearance operations embarked on by troops of 115 Battalion.
In a statement on its verified Twitter account, the Army added that the troops also recovered one gun truck, two civilian Hilux vehicles, arms and ammunition.
It read, “Troops of 115 Battalion neutralised several ISWAP/BokoHaram terrorists during an aggressive clearance operation around Lassa & Kelle villages in Borno State on Thursday, 9 June 2022.
“Troops also recovered one gun truck, two civilian Hilux vehicles, arms & ammunition.”
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Five places the Portuguese go on holiday
From the Costa da Prata in the north to the southwest tip of Portugal, here’s where the locals head for
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The Algarve is not off limits for the Portuguese (apart from the central section, that is, Portimao to Faro). It’s just that they know where there are emptier – and, dare we say it, less spoilt – beaches. Take the Costa da Prata, or “Silver Coast”, which runs for 150 miles from north of the capital to Porto, is dotted with surfer beaches and seaside getaways and is also where you’ll find a lot of Lisboans in high summer. The vibe is laid-back, casual and welcoming. Highlights include Obidos, Portugal’s prettiest walled town, and its sheltered lagoon, which has Foz do Arelho – a relaxed village with stunning clifftop boardwalks – on the other side of it. Further north, surfy Nazare is famous for | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/summer-2022-where-the-portuguese-go-on-holiday-5lh62qljp | 2022-06-11T01:43:06Z | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/summer-2022-where-the-portuguese-go-on-holiday-5lh62qljp | true | 1 |
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‘Bubbles for Bacot McCarty’ event raises money for charity
‘Bubbles for Bacot McCarty’ hosted its inaugural charity cocktail competition. At the Roost Boutique Hotel in Ocean Springs, fun cocktail tastings paired with small bites provided by ‘Food, Booze, and Hiccups’...
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New York’s lawsuit against NRA can move forward, judge rules
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York attorney general’s lawsuit against the National Rifle Association is no mere “witch hunt,” a New York judge ruled Friday in dismissing the gun rights advocacy group’s claims that the case is a political vendetta.
Manhattan Judge Joel M. Cohen’s decision means the nearly 2-year-long legal fight can continue.
The ruling comes after mass shootings last month in New York and Texas reanimated debate over U.S. gun policy and refocused attention on the NRA.
The New York case began when New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, filed a lawsuit that accused some top NRA executives of financial improprieties and sought to dissolve the group. The attorney general’s job includes oversight of nonprofit organizations incorporated in the New York, where the NRA was chartered in 1871.
In March, Cohen rebuffed James’ bid to shutter the NRA. But the judge let the case go on, with the potential for fines or other remedies if the attorney general prevails.
The NRA accused James in a court filing last year of waging “a blatant and malicious retaliation campaign” because of its views. The group sought to halt the lawsuit.
Cohen rejected those arguments.
“The narrative that the attorney general’s investigation into these undeniably serious matters was nothing more than a politically motivated — and unconstitutional — witch hunt is simply not supported by the record,” he wrote, noting that the probe was sparked by reports of misconduct and “uncovered additional evidence.”
James applauded the decision, saying it confirms the suit’s “legitimacy and viability.”
“Our fight for transparency and accountability will continue,” she said in a statement.
NRA lawyer William A. Brewer III said the group was disappointed but would keep fighting the case and still believes it was unfairly targeted.
“The NRA believes the NYAG’s pursuit was fueled by her opposition to the association and its First Amendment activities in support of the Second Amendment,” he said in a statement, using an abbreviation for the attorney general’s title.
In the wake of the recent shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, Congress is under renewed pressure to respond after years of partisan logjams over gun legislation.
The House has passed bills that would raise the age limit to buy semiautomatic weapons and establish federal “red flag” laws, which allow for taking guns from people at extreme risk of harming themselves or others. Such initiatives traditionally have faltered in the Senate.
Democratic and Republican senators have been talking about a framework for addressing the issue, but no agreement has been announced.
The NRA — a longtime political force that has lost some influence amid financial scandals in recent years — has long insisted that mass shootings are no reason to limit access to guns, arguing that the solution instead is for law-abiding people to have firearms to defend themselves and others.
The message was echoed at the group’s convention in Houston last month, days after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde.
Rallies calling for significant changes to gun laws are planned in Washington and around the country this weekend and are expected to draw tens of thousands of people.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court also is caught up in the national tug of war over the place of guns in America. The justices are expected soon to issue their most consequential gun ruling in more than a decade, potentially making it easier to be armed on the streets of New York and other large cities.
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Following a string of deaths of Vice President Constantino Chiweng’s aides, ZANU PF leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa has promoted seven Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Lieutenant Colonels to the rank of Colonels.
The promotions were made in terms of Section 15 (1) (b) of the Defence Act (Chapter 11:02) and are effective from 27 May 2022.
The promoted Colonels are Banabas Simbarashe Tera, Anderson Chibvongodze, James Dumezweni Moyo, Passmore Taruodzera, Jabulani Mulambo, Edward Mataga, and Jones Matonda.
They were conferred with the new ranks by the Chief of Staff General Staff, Major General Kasirai Tazira at an investiture ceremony held at Josiah Magama Tongogara Barracks yesterday.
Standing in for Commander Zimbabwe National Army, Lieutenant General David Sigauke, Maj Gen Tazira commended the senior officers for diligently executing their duties, hence their promotion.
“Your promotion is a testimony that you possess the required qualities and attributes of military leadership at the senior level. Your recognition for such an esteemed rank and appointments is a result of a full-proof, thorough, and exhaustive assessment by the Command Element,” he said.
Maj Gen Tazira said the onus was upon the promoted Colonels to diligently and professionally discharge their duties in their new capacities and enhanced status.
On behalf of the promoted Colonels, Colonel Passmore Taruodzera thanked Lieutenant General David Sigauke for giving them well-deserved recognition.
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1/6 panel: Told repeatedly he lost, Trump refused to go
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was told the same thing over and over, by his campaign team, the data crunchers, and a steady stream of lawyers, investigators and inner-circle allies: There was no voting fraud that could have tipped the 2020 presidential election.
But in the eight weeks after losing to Joe Biden, the defeated Trump publicly, privately and relentlessly pushed his false claims of a rigged 2020 election and intensified an extraordinary scheme to overturn Biden’s victory. When all else failed in his effort to stay in power, Trump beckoned thousands of his supporters to Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, where extremists groups led the deadly Capitol siege.
The scale and virulence of that scheme began to take shape at the opening House hearing by the committee investigating 1/6. The prime-time hearing was watched by an estimated 20 million people on the TV networks, almost double the number who tuned in to the opening of Trump's two impeachment trials.
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When the panel resumes Monday, it will delve into its findings that Trump and his advisers knew early on that he had in fact lost the election but engaged in a “massive effort” to spread false information to convince the public otherwise.
Biden spoke of the importance of the committee's investigation in remarks Friday in Los Angeles. “The insurrection on Jan. 6 was one of the darkest chapters in our nation’s history," the president said, “a brutal assault on our democracy.”
Biden vows to battle inflation as prices keep climbing
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In President Joe Biden's estimation, the U.S. is in a strong position to overcome the worst inflation in more than 40 years. But so far, inflation just keeps getting the better of the U.S. economy and of the Biden administration.
The president's policies, his deals with the private sector, regulatory actions and public jawboning have failed so far to stop prices from marching upward.
Biden on Friday pledged to keep fighting against inflation while touring the Port of Los Angeles, America's busiest port and a place that the White House said last October would be key for reducing price pressures.
“My administration is going to continue to do everything we can to lower the prices for the American people,” the president said after a decidedly bleak new report on consumer prices.
The Labor Department reported Friday that consumer prices climbed 8.6% in May from a year ago. That’s the worst reading since December 1981 and a troubling sign for the economy as rate hikes by the Federal Reserve have yet to tamp down inflation as gasoline costs are surging upward. Rising prices are imperiling the U.S. economy as well as Democratic control of the House and Senate, putting Biden on the defensive.
Salvadoran women jailed for abortion warn US of total ban
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Teodora del Carmen Vásquez was nine months pregnant and working at a school cafeteria when she felt extreme pain in her back, like the crack of a hammer. She called 911 seven times before fainting in a bathroom in a pool of blood.
The nightmare that followed is common in El Salvador, a heavily Catholic country where abortion is banned under all circumstances and even women who suffer miscarriages and stillbirths are sometimes accused of killing their babies and sentenced to years or even decades in prison.
When Vásquez regained consciousness, she had lost her nearly full-term fetus. Instead of an ambulance, officers drove her in the bed of a pickup through heavy rain to a police station. There she was arrested on suspicion of violating El Salvador’s abortion law, one of the world's strictest. Fearing she could die, authorities eventually rushed her to a hospital, where she was chained by her left foot to a gurney. She was prosecuted, convicted and given 30 years in prison for aggravated homicide.
“This is the reality that we have lived, and I am not alone,” said Vásquez, who ended up serving more than 10 years for what she has always said was a stillbirth. “Any woman who arrives to jail accused of having an abortion is seen as the most evil, heartless being.”
“From the moment we get pregnant, we become incubators,” said Vásquez, who was freed in 2018 after her sentence was commuted. “We lose our rights because the only possibility that we have of a life is taking care of the product inside us. It’s violence against us.”
Key moments from the Jan. 6 committee's video of the riot
In launching its case to the American public, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection made a central argument: Look at the tape.
The centerpiece of Thursday night’s hearing was a video reconstruction of the attack on the Capitol. Over 10 minutes, it went point by point, showing the rioters overwhelming and beating police officers as the mob broke into the building to stop the certification of Donald Trump’s election loss.
The video had a powerful impact inside the hearing room and among Democrats. Police officers in the audience consoled one another as they relived the violence. U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn teared up during the footage of rioters hitting his colleagues with flagpoles and baseball bats.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York posted a photo on Instagram of her television with images of the riot. “There was (and continues to be) a widespread GOP campaign to downplay the scale of this attack,” she wrote in a caption.
“We were trapped on the campus with no way out,” she added. “This is what a US terrorist attack looks like.”
Ukraine fears a long war might cause West to lose interest
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine grinds into its fourth month, officials in Kyiv have expressed fears that the specter of “war fatigue” could erode the West's resolve to help the country push back Moscow's aggression.
The U.S. and its allies have given billions of dollars in weaponry to Ukraine. Europe has taken in millions of people displaced by the war. And there has been unprecedented unity in post-World War II Europe in imposing sanctions on President Vladimir Putin and his country.
But as the shock of the Feb. 24 invasion subsides, analysts say the Kremlin could exploit a dragged-out, entrenched conflict and possible waning interest among Western powers that might lead to pressuring Ukraine into a settlement.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy already has chafed at Western suggestions he should accept some sort of compromise. Ukraine, he said, would decide its own terms for peace.
“The fatigue is growing, people want some kind of outcome (that is beneficial) for themselves, and we want (another) outcome for ourselves,” he said.
Judge blocks Texas investigating families of trans youth
A Texas judge on Friday temporarily blocked the state from investigating families of transgender children who have received gender-confirming medical care, a new obstacle to the state labeling such treatments as child abuse.
The temporary restraining order issued by Judge Jan Soifer halts investigations against three families who sued, and prevents any similar investigations against members of the LGBTQ advocacy group PFLAG Inc. The group has more than 600 members in Texas.
“I do find that there is sufficient reason to believe that the plaintiffs will suffer immediate and irreparable injury if the commissioner and the (Department of Family and Protective Services) are allowed to continue to implement and enforce this new Department rule that equates gender affirming care with child abuse," Soifer said at the end of a roughly 40-minute hearing.
The ruling comes about a month after the Texas Supreme Court allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also ruling in favor of one family that was among the first contacted by child welfare officials following order by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
“That families will be protected from invasive, unnecessary, and unnerving investigations by DFPS simply for helping their transgender children thrive and be themselves is a very good thing,” Brian K. Bond, executive director of PFLAG National, said in a statement. “However, let’s be clear: These investigations into loving and affirming families shouldn’t be happening in the first place."
White supremacists are riling up thousands on social media
WASHINGTON (AP) — The social media posts are of a distinct type. They hint darkly that the CIA or the FBI are behind mass shootings. They traffic in racist, sexist and homophobic tropes. They revel in the prospect of a “white boy summer.”
White nationalists and supremacists, on accounts often run by young men, are building thriving, macho communities across social media platforms like Instagram, Telegram and TikTok, evading detection with coded hashtags and innuendo.
Their snarky memes and trendy videos are riling up thousands of followers on divisive issues including abortion, guns, immigration and LGBTQ rights. The Department of Homeland Security warned Tuesday that such skewed framing of the subjects could drive extremists to violently attack public places across the U.S. in the coming months.
These type of threats and racist ideology have become so commonplace on social media that it’s nearly impossible for law enforcement to separate internet ramblings from dangerous, potentially violent people, Michael German, who infiltrated white supremacy groups as an FBI agent, told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
“It seems intuitive that effective social media monitoring might provide clues to help law enforcement prevent attacks," German said. “After all, the white supremacist attackers in Buffalo, Pittsburgh and El Paso all gained access to materials online and expressed their hateful, violent intentions on social media.”
New York's lawsuit against NRA can move forward, judge rules
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York attorney general's lawsuit against the National Rifle Association is no mere “witch hunt,” a New York judge ruled Friday in dismissing the gun rights advocacy group's claims that the case is a political vendetta.
Manhattan Judge Joel M. Cohen's decision means the nearly 2-year-long legal fight can continue.
The ruling comes after mass shootings last month in New York and Texas reanimated debate over U.S. gun policy and refocused attention on the NRA.
The New York case began when James, a Democrat, filed a lawsuit that accused some top NRA executives of financial improprieties and sought to dissolve the group. The attorney general's job includes oversight of nonprofit organizations incorporated in the New York, where the NRA was chartered in 1871.
In March, Cohen rebuffed James' bid to shutter the NRA. But the judge let the case go on, with the potential for fines or other remedies if the attorney general prevails.
US lifts COVID-19 test requirement for international travel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international travelers test negative for COVID-19 within a day before boarding a flight to the United States, ending one of the last remaining government mandates designed to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that the requirement will end early Sunday morning. The health agency said it will continue to monitor state of the pandemic and will reassess the need for a testing requirement if the situation changes.
“This step is possible because of the progress we’ve made in our fight against COVID-19,” said U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra.
Airline and tourism groups have been pressing the administration for months to eliminate the testing requirement, saying it discourages people from booking international trips because they could be stranded overseas if they contract the virus on their trip.
Roger Dow, president of the U.S. Travel Association, called lifting the testing rule “another huge step forward for the recovery of inbound air travel and the return of international travel to the United States.”
Navajo mystery series ‘Dark Winds’ seeks true storytelling
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Redford and George R.R. Martin are the big names behind “Dark Winds,” but they’re not the most important.
That distinction belongs to the Native American creators and actors who ensured the AMC mystery series rings true to the Native experience and enduring culture, which largely has been snubbed or recklessly caricatured by Hollywood.
This time the storytelling is “an inside job,” said director Chris Eyre, resulting in what he describes as a “Native American, Southwestern film noir."
Based on Tony Hillerman’s admired novels featuring Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police, AMC’s “Dark Winds” puts the newly teamed lawmen on a double-murder case that could be linked to a brazen armored-car heist.
The investigation and what underlies it is gripping but, as with Hillerman's books, what distinguishes “Dark Winds” is its intricate blend of nuanced characters and relationships, spiritual traditions and the devastating toll of entrenched inequality.
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ANAHEIM – The National League home run leader has returned.
Pete Alonso was sidelined for just one game after getting drilled on his right hand by a Yu Darvish fastball on Tuesday at Petco Park. Alonso missed Wednesday’s series finale against the Padres, which was the first time this season he was out of the lineup. The Mets slugger returned to first base, batting cleanup, for the Mets’ series opener against the Angels on Friday night at Angels Stadium.
Starling Marte, dealing with left quad tightness, was not in Friday’s lineup. But the Mets remain optimistic that he can avoid the injured list. The Mets right fielder participated in running drills and batting practice on Friday at Angels Stadium.
The Mets benefited from their day off Thursday, their only break on their 10-game, 11-day road trip to Southern California, by allowing Alonso to rest his hand in time for his Friday return. After the first baseman tested out his grip on the bat pregame Friday, the Mets decided he was ready to start smashing baseballs again. Alonso entered Friday tied with Mookie Betts and Kyle Schwarber for the most home runs (16) in the National League.
Alonso said earlier this year that his intention was to play the full 162-game season, and he was on his way to accomplishing that goal when he played all 58 of the Mets’ games this year leading up to the hit by pitch. Even though his 151-game streak, dating back to last season, was snapped on Wednesday, Alonso looked on the bright side.
“I still feel like I’ll play more than 162 games because we got the playoffs coming up — if we earn that right,” the first baseman said on Wednesday at Petco Park. “I want to be prepared for the long haul and play all the way through October. The math will probably add up to more than 162.”
As it turned out, Alonso only missed one game before bouncing right back. That’s been the theme for the Mets slugger this season from the moment he walked into Clover Park in Port St. Lucie for Mets spring training this March.
Alonso got into a harrowing car crash on his way to Mets camp, but he somehow sustained no injuries even after the first baseman’s Ford pickup truck was t-boned by another driver. Alonso was also hit by a pitch that cracked his helmet by the Cardinals in late May, but he passed concussion protocol and was back in the lineup the next day. | https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-pete-alonso-returns-hbp-20220611-tbgfv24btjgx3gwbc4vsicx3fe-story.html | 2022-06-11T02:02:20Z | https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-pete-alonso-returns-hbp-20220611-tbgfv24btjgx3gwbc4vsicx3fe-story.html | true | 7 |
AOC warns ecstasy takers that the ‘supply chain is affecting drugs too’ — ‘Test Your Drugs!’
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., advised her followers on Instagram to test drugs for fentanyl before using them, particularly MDMA, also called ecstasy.
“Surprise! Supply chain is affecting drugs too,” the Instagram story on the AOC account says.
“Studies are showing nearly HALF of ecstasy pills contain no MDMA at all. The biggest risk to look for is fentanyl,” Ocasio-Cortez stated.
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The Instagram story links to a guide from the New York City health department titled “HOW TO TEST YOUR DRUGS USING FENTANYL TEST STRIPS,” which describes how to test narcotics for the deadly drug. Fentanyl is frequently present in heroin, cocaine, crack, and ketamine.
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“Knowing if the drugs you plan to use contain fentanyl can lower your risk of overdose,” the guide says.
The guide gives instructions for several methods of testing drugs, including dissolving them in water and using a test strip, which are available at many nonprofit needle exchange programs. “After testing your drugs this way, you can drink them, snort them using a clean nasal spray device or wait until the water evaporates to use them,” the guide states.
MDMA is a Schedule I drug according to the Drug Enforcement Agency, meaning there is “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” Marijuana, however, is also listed as a Schedule I drug though many states have legalized it for recreational or medical use. All the other narcotics listed in the NYC guide are illegal under the Controlled Substances Act.
“Despite the US federal gov having a strict abstinence-only legal approach, the reality is that there are people do choose to do drugs or struggle with addiction. Harm reduction allows us to keep people safe and tell those who engage: TEST YOUR DRUGS!” AOC stated in her Instagram post.
Ocasio-Cortez has long advocated for relaxing U.S. drug laws for medical research as potential treatments for conditions like PTSD or depression.
“For a very long period of time, the United States has and continues to uphold obsolete and old provisions from the war on drugs,” Ocasio-Cortez said on the House floor in 2021. “MDMA helps some vets with PTSD,” she later tweeted.
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BY METHEMBE SIBANDA/HARRIET CHIKANDIWA/ SHARON BUWERIMWE
ZIMBABWE has a shortage of 25 000 teachers, but only 5 000 will be recruited this year, leaving a shortfall of 20 000 educators.
In a statement, Primary and Secondary Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu said: “The Public Service Commission authorised 10 000 posts initially and reduced that number to 5 000 posts for the year 2022 with Treasury concurrence.
“Of the 5 000 posts, 3 904 have been filled and the balance of 1 096 will be filled in September 2022. In addition to this, another 1 454 attrition posts have since been filled.”
According to Ndlovu, the country has an establishment of 136 000 teachers.
Ndlovu said the teacher placement for the vacant posts will be concentrated in areas worst affected by lack of teachers citing the early childhood development level.
“We have taken the necessary precautions to place the majority of teachers at infant level from the allocation that is funded through the Treasury since January 2022,” Ndlovu said.
“Our deployment pattern takes into account the available vacancies in each district. We have, for instance, some districts in Harare and Bulawayo that have almost full complement of staff except for critical shortage areas while the majority of the districts in rural areas are experiencing an acute shortage of teachers, hence are prioritised,” she said.
The admission of the teacher shortage comes at a time when government is embroiled in a labour dispute with educators over poor working conditions.
Teachers have also been quitting the profession in droves citing poor remuneration.
They are demanding pre-October 2018 salaries of US$540, but Finance minister Mthuli Ncube this week said the country cannot afford to dollarise, saying the economy will collapse.
Teachers have since given a notice to embark on a week-long job stayaway starting on June 24 to demand better salaries.
Early this year, government suspended 1 220 teachers while 22 000 others including headmasters were put under investigation after they went on strike protesting poor salaries when schools opened for the first term.
Teacher unions led by the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) represented by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, however, challenged the suspensions.
On Wednesday, the High Court nullified the suspensions.
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Which sensory bin for toddlers is best?
Sensory toys are those that are designed to specifically engage a particular sense. Toddlers, who can often be overwhelmed or overstimulated, can use sensory toys by themselves or with others for calming, therapeutic play. Sensory bins put several textures and materials together in one place for young ones to explore.
If your toddler loves texture and playing with hands-on toys, they may benefit from a sensory bin. Models like the Creativity for Kids Sensory Bin: Construction Zone Playset are made with your toddler’s interests in mind and use fun materials to keep their senses engaged.
What to know before you buy a sensory bin for toddlers
Materials
Sensory bins can be made with all kinds of materials. Some of these include water beads, aquarium rocks, sand, colored rice or pasta, beans — and that’s just to name a few. Using a variety of materials shows children different textures and lets them practice using their senses.
Purpose
While sensory bins are great for just having fun, they serve some therapeutic purposes as well. Children who struggle with social or sensory skills can use sensory bins to help calm and focus them. If your child prefers visual or auditory toys rather than tactile, there are many great sensory toys that appeal to these senses as well.
Mess control
Depending on the material you’re using, sensory bins can become messy in the blink of an eye, especially if they’re being used indoors. Before deciding on a sensory bin, consider ways to help keep things neat to save yourself the headache later.
What to look for in a quality sensory bin for toddlers
Safety
For any toddler toy, safety is a top priority. Because sensory bins contain so many small tools and pieces, they ought to be particularly safe. Any material used in a sensory bin should be large enough so that choking isn’t a hazard. Water beads aren’t recommended for children under 3 because of the choking hazard they pose.
Each time you use your water beads, keep an eye out for black spots. Black spots indicate the growth of mold, and you should throw your water beads out immediately. Regardless of age or the particular accessories, it’s important to supervise children using sensory bins.
Variety
Sensory bins that hold a toddler’s attention the longest are those with variety. For example, some sensory bins come with a spot for sand and water beads in the same bin. This allows for more opportunities to indulge their imaginations and occupy their senses.
Educational properties
While sensory bins aren’t specifically designed to be educational, many of them offer educational components for toddlers. Skills like color recognition, counting and language development all take place subconsciously while playing in a sensory bin.
How much you can expect to spend on sensory bins for toddlers
The cost of a toddler sensory bin can be $16-$50. Those that are more expensive are typically made with wooden boxes and tools, and cheaper ones come with plastic accessories.
Sensory bins for toddlers FAQ
What are the benefits of sensory play?
A. Sensory bins promote the development of sensory and fine motor skills and color recognition, as well as encouraging problem-solving. Children who engage in sensory play together promote cooperation and language skills.
Can water beads be reused?
A. Yes. To dehydrate, lay all water beads in a single layer to dry them out, ideally in a place where humidity is low. Once they’re dehydrated, place them in an airtight container and they can be reused time and time again.
What happens if my child swallows a water bead?
A. Water beads are non-toxic, so they aren’t poisonous. However, ingested water beads still pose a threat: if ingested before expanding, they can expand inside a child’s body and cause obstructions. If your little one likes to put things in their mouth, be sure to supervise them while using water beads, or opt for a different sensory toy. A great taste-safe alternative is tapioca balls.
What’s the best sensory bin for toddlers to buy?
Top sensory bin for toddlers
Creativity for Kids Sensory Bin: Construction Zone Playset
What you need to know: Besides a construction zone, this brand offers other versions like a garden, dinosaur park, ice cream shop, the ocean and outer space, ensuring that every child can find something that interests them.
What you’ll love: This complete sensory bin comes with 2.5 pounds of sensory sand, construction trucks and signs and sensory tools that come together in a bin with a lid that doubles as storage.
What you should consider: Some reviewers reported receiving their bin with cracks or missing pieces.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Wayfair
Top sensory bin for toddlers for the money
What you need to know: Simply add water and let water beads soak for 4-6 hours for them to fully expand, making a soft and squishy texture that little ones love.
What you’ll love: This water bead set includes strainers, tweezers, spoons and 6 ounces (thousands) of 10 different colored water beads. Their soft and slippery texture provides relaxation and comfort to little ones.
What you should consider: Some reviewers said their bin arrived cracked or broken.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Build Me Dinosaur Play Sand Kit
What you need to know: With an included 34 pieces, this sand sensory bin is ready to use the moment you receive it.
What you’ll love: Included in this kit are plastic dinosaurs, trees, molds, fencing, dinosaur skeletons and 2 pounds of play sand. The sand is self-contained, holds its shape and never dries out, making cleanup easy. Everything comes inside a bin with a lid for storage.
What you should consider: Cleanup can be messy. Some reviewers said the accessories broke easily.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Reports say NY GOP Chair Nick Langworthy, Carl Paladino to face off in NY-23 primary
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The race for New York’s 23rd Congressional District is shaping up to be very interesting after reports that Nick Langworthy, the Chair of the New York State Republican Committee, and Carl Paladino, a big time Buffalo developer, are going against each other in the...
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World Central Kitchen founder Jose Andres told a congressional panel on Friday that it will take more than money to solve the humanitarian issues in Ukraine.
“The United States Congress, on behalf of the American people, have been exceptionally generous, and these are by the Ukrainian people and people around the world who rely on Ukraine,” Andres said. “However, I must tell you, that your work is not done. It's never done. There are structural reasons why establishing international aid took so long to have in Ukraine. Those will not change with billions of dollars.”
Andres said that more thought needs to go into what is being sent to Ukraine. He suggested much of the food is going to waste.
“Large quantities are being delivered today with little regard for what the people of Ukraine can for or want to eat,” Andres said. “There's only so much dry pasta Ukrainians need. We have tried to work with the program, but they're way too much outside of Ukraine for weeks and weeks instead of longer being inside the country. With boots on the ground, we know where the need is.”
Andres noted that many nations have depended on Ukraine to provide food its food. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of grain.
“It’s telling that World Food Program is bringing food in Ukraine when at the same time World Food Program is saying it needs food to export from Ukraine to feed other countries,” he said. “It doesn’t make sense.”
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Pato O'Ward is ready for a break, Rossi is fast, de Silvestro is happy to be back and more from IndyCar Friday at Road America
ELKHART LAKE – Loving racing is one thing. Needing a break is another.
They’re not mutually exclusive, especially not as the NTT IndyCar Series wraps up a stretch of five straight weekends at the track Sunday with the Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America.
Pato O’Ward is ready for a day off, although he figures that with testing and other commitments he will have a total of only about seven free days on his calendar from May through July.
“There’s a lot of things, outside factors that come into play, which actually I went through last year midway through the year where you just forget sometimes to eat and you forget to hydrate, you’re not sleeping well,” O’Ward said before practice began Friday. “And it can really cost you, and I felt it in July last year, where I was just out of it.”
O’Ward, 23, learned his lesson and has been more cognizant of his wellbeing in his third full season.
Although this weekend won’t be as physically taxing as last weekend on the Belle Isle street course in Detroit, 55 laps around 4-mile Road America can be intense.
“I like to just go do something that’s not racing,” O’Ward said of resetting himself mentally. “Whether we’ve had a great weekend or not a great weekend, it’s nice to just not be thinking of racing.”
Positive practice for Alexander Rossi, Andretti Autosport
Alexander Rossi, who has suffered through a 43-race winless streak since Road America in 2019, sat on the top of the speed chart after the first practice session.
His lap of 1 minute 45.602 seconds edged Andretti Autosport teammate Colton Herta by 0.1334 of a second. Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson was third.
“The car rolled off really strong, which is positive on these weekends where we’re so close together. You’ve got to start from a good point,” said Rossi, who recently signed with Arrow McLaren SP for next season.
Rossi finished fifth in the Indianapolis 500 two weeks ago and second Sunday at Detroit.
“Everything’s been good so for,” he said. “The month of May was strong for us. Unfortunately the (Indianapolis) GP didn’t work out as we hoped. But there’s been a lot of silver linings, if you will, and hopefully we can go one step higher this weekend than last Sunday.”
Another practice session is set for 9:45 a.m. Saturday and qualifying at 12:45 p.m., plus a 30-minute final practice at 4:20 p.m.
Reason to smile for Simona de Silvestro
Although she was far from where she wanted to be on the time sheet, about 3 seconds off Rossi’s pace, Simona de Silvestro was happy to be back in IndyCar.
This weekend is the first of three planned races for the 33-year-old Swiss driver and Peretta Autosport.
“I felt like I went out in the session and literally the car was driving me, just getting used to everything,” said de Silvestro, who has not raced anything since a sports car last October. “I don’t want to be last, but we’re not too far off. There’s a few things I need to clean up driving-wise, just getting used to it.
“It feels pretty familiar, but to really be where I want to be, hopefully (I’ll) sleep on it and be better tomorrow and be more acclimated.”
De Silvestro raced full time in the series from 2010-13 but has made just four starts since. In 69 starts, she has managed 15 top-10 finishes with a best of second on the Houston street course in 2013.
Easy on the hands for rookies Kyle Kirkwood, Callum Ilott
Kyle Kirkwood’s swollen right hand looked “like a pumpkin” after he slammed into a tire barrier last weekend but gutted out the Detroit Grand Prix. Callum Ilott couldn’t race after he suffered a broken bone in his right hand in a crash in the Indianapolis 500 a week earlier. He since has been cleared.
Time has helped both recover. Road America should, too.
“I’ve got pretty much my full grip strength back, which is what I need,” said Kirkwood, who suffered a sprained wrist and stretched all the muscles within his hand.
“This is the easiest track that we come to, I think, physically, at least road courses. So it shouldn’t even be a thought this weekend.”
Ilott was 15th and Kirkwood 21st among 27 drivers Friday.
Road America to be repaved
Count Rossi among those excited to find out that Road America will be repaved at the end of this season.
“Hell yeah,” Rossi said. “That’ll be awesome.
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By James Massola and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Australia will pay French shipbuilder Naval Group an $830 million settlement after the federal government cancelled a $90-billion deal to purchase twelve French submarines.
The settlement “draws a line” under the scrapped deal, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared at a press conference in Sydney on Saturday morning.
Albanese said he expects to fly to Paris shortly to visit French President Emmanuel Macron, with the pair texting each other to finalise the details of the settlement and the forthcoming trip.
The prime minister said the estimated total cost of the axed deal to purchase French submarines from Naval Group was $3.4 billion.
“It brings the total cost of the former government’s failed policy to $3.4 billion. This is a saving from the $5.5 billion that Senate estimates was told would result from that program,” he said.
“But it still represents an extraordinary waste from a government that was always big on announcements, but not good on delivery, and from a government that will be remembered as the most wasteful government in Australia’s history since federation.”
“This is an opportunity to draw a line under what has been, I don’t need to I think labour the point, that the tensions between Australia and France, I think, have been pretty obvious, and they go from the top.”
Albanese said he intended to have “an honest relationship with France and one that is based upon integrity and mutual respect”.
His visit to France will be in the “foreseeable future”.
Albanese thanked Naval Group for agreeing to the deal.
More to come | https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/australia-to-pay-french-shipbuilder-830m-settlement-for-cancelled-submarine-contract-20220611-p5aszp.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_politics_federal | 2022-06-11T02:34:35Z | https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/australia-to-pay-french-shipbuilder-830m-settlement-for-cancelled-submarine-contract-20220611-p5aszp.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_politics_federal | false | 8 |
Trend Makers, a prestigious platform of The Economic Times (Times of India Group) showcases the achievements and accomplishments of businesses and entrepreneurs who are game changers and have set the ball in motion for north India’s economic growth and emerged victorious in the face of many adversities, including the pandemic.
They have built a legacy of exemplary workplaces where employees are valued and celebrated for their achievements and contribution. The felicitation ceremony was held on June 6, 2022 in Chandigarh at Park Plaza. The chosen inspiring leaders felicitated by Sh. Harjot Singh Bains Hon’ble Minister, Tourism & Cultural Affairs, Legislative Affairs , Mines & Geology , Punjab.
Paul Merchants is a reputed brand trusted by millions of customers across the globe for its exceptional service, unmatched product profile and well-defined policies in the domain of foreign currency exchange, international money transfer, and travel services for the past three decades. The group has over 130+ branches, 800+ employees spread across the country from Leh to Cochin along with 8000+ agent partner network.
Rajneesh Bansal, MD, Paul Merchants, said, "Paul Merchants is a firm believer in complete compliance to regulatory framework, which plays a significant role in making customers feel at ease and gives them comfort while availing any services. Technology has been incorporated into almost every division of our operations, allowing us to develop new solutions that meet the needs of all stakeholders. The organisation always works with the highest standards, cutting-edge technologies, and tools in order to develop its processes effectively and efficiently for a better customer experience. The company has an unblemished track record and is the most trusted brand for over 3 million customers."
Intellinez Systems
Intellinez Systems delivers end-to-end cutting-edge software development services encompassing design, development, quality assurance, cloud hosting, security and maintenance to start-ups and enterprises worldwide.
Intellinez Systems was founded by Soumya Prakash Mishra, co-founder and CEO, and Kalpana Srivastava, co-founder and COO and is located in Mohali and Bengaluru.
"We help global firms establish and operate offshore technology development centres in India, allowing them to reap the benefits of the technology talent available in the country while saving costs and without compromising on quality," informs Mishra.
Arogyam Ayurveda is a world renowned brand for Ayurevdic treatment of allergies. Founded by Dr Satnam and Dr Harveen, the brand has been rendering its services for the last 25 years. Arogyam has an edge in Ayurvedic medicines because of extract-based medicine derived from their own organic herbal farm. And the two doctors have represented their research papers on global platforms.
"Our products are based on our continual research and feedback from lakhs of patients we have seen and consulted in the last 25 years. We believe in providing overall care and support to our patients that has helped Arogyam to earn the trust of lakhs of people across the globe," says Dr Harveen.
"As an organisation, we stand out in today's world where businessmen are selling Ayurveda. We are guided by our morals, ethics and a rich experience of 25 years which is utilised to the maximum while creating new formulations," informs Dr Satnam.
CT University
Founded in 2016, CT University (CTU) has quickly established itself as a premier higher education institution in India. With over 4000 students, the university includes students from over 25 nations and 28 Indian states. CT University uses an industry-based curriculum to ensure that students are industry ready when they graduate.
“We've partnered with IT behemoths including IBM, Bosch, Cisco, and a slew of others. To provide world-class education, we have developed a number of Centres of Excellence. We've also partnered with Online Harvard Business School to provide certificates in Sustainable Business Strategy, Business Analytics, Entrepreneurship Essentials, Economics for Managers, and Financial Accounting," says Manbir Singh, Pro Chancellor, CT University.
Antier Solutions
Antier Solutions, one of world's pioneering blockchain development companies, harnesses the power of decentralisation and smart contracts to build scalable, cloud-agnostic applications
Antier Solutions has made a distinct mark for itself through forward-thinking enterprise blockchain solutions and is today a leading blockchain technology company.
Antier Solutions believes in adopting the latest technologies to help businesses stay ahead of the competition. "We are driven by a motto to drive digital transformation and deliver tangible outcomes to our clients across the globe," says Vikram R Singh, founder and CEO, Antier Solutions.
Figgital
Figgital, a brainchild of 20-year-old dynamic entrepreneur Aagman Bhatia, is a modern business model that fills the gaps between the online and offline shopping modes. The company has introduced a unique 'Store on Wheels 'concept to offer an immersive shopping experience to customers.
Figgital is the fastest-growing smart retail platform that allows customers to shop online and offline from their comfort zones. It is one of the leading multi-brand franchise stores operating in tier 3 and tier 4 cities across the country. Figgital deals in more than 1000 products and has 100+ stores and store on wheels.
Store on wheels flopped as a model in the past but we made it successful because we connected it online and others just focused on offline mode. Figgital store on wheel is a hyperlocal and a quick delivery model.
Aagman Bhatia, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Figgital, says, “Time is the most precious entity these days for everyone. Figgital deducts all the hassles and gives the best experience of the products to the population residing in smaller towns of India.
Livo Universal
Livo Universal is a leading manufacturer in the Nutraceutical industry. The company offers high-end formulations and high-quality sports supplement manufacturing facilities to its associate companies to help them stay ahead of the competition
Tanishq Dhingra, founder, director and CEO, Livo Universal Health Care Private limited, says, "Though our focus is majorly on the Indian market, still we have tied-up with some reputed International brands to deliver world-class products. Livo Universal is today successfully leading the manufacturing market due to infrastructure upgradation and use of latest technology. We are using automated software to improve our products without harming the quality of the product. We have all the rights of 3rd party manufacturing for these international brands. The fact that Livo Universal is today a universally known brand can be attributed to our quality, creativity and distinct flavours,"
SPS Hospital
SPS Hospitals is making international quality healthcare accessible to the people of Punjab and other northern states of India
In the past 17 years, SPS Hospitals has played a key role in making Punjab a destination for international quality healthcare, not only for people of north India but also for international patients. The hospital was set up in 2005 with an aim to become one of the world's most trusted healthcare providers.
In the near future, the hospital has set its focus on expanding the spectrum of services to Oncology and Nuclear medicine through its partner Cancer Centers of America (CCA). There are also plans to set up more units and pharmacies in the region in the next couple of years. We look forward to earning more laurels for the institution in the form of smiles we bring on the faces of the families of the patients who come to us.
Back to Source
Back to Source, Tri-city's popular fine dining café, is famous for its uniqueness and healthy offerings. This speciality cafe offers a wide variety of immunity-boosting drinks, coffee, juices, breads, bakes and sumptuous food
"Vegetarianism should not be anything moral or religious. It is a question of aesthetics: one's sensitivity, one's respect, one's reverence for life."
Bonn
Bonn is a quality-driven FMCG Company that was founded more than three decades ago in 1985 by visionary businessman Manjit Singh. The company has managed to gain the trust of consumers in these years by offering quality food products. It is the market leader in Punjab in the bread segment. Amrinder Singh, director, Bonn Group of Industries, says, "We are focused on product efficacy from day one and that's why we have always delivered value to the customers.”
Bonn has come forth with the idea of organic food with the introduction of the newly launched brand House of Veda. “The idea behind bringing this brand is to bring a change in the eating habits of the people and connect the world with their roots by reviving the Vedic Indian living in a modern context. We would like to establish our company as the pioneer of healthy and tasty food products in India. We want Bonn to be a leader in high-quality food products at the national and international level. At the same time, we are also expecting a manifold growth in the next 10 years for which we have started putting our efforts,” says Singh.
Tas Med
Tas Med has a dynamic product basket which helps it to transform science into smile. The pharma company is today one of the most reputed and trusted brands in India. Tas Med has brought about a huge transformation in the healthcare sector.
Gagneet Singh, CEO, Tas Med, says, "We as a company believe that it is the trust only that makes healthcare professionals, patients and even caregivers to rely on us. We always go that extra mile to develop and innovate a dynamic product basket that helps us build a long-lasting relationship with healthcare professionals."
People, Process and technology drives Mantrin:A futuristic vision makes Mantrin one of the leading advertising agencies of north India. From media planning to print advertising to digital marketing, Mantrin provides 360-degree marketing solutions tailor-made to the needs of every client
Lalit, founder & CEO, Mantrin Digital Marketing & Advertising Agency, says, "Our client-centric approach is our biggest USP. It's all about understanding the requirement of a client. We believe in providing customised marketing and advertising solutions to clients. Every client is unique and needs to be handled with uniqueness. Mantrin is probably the only advertising and brand consulting firm in the region which started as a print agency but is doing fairly well in TV, radio, digital and web.”
Diplast
Diplast Group is way ahead of other manufacturers because of its consistent efforts to maintain quality even when the prices of raw material and other inputs have increased. The unmatched quality is the USP of the brand that has kept it ahead of others and helped to earn trust of people. The company has earned the trust of lakhs of customers in its illustrious journey of 5 decades.
Ashok Gupta, MD, Diplast, says, "Over the years, the packing for home delivery of food has improved but these packings and other fruits and vegetables peels are just thrown in dustbins which results in heaps of garbage on the outskirts of every town. We are working on Composting at home for the greens and how other plastic waste can be managed by selling in the market by making useful products."
Colors of India Tours
Launched in the year 2010, Colors of India has today emerged as a reputed travel agency which is recognised at the national level and international level for providing quality services to its customers all over the world.
Narendra Bhardwaj, Founder &CEO, Colours of India Tours says, “Initially, our company focused on tours and travel operations in and around Himachal only. At this stage, every step was taken cautiously and the expansion was a slow and steady process. As our business grew along with the list of our satisfied customers, we started offering our services across the country and abroad”.
Colors of India Tours firmly believes that organisation climate drives its business and the company aims to create a working environment wherein employees strive to be at their best.
JTL (Delhi World Public School Zirakpur)
JTL Educational Foundation is dedicated to fulfilling every student's educational and developmental needs in a safe and caring environment conducive to learning and teaching
JTL Educational Foundation's USP is 'action for excellence'. Under the dynamic and multifaceted leadership of its chairman Kewal Garg, the school has achieved many accolades and milestones in all aspects of wholesome education.
"Our organisation has always been a solution provider especially when it comes to education. Our School, under the aegis of Delhi World Foundation, is the finest in the tricity, that offers an exceptional infrastructure spread over 30 acres and has all possible competitive facilities in sports and academics. Our alumni are spread all over the world and the name itself sets a benchmark in excellence," says Kewal Garg, Chairman, JTL Educational Foundation.
Liqo is India's first and biggest open box electronics store. Open box electronics are goods removed only once from packaging at retail outlets or by customers making e-commerce purchases. The goods are as good as new and are a unique selling proposition when coupled with excellent after sales service and assured quality. Tapping into this hugely untapped market, Liqo was started in the year 2018 as a 2500 sq. ft. garage by four industry veterans with a capital of 50 Lakh.
Today, Liqo has made a distinct name for itself and has emerged as a pioneer brand with presence across 8 cities and 1,25,000 sq. ft. crossing a turnover of 55 crores! With a vision to make luxury affordable for each and every household by adding an aspirational value to each purchase, Liqo is on a mission to give an ‘upgrade’ to the dreams of each member of every Indian family. Liqo has changed the rules of the game completely by providing a solution for the biggest disadvantage faced by online players – lack of a ‘touch and feel’ experience. This coupled with exciting discount deals, product quality and exceptional service is what makes Liqo a trendsetter. | https://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/industry/trend-makers-honouring-the-business-leaders-of-north-india/92126858 | 2022-06-11T02:44:33Z | https://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/industry/trend-makers-honouring-the-business-leaders-of-north-india/92126858 | true | 2 |
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A state court judge on Friday ruled that Alaska elections officials cannot certify the results of the by-mail special primary for U.S. House until visually impaired voters “are provided a full and fair opportunity to participate” in the election.
Superior Court Judge Una Gandbhir in her written order did not say what exactly that would entail. The special primary is on Saturday and the state had set June 25 as the target for certification.
She wrote that she strongly urges the parties to work together "expeditiously to find a timely, appropriate remedy.”
The Alaska Department of Law was working on an emergency petition for review to the Alaska Supreme Court, asking the court to reverse the injunction, spokesperson Patty Sullivan said by email.
The ruling followed arguments earlier in the day in a case filed earlier this week by Robert Corbisier, executive director of the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights. Corbisier sued state elections officials on behalf of a person identified as B.L., a registered voter in Anchorage with a visual impairment.
Attorneys for Corbisier had asked Gandbhir to prevent election officials from certifying the results of the special primary until measures are enacted that ensure that voters with visual impairments “are given a full and fair opportunity to cast their votes independently, secretly and privately.” They argued that the by-mail special primary discriminates against voters with visual impairments.
Attorneys for state elections officials countered that adequate methods for secret voting are available for voters with visual impairments.
There would be cascading effects if certification were delayed, including the potential for an August special election to be postponed, attorneys for the state argued.
The special primary is part of a set of elections that will determine who serves the remainder of late U.S. Rep. Don Young’s term, which expires in January. Young died in March.
The special primary features 48 candidates. Each voter picks one candidate. The four candidates with the most votes will advance to the special election, in which ranked choice voting will be used. The winner of that contest will serve out Young’s term.
The state has planned to have the special election coincide with the regular primary on Aug. 16. | https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/world/judge-rules-against-alaska-in-ballot-access-case/article_756e5897-c069-562d-9009-159fec9612b4.html | 2022-06-11T02:46:33Z | https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/world/judge-rules-against-alaska-in-ballot-access-case/article_756e5897-c069-562d-9009-159fec9612b4.html | true | 5 |
Princeton looks at housing stock to prepare for state mandate
PRINCETON — What the town’s future will look like was the focus of concern for the group of residents who participated in a housing production community workshop May 16.
The exercise was planned to address unmet housing needs and demands, as well as view development constraints and opportunities in light of the state Economic Development Bill that calls for multifamily zoning by right.
Hosted by the Central Mass. Regional Planning Commission, the exercise was set into motion by the town’s status as an MBTA-adjacent community; neighboring Westminster is served by the Fitchburg Line commuter rail. Under new zoning mandates, MBTA- adjacent municipalities must have a reasonably sized district that allows for non-age-restricted multifamily housing that is suitable for children. The exercise should also help the town to reach a state-mandated 10 percent affordable housing goal.
Providing a multifamily housing district will allow the town to remain eligible for state funding from the Housing Choice Initiative, the Local Capital Projects Fund and the MassWorks Infrastructure Program, which includes things like funding for sidewalks.
“This is coming,” said Emily Glaubitz, assistant planner with CMRPC. “It’s important to get on top of this and plan before this mandate comes." She went on to ask the group of about 40 residents, “What kind of housing would you like to see?”
The workshop’s objective was to establish the type, location and amount of housing to be developed and possibly ward off construction of Chapter 40B (affordable income) housing by developers. Affordable income housing is allowed to bypass certain local zoning guidelines if less than 10 percent of the housing stock is deemed to be affordable.
Maps were distributed to the working groups for people to outline where they thought multifamily housing would work, some pointing out areas with ledge and wetlands where dwellings could not be built.
Currently, the town has 2 percent subsidized housing. Westminster has 3.1 percent, Holden has 6.7 percent and Rutland has 3 percent, according to Glaubitz.
Of the 1,267 households in town, 17 percent have a single occupant and 12 percent are elderly single-person households. Twenty-eight percent have children under the age of 18. The median age is 47.6 years, and the median household income is $129,097. Twenty-six percent of households earn less than $75,000 annually.
The majority of households have three or more bedrooms with a median home value of $393,700. The median sale price in 2021 was $445,000.
The CMRPC began collecting housing data in October 2021, and distributed a community survey from January through April of this year.
CMRPC determined that the populations most in need of housing options are seniors, first time homebuyers, low-income households, families and young professionals.
In May and June, a plan will be drafted and presented to town boards. The proposed development needs to include long-term affordability restrictions for at least 25 percent of the units. A plan is due to be presented to the Mass. Department of Housing and
Community Development in July.
In order to meet its 10 percent subsidized housing goals, the town will need to have 132 units built. They can be built at a rate of six per year. Meeting this goal will achieve what is called “Safe Harbor,” effectively shielding the town from Chapter 40B development.
Residents have expressed concern about maintaining Princeton’s small town charm and preservation of open space and natural resources.
The breakout groups generally favored a cottage-type housing community, calling for 800- to 1,200-square-foot dwelling units clustered around a common area. A “pocket neighborhood” that clusters a group of neighboring house around a shared open space was also approved by some. Small scale apartments and town houses were also mentioned.
Developing some of the town’s larger homes into condominiums as they come up for sale was also mentioned as a more remote possibility. | https://www.thelandmark.com/story/news/local/2022/06/07/princeton-looks-housing-stock-prepare-state-mandate/9963158002/ | 2022-06-11T02:46:37Z | https://www.thelandmark.com/story/news/local/2022/06/07/princeton-looks-housing-stock-prepare-state-mandate/9963158002/ | true | 1 |
China reports new 210 COVID cases for June 10 vs 151 day earlier
SHANGHAI, June 11 (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 210 new coronavirus cases for June 10, of which 79 were symptomatic and 131 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Saturday.
That was up from 151 new cases a day earlier - 45 symptomatic and 106 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately.
There were no new deaths, leaving the nation's fatalities at 5,226. As of Friday, mainland China had confirmed 224,659 cases with symptoms.
The capital Beijing reported 36 new local symptomatic cases, compared with seven a day earlier, and 25 new local asymptomatic cases versus one the previous day.
Shanghai reported seven new local symptomatic cases, compared with six a day earlier, and nine new local asymptomatic cases versus six the previous day. (Reporting by Andrew Galbraith; Editing by William Mallard) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10906045/China-reports-new-210-COVID-cases-June-10-vs-151-day-earlier.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-06-11T02:47:59Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10906045/China-reports-new-210-COVID-cases-June-10-vs-151-day-earlier.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false | null |
(The Hill) – Rudy Giuliani was hit with an ethics charge by the Washington, D.C., Office of Disciplinary Counsel on Friday over his promotion of baseless claims about fraud in the 2020 presidential election before a federal court in Pennsylvania, jeopardizing his ability to practice law in the city.
The D.C. Bar’s disciplinary arm said that he had violated the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct by bringing a proceeding and asserting “issues therein without a non-frivolous basis in law and fact for doing so” and engaging “in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice,” according to the filing.
The complaint said that Giuliani provided insufficient sourcing to prove his allegations that election fraud had taken place in Pennsylvania.
Giuliani “further justified his allegations of fraud against the” defendant counties in the case “by promising the district court that ‘statistical analysis will evidence that over 70,000 mail and other mail ballots which favor [President] Biden were improperly counted,’ … but Respondent should have known the ‘evidence’ he provided relied upon false or faulty statistics and analysis,” the complaint read.
The former New York City mayor also claimed he had 300 statements and affidavits that would have provided proof of said fraud taking place in the state, according to the filing.
But the complaint said that “the affidavits, declarations, and statements that he provided to the district court and other bodies were (a) unsupported, (b) unrelated to [former President] Trump voters, (c) involve conduct outside the seven Defendant Counties, and (d) by their own terms were isolated incidents that could not have affected the presidential election’s results by offsetting the Biden majority of over 80,000 votes.”
Giuliani was admitted to the D.C. Bar in 1976, but in 2002, his status became inactive. Last year, the New York Supreme Court’s appellate division suspended his law license in that state.
The Hill has reached out to Giuliani and a lawyer for Giuliani for comment. | https://www.kxan.com/news/national-news/giuliani-hit-with-ethics-charge-by-dc-bar-over-false-election-fraud-claims/ | 2022-06-11T02:48:40Z | https://www.kxan.com/news/national-news/giuliani-hit-with-ethics-charge-by-dc-bar-over-false-election-fraud-claims/ | true | 22 |
WFO SPOKANE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, June 10, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Spokane WA
633 PM PDT Fri Jun 10 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of Northeast Washington, including the following
county, Stevens.
* WHEN...Until 945 PM PDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Water over roadways.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 633 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
mainly rural areas of North Central Stevens County
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
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UPDATE, JUNE 10 AT 5:53 PM:
On Friday, David Rodas appeared by video in court for an arraignment hearing.
Documents say Rodas has been charged with deliberate homicide, with weapons enhancement.
Rodas’ bail was also set at $750,000 during the hearing, and he was remanded to the custody of a deputy sheriff.
UPDATE, MAY 25 AT 11:00 AM:
A suspect has been arrested after a woman was found shot in a home on Stone St.
Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder says 48-year-old Gwen Marshall lived at the address on Stone St. along with a man, identified as David Rodas Sr., 57.
Between 7:00 pm and 8:00 pm on May 15, Billings Police officers and Yellowstone County Deputies responded to calls of a man possibly needing help and later causing a disturbance in the Billings Heights.
Deputies recognized the man as Rodas and it was reportedly determined on scene that he was likely under the influence of drugs and was fighting law enforcement.
After being taken into custody, Rodas was taken to a local hospital.
Due to his medical condition, he was kept at the hospital receiving medical attention under Sheriff’s Office guard Sheriff Linder said.
On May 21, Rodas was transferred and booked into the Yellowstone County Detention Facility.
Rodas was seen by Justice Court Judge David Carter and was remanded to the Yellowstone County Detention Facility on a charge of Deliberate Homicide. He is currently being held on a $500,000.00 Bond. Rodas will be seen in District Court at a later date.
UPDATE: Sheriff Mike Linder says the suspicious death at a Billings home over the weekend is being investigated as a homicide.
Linder also says with what the Sheriff's Office knows at this point, they do not believe there is any threat to the public in connection with this murder.
We have reached out to the Sheriff's Office to learn more.
The investigation continues.
BILLINGS, Mont. - Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder says evidence of foul play was found when deputies responded to a report of a deceased woman.
Deputies were dispatched to the 3200 block Stone St. Saturday night for a report of a woman found deceased in a residence.
There is evidence of foul play at the scene according to Sheriff Linder, and sheriff’s office detectives responded.
An autopsy will be performed and more information will be released at a later date.
In the meantime, anyone who may have been in the area of the 3200 block of Stone St. on Saturday, or may have information about this incident, is asked to please call the Sheriff’s Office at 406-256-2929. | https://www.kulr8.com/news/bail-set-at-750-000-for-man-believed-to-be-involved-in-suspicious-death-in/article_14dbb7c0-d48e-11ec-abcc-f3e0fc2060a5.html | 2022-06-11T02:55:36Z | https://www.kulr8.com/news/bail-set-at-750-000-for-man-believed-to-be-involved-in-suspicious-death-in/article_14dbb7c0-d48e-11ec-abcc-f3e0fc2060a5.html | false | 1 |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The earliest photo Joo-Rei Mathieson has of herself was taken when she was about four. Her head is shaved, her eyes cast downward. She has just arrived at perhaps the worst place a child could be sent in South Korea.
The black-and-white mugshot is from a November 1982 Brothers Home intake document that describes Mathieson as a lost street kid brought in by police. It notes, chillingly for a government-sponsored vagrants’ facility that survivors have told The Associated Press often worked children to death, that she's “capable of labor.”
She spoke no words for days, the document says, after entering Brothers, a now-destroyed facility in the southern port city of Busan where thousands of children and adults — most of whom were grabbed off the streets — were enslaved and often killed, raped and beaten in the 1970s and 1980s.
“She was so scared and traumatized,” Mathieson said of herself, as she imagined in an AP interview the feelings of the girl in the photo who'd been given the name Hwang Joo Rei because of the Jurye-dong district where Brothers once stood.
Mathieson was one of the lucky ones. In August 1983, she and 21 other young children from Brothers were transferred to an orphanage in another part of the city. Her escape may have been made possible because of overcrowding at the Brothers’ sprawling compound.
Mathieson then slipped into an international adoption system that separated thousands of Korean children from their families as part of a lucrative business under the military governments that ruled South Korea from the 1960s to the late 1980s.
She was given an approximate birth date and other arbitrary details to accommodate a haphazard immigration process that was designed to send more children abroad as fast as possible. Mathieson was then flown to meet her Canadian adoptive parents in November 1984, becoming part of a child export frenzy that created the world’s largest diaspora of adoptees.
Mathieson said she spent most of her adult life in a “tunnel vision moving forward,” never questioning her past and living as a Canadian while traveling around the world, before settling in Hong Kong to work in the hospitality industry.
But her Korean past “jumped back” at her in recent months as she began to feel she was “on a mission” to discover her roots and locate her Korean parents if they are alive.
Because of privacy worries, she used the name on her adoption documents in a 2019 AP report that broke the news that Brothers was in the adoption business. Mathieson, however, is now willing to speak publicly for the first time to improve her chances of finding her Korean relatives, including a possible sibling named Lee Chang-keun.
That name appears on the adoption papers of another Korean adoptee who, along with his younger brother, was sent to a family in Belgium in 1986. Mathieson connected with him in October last year after commercial DNA tests — increasingly used by Korean adoptees seeking reunions — found that they were most likely siblings.
Mathieson said it was “exhilarating” to discover a blood relative and gain a tangible connection to her biological roots despite not knowing her true name, birthdate or hometown.
“I think no other human on this earth except for adoptees will understand what it’s like to go through life with no link to their origins. It’s something that normal people will take for granted,” Mathieson said in a Zoom interview, using air quotes for the word “normal.” “To see someone that looked so much like me was so exciting.”
The finding also raised disturbing questions about the circumstances of her adoption and that of her newfound kin, who didn’t respond to AP’s requests for comment.
His paperwork says he and his younger brother were adopted from an orphanage in Anyang, a city near the capital, Seoul, that is about 190 miles away from Busan. It says the boys were found abandoned in August 1982, months before Mathieson’s arrival at Brothers, and that they had another brother, Lee Chang-keun, who was at a different Anyang orphanage.
There’s no mention whether Lee was adopted. Mathieson hopes Lee remained in Korea and that she can now find him. She’s desperate for information about her Korean parents, and how they were separated from their children.
Neither Mathieson’s adoption papers nor those of the brothers in Belgium describe any meaningful effort to locate their original families despite the years they spent in the orphanage system.
Mathieson says she's filled with questions: Did her parents leave her with a relative in Busan while scrambling to search for their missing sons? Was she kidnapped by police, like many other inmates at Brothers?
“A lot of the adoptions, rather, were from new parents that had to give up their child right after birth,” Mathieson said. “For a family to relinquish, voluntarily relinquish, three kids between the ages of four and six? It just didn’t add up for me … I knew that (the) true story was so far deep.”
Through documents obtained from officials, lawmakers or through freedom of information requests, the AP found direct evidence that 19 children were adopted out of Brothers between 1979 and 1986, and indirect evidence suggesting at least 51 more adoptions.
Mathieson’s memories from before she left Korea — of watching children playing in an almost empty outdoor pool, of towering black iron gates, of flowers in a garden courtyard where she was hurried out for a photograph — were all vague and benign before the AP first told her that she'd been at Brothers in 2016.
She now connects those memories with Brothers photos showing children playing in the low water of a concrete pit behind huge barred gates that confined thousands — including homeless and disabled people as well as random pedestrians who'd been snatched off the streets — before a prosecutor exposed the facility’s horrors in 1987.
Brothers was the largest of the nationwide facilities that accommodated aggressive roundups ordered by military leaders eager to clean the country's streets. Adoptions were another way to remove the socially undesirable, including children from unwed mothers or poor families, and to reduce the number of mouths to feed.
About 200,000 Korean children were adopted by families in the West in the past six decades, including 7,924 in 1984, the year Mathieson was adopted. Roots are often untraceable because most of the children were listed as abandoned, even when they had known relatives, which made them easily adoptable.
Mathieson plans to bring her case to Seoul’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which has interviewed hundreds of Brothers survivors or their families, but so far no adoptee. While still determined to get information about her biological parents, Mathieson treasures the snippets of her past that have emerged as she presses on with her search.
“It was nice to get additional photos,” Mathieson said about images recently sent from the Korea Welfare Service, her adoption agency. “I will cherish them.” | https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Survivor-of-abusive-facility-searches-for-lost-17234632.php | 2022-06-11T02:57:12Z | https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Survivor-of-abusive-facility-searches-for-lost-17234632.php | true | 39 |
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In her political return to a state where she campaigned heavily ahead of the 2020 election, Vice President Kamala Harris told a gathering of South Carolina Democrats how appreciative the White House is for the key support that ultimately led to the Biden administration.
“We see how South Carolina brings critical representation to the presidential nominating process,” Harris said. “And we see how South Carolina Democrats set President Joe Biden and me on a path to the White House. ... Thank you, South Carolina.”
Her appearance, Harris' first to a state-level party event since taking office, at times was reminiscent of the stump speeches that comprised her 2020 campaign in the state.
Harris campaigned heavily in South Carolina during her own 2020 White House bid but left the race before the state’s first-in-the-South primary, unable to achieve significant polling support or break through in a field that at one time included two dozen Democratic hopefuls. During that campaign, Harris worked to develop networks among Black voters often not elevated in the state’s political campaign, such as the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, of which she is a member.
On Friday, Harris recalled tales from that campaign, including making her way through the Charleston airport with bags full of collard greens to take home to cook for her family’s Thanksgiving, Southern produce she said she knew would be better than what she could find elsewhere.
“As I walked on the plane, there were a few people who gave me ‘the look,’ and ‘the nod,’” she said, to laughter.
The speech came a day ahead of Democrats’ convention in Columbia.
It also took place as Republicans potentially seeking their party's 2024 nomination — including former Vice President Mike Pence, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — are already crisscrossing the state.
Some native South Carolina Republicans have also been testing the 2024 waters. Nikki Haley, who served the state for six years as governor before joining the Trump administration as U.N. ambassador, lives in the Charleston area and has been visiting other early-voting states, as has U.S. Sen. Tim Scott.
Earlier this year, Biden committed to tapping Harris as his running mate for the 2024 reelection campaign.
South Carolina holds its primary elections on Tuesday, when five candidates are competing for their party’s nomination to challenge incumbent Republican Gov. Henry McMaster, whose GOP challengers have failed to attract significant fundraising support.
Just two hours before the dinner, Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls, including former U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham and state Sen. Mia McLeod, met for their only primary debate.
South Carolina, where Black voters play an outsized role in the Democratic electorate, ended up being the state where Biden was able to revive his flagging presidential campaign, following a series of losses in other early-voting states.
That victory came after a key endorsement for Biden from U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, South Carolina’s sole Democrat in Congress and whose backing was seen by some Black voters as a long-awaited signal that Biden would be the candidate best suited to represent them.
On Friday, Clyburn took the stage as Harris concluded her remarks to thank the crowd “for what you have done over the years to keep the Democratic Party in this country viable.”
“Tonight,” he added, referencing Harris, “she has made us valuable.”
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with International Police (Interpol) to grant the commission access to Interpol’s database. ICPC will utilise the access in profiling Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), and money laundering and illicit financial flows suspects.
The Chairman of the ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, made this known at the end of a meeting by heads of Nigerian law enforcement agencies with top officials of Interpol in Lyon, France. At the meeting, the ICPC boss discussed how the anti- corruption agency and the country could take advantage of Interpol’s database in profiling suspects.
“The Commission will develop the habit of issuing notices especially on high profile suspects. Such notices will be seen globally on PEPs in particular,” Owasanoye said. The Chairman also disclosed that the Commission would join the Global Focal Point Network coordinated by Interpol as part of measures to tighten the noose around corrupt and criminal persons. Interpol is expected to support the law enforcement agencies in Nigeria through strengthening of information sharing, utilisation of the organisation’s database of global suspects and prevention of incursion and influx of migrant terrorist fighters into Nigeria.
Meanwhile, Interpol briefed the Nigerian delegation on Operation Gemini, a special project focusing on trans-border organised crime involving migration, human trafficking, drug trafficking corruption and financial crimes. The international police also held special sessions with the delegation which were devoted to international and regional cooperation in law enforcement, operational methods of Interpol and strategies for data and information sharing. | https://www.newtelegraphng.com/interpol-icpc-sign-mou-on-database-access/ | 2022-06-11T03:01:25Z | https://www.newtelegraphng.com/interpol-icpc-sign-mou-on-database-access/ | false | 3 |
The NFL's Recent Investment in Cannabis Signals an Important Evolution in Its Approach to Preventing and Treating Sports Injuries
By Dr. Michael D. Lewis, MD, MPH, Colonel (Retired), U.S. Army, and CV Sciences Medical Advisor
The NFL recently awarded $1 million to two teams of medical researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Regina to study the impact of cannabis and CBD on pain management. The first study, "Effects of Cannabinoids on Pain and Recovery from Sports-Related Injuries in Elite Athletes: A Randomized Clinical Trial," and the second study, "Naturally Produced Cannabinoids for Pain Management and Neuroprotection from Concussion and Participation in Contact Sports," are poised to further our understanding of the applications cannabis and CBD can have in sports. Funding these studies demonstrates the NFL's commitment to providing its players with safer, less addictive alternatives to opioids for pain management. Additionally, these initiatives also signal a significant evolution in how the NFL approaches preventive medicine, treating sports injuries and normalizing cannabis consumption among professional athletes.
While continued mainstream support for cannabis research is encouraging, we at CV Sciences have a few concerns about the methodology of these NFL-funded studies. In order for cannabis products to be regarded as a legitimate therapeutic by the medical community, current and future studies must adhere to rigorous research methods.
Analyzing the Limitations of the NFL-Funded Research Studies
Regarding the University of California, San Diego study, we believe there are limitations to researchers only using isolated CBD and THC instead of broad-spectrum or whole-plant extracts. Isolated cannabinoids miss out on the entourage effect – the phenomenon whereby the effects and health benefits of the plant as a whole are greater than its individual parts. We also have concerns about clinical subjects exclusively vaping CBD instead of consuming through other methods. While vaping provides an immediate sense of relief, it is short-lasting and may not address chronic pain. Ingestible products, on the other hand, have a slower onset time but have relatively prolonged effects. Combining the two dosing methods would provide study participants with both short-term longer-lasting pain relief.
While the anticipated study methodology will eventually be published, it is important to also note that pain management outcomes can be very subjective. Consequently, we hope researchers establish realistic and attainable study outcome parameters and evaluate more objective pain indicators, such as inflammatory blood markers.
There are also several potential limitations to the University of Regina study that should be addressed. Firstly, researchers must clearly define "neuroprotection" and other outcome measures to ensure the validity of the study and to prevent misinterpretations. Making data as objective as possible is crucial.
To understand the full scope and impact of the study, the scientific community will also require further insight into the duration of the trials, dosing regimens, types of CBD being utilized and if players will have access to CBD, THC or a combination of cannabinoids. Furthermore, protection and prevention research is notably complex because it requires larger sample sizes and a longer study period to conduct high-quality research. Researchers should keep all of these factors in mind to truly understand the applications of cannabis in preventing and treating injuries.
CBD as a Safer Alternative to Opioids
While the outcomes and methodologies of these studies have yet to be determined, the NFL’s research investment marks an essential step in legitimizing CBD as an alternative to opioids. The U.S. opioid epidemic remains a serious public health crisis and is a significant problem among current and former NFL players.
A 2011 study found that 52 percent of retired NFL players reportedly used prescription pain medication throughout their careers. Of those, 71 percent said they misused their prescriptions. Notably, those who misused opioids while playing were three times more likely to abuse the drugs today. Finding safer alternatives to opioids for athletes is critical in preventing drug addiction and overdose deaths. The NFL's potential new rules regarding cannabis and funding research could offer more natural alternatives for players trying to prevent injuries, manage pain and extend their careers.
Building a Body of Knowledge Around Cannabis and CBD for Pain Relief
Due to the constraints of prohibition, cannabis research is still a relatively new field. However, recent studies have demonstrated promising outcomes supporting the medical benefits of cannabinoids like CBD. The most substantial scientific evidence supports its effectiveness in treating some childhood epilepsy syndromes, such as Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), which typically don't respond to anti-seizure medications. Epidiolex, which contains pure CBD and is used to treat these conditions, is the first cannabis-derived medicine ever approved by the FDA.
“Cannabinoids and Pain: New Insights From Old Molecules,” published in November 2019, concluded that current evidence supports the use of medical cannabis in the treatment of chronic pain in adults. The researchers also found that cannabinoids themselves (regardless if they’re plant-derived or synthetic) and endocannabinoid-directed therapeutic strategies have been shown to be effective in treating various animal models of pain (acute nociceptive, neuropathic, inflammatory).
"Cannabis, Alcohol and Cigarette Use During the Acute Post-Concussion Period" published in Brain Injury in October 2019 found that even though cannabis use didn’t affect concussion recovery time, cannabis use was associated with a lower symptom burden in the third and fourth weeks after injury.
"Cannabidiol use and effectiveness: real-world evidence from a Canadian medical cannabis clinic," published in the Journal of Cannabis Research in June 2021, suggests CBD treatment has a beneficial impact on pain, anxiety and depression symptoms, as well as the overall wellbeing of patients with moderate to severe symptoms.
These cannabis research studies are some of the first to be conducted at a high level and point towards a positive future for the targeted uses of cannabis as scientifically-backed medicine for patients.
Cannabis as an Adjunct Therapy for Athletes
We must temper our expectations around these NFL-funded studies' potential outcomes. Both concussions and pain management are complicated issues and require a holistic approach. CBD is not going to be a magic-bullet solution. Cannabis may have a role as an adjunct therapy in addition to existing medical treatments for chronic pain and concussion recovery. Other adjunct therapies have been studied for sports performance and recovery that have shown significant results.
Acupuncture, low-load blood flow restriction training, and eating a whole foods diet have been found to be effective for pain control and enhancing recovery from injury. Adjunct therapies like these are already used by doctors and trainers who work with professional athletes, and cannabis and CBD may prove to be another tool in their recovery toolkit. However, additional research is required to understand the broader medical applications and health benefits of cannabis.
Regulators and Consumers Must Be Wary of Misinterpreting the Results of These Studies
When it comes to cannabis and CBD studies, the medical community, regulators, and consumers must be very careful about misinterpreting results. These interpretations can have real-world consequences.
For example, in a 2014 TCU study that explored how omega 3s and fish oil could prevent concussions, the misinterpretation by one sports medicine physician in Philadelphia who published a study in response to the research, in which he erroneously concluded fish oil causes concussions, led the NCAA to put fish oil on its non-permissible substance list. Thankfully, the author of the original study eventually published a follow-up article in 2019 explaining the misinterpretation and pleading for the NCAA to once again make fish oil a permissible substance, and the NCAA overturned its decision.
This example illustrates the damage misinterpretations can cause. The NCAA should have done its due diligence and had experts carefully read the original study, rather than taking one sports medicine’s word at face value. We hope the NFL and other sports leagues dive deep into cannabis research, note the flaws and gaps and seek further knowledge so they can make wise decisions that will benefit the health and well-being of athletes. To lessen the impact of misinterpretations and to legitimize cannabis and CBD as viable medicines, we need more studies and a larger body of work around the health effects of these substances.
An Encouraging Step in the Right Direction
Cannabis research is an evolving body of work that needs consistent support and funding to make a real difference. The fact that the NFL is funding the University of California, San Diego and the University of Regina studies is encouraging, but it’s important to note where these studies fall short and how they can be improved. Using CBD and cannabis therapy as an adjunct treatment to prevent and manage pain and concussions seems promising, but there is still a lot more work to be done. Nevertheless, funding the research is a step in the right direction and we hope this investment will serve as a catalyst for more privately funded studies to be conducted and push the FDA to make more definitive decisions around regulation. Through rigorous studies and high-quality research, more medical and science professionals, and eventually politicians, will start to consider CBD and cannabis as credible alternatives for preventing and managing pain and concussions.
This article was submitted by an external contributor and may not represent the views and opinions of Benzinga.
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Capital counts its dead as blaze rips through a theatre
The tragic death of more than 50 people due to asphyxiation at the Uphaar Cinema in Green Park remains unparalleled as far as the number of deaths due to negligence is concerned after the stampede in Qutab Minar on December 4, 1981.
Most of the dead and the injured were brought to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Safdarjung Hospital, as these were closest to the site of the tragedy. Some people were also taken to the Lohia and LNJP Hospitals.
As the news of the tragedy spread in the city, anxious families rushed to the hospitals to enquire about their relatives. For many, this rush proved to be futile as there was very little information available. For some others, the search landed them in the mortuary of AIIMS and Safdarjung, where their relatives lay motionless.
Forty-year-old Radheshyam had gone to the theatre to watch “Border” with his 16-year-old son. While he managed to escape with minor injuries, his teenage son could not escape. He was brought dead to AIIMS. Heart rendering cries of the man echoed at the entrance of the casualty ward of AIIMS as police personnel rushed his son into the hospital.
Pramod Kumar had gone to see the film with three of his friends. He managed to escape the toxic fumes along with another friend, while two others were untraceable, their anxious relative shuttling between AIIMS and Safdarjung.
Recalling the incident, Pramod said that soon after interval, a fire broke out and the theatre was filled with smoke. With electricity also snapped, the audience struggled in complete darkness as they tried to locate exit doors.
Pramod recalled jumping from the balcony after breaking a window pane, and breaking his leg in the process.
At the time of going to press, 41 people had died at AIIMS. This included 12 children, 12 men, 16 women and an infant. The bodies lined the corridors of the out-patients department at AIIMS.
The postmortem examinations of the dead were waived at the intervention of the Delhi Lt Governor and the relatives were allowed to take the bodies.
Meanwhile, policemen and the hospital security staff struggled to keep the visitors in check. The hospital staff and the cops at duty showed urgency and the patients were rushed as soon as the ambulances and the PCR Gypsies brought them to the casualty wards. Soon, the number soared to an unmanageable extent and the less injured were discharged after first aid, while the dead were moved to the lobby of the OPD.
Heart-rending cries gripped Safdarjung hospital as well, with people searching the halls for their relatives.
Eighteen people were brought dead and many others were being administered oxygen. Both police personnel and hospital staff were unable to give any details about the number of people who have been admitted.
“When he left home today he was so excited. How will I face his parents now?” cried a student who was at the theatre with a friend.
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Bombay HC may hear Nawab Malik, Anil Deshmukh's bail plea on Friday: Report
The Rajya Sabha polls in Maharashtra on Friday will see a battle between the opposition BJP and the ruling Shiv Sena-headed Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, of which the NCP is a part. The western state will see a contest for six seats with seven candidates being in the fray.
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Kanpur man arrested for post on Prophet
He is the third social media user to have been arrested in the past two days. BJYM leader, Harshit Srivastava, and Hindu Samanvaya Samiti president, Tushar Shukla, were sent to jail for 14 days in judicial custody for similar offence.
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Covid-19: At 2,813 cases, Maharashtra sees highest single-day jump since Feb 15
With Maharashtra and other states and Union territories (UTs), including Delhi, reporting continuous rise in Covid-19 cases, Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan has asked them to maintain a strict vigilance and take pre-emptive action in regions that are showing concerns.
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Governor Jagdish Mukhi administered the oath of office and secrecy to Jayanta Malla Baruah and Nandita Garlosa. The strength of the council has now gone up to 16. BJP has 13 ministers while allies Asom Gana Parishad two and United Peoples’ Party Liberal one.
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The Maharashtra Police on Tuesday summoned suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on June 22 for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammed recently that drew condemnation from several Islamic nations and opposition parties. | https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/capital-counts-its-dead-as-blaze-rips-through-a-theatre-101654885845527.html | 2022-06-11T03:06:22Z | https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/capital-counts-its-dead-as-blaze-rips-through-a-theatre-101654885845527.html | true | 1 |
Unlikely Rally Sends Mansfield Legacy Baseball to State
No one in attendance could believe what was unfolding before their eyes at the Cleburne High School baseball field this past Saturday. Well, perhaps the members of the Mansfield Legacy Broncos baseball team believed since they were the ones pulling off the miracle – but here’s betting that if they were...
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Bounties have always been a hypeworthy part of the One Piece series.
The World Government wants a lawful society where everybody follows orders. Of course, that isn't going to be easy with criminals lying around. On behalf of the government, the Marines have issued bounty posters for anybody causing trouble. Higher bounties typically indicate a massive amount of strength.
This is a source of pride for many pirates in the One Piece series. Luffy and his fellow crewmates love displaying these posters in their own sleeping quarters. The bounty system is a great way to hype up One Piece characters.
Note: This article reflects the writer's personal views.
How do bounties work in the One Piece series? Here's a definitive answer
The World Government issues them for potential threats
Bounties provide a financial inventive in capturing certain criminals. Posters will indicate whether or not a person should be "Dead or Alive." Bounty hunters will be paid in bellies, the main currency of the One Piece world.
According to Aokiji, bounties are meant to reflect someone's threat level. This often refers to a person's combat skills, but that's not the only factor. The following criminal activities can also result in a bounty:
- Go up against the World Government (e.g. Monkey D. Luffy)
- Attempting to learn about the Void Century (Nico Robin)
- Causing civilian casualties (Eustass Kid)
- Severe property damage (Edward Newgate, ala Whitebeard)
- Inspiring criminal actions (Monkey D. Dragon and the Revolutionary Army)
- Association with a prominent criminal (anybody in the Roger Pirates)
Bounties can also be increased if further action has been taken. Luffy started off with a measly bounty of 30,000,000 bellies. By the time he arrived in Wano Country, he now had a bounty of 1,500,000,000 bellies. Luffy has caused so much trouble for the World Government over the years.
It's unknown where the bounties are supposed to be claimed. What is known is that pirates are excluded from this reward system.
New World pirates has a much higher bounty average
The Grand Line is what divides two major sections of the world. In terms of bounty average, Paradise criminals have a significantly lower value than New World pirates. Here's an example of relatively low bounties in Paradise:
- Buggy the Clown: 15,000,000
- Don Krieg: 17,000,000
- Arlong: 20,000,000
Compare this with the following New World pirates:
- Caesar Clown: 300,000,000
- Charlotte Katakuri: 1,057,000,000
- Kaido: 4,611,100,000
A bounty slightly over 100,000,000 is also nothing in the New World. For example, Caribou had a bounty of 210,000,000 bellies. However, during Fishman Island, he was easily defeated by Pekoms of the Big Mom Pirates.
How are bounty pictures taken?
All bounty posters need a picture for indentification purposes. The Marines used to hire a photographer known as Attach, who supplied them with images of various criminals. These pictures would be used for official bounty posters in the One Piece series.
Attach can apparently sneak anywhere, considering he took pictures of Kaido and Big Mom. However, the photographer was prone to making several mistakes, such as forgetting to remove the lens cap for Sanji's photo.
The Marines eventually dismissed Attach during the timeskip. He proceeded to work for the World Economic Journal. It's currently unknown who will take the bounty pictures for the Marines now.
Bounties aren't always accurate measures of strength
One Piece bounties are generally reliable in protraying a person's strength. However, there are a few exceptions where that isn't the case.
For example, back in Sabaody Archipelago, Eustass Kid only had the highest bounty among the Worst Generation, simply because he causes a lot of damage. Luffy defeating Gecko Moria in Thriller Bark was also covered up, which meant his bounty measurements weren't accurate.
Bounties also depend on the government's knowledge of the criminal in question. One Piece fans already know that Chopper is a crucial member of the Straw Hats. Unfortunately, because he is mistaken as a cute pet, he was given a pathetic bounty of 50 bellies.
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SCOTT, La. (BRPROUD) — Four people were saved by their neighbor and the Scott Fire Department after the neighbor’s smoke alarm went off on Wednesday night.
The Scott Fire Department says that they were called to an apartment fire on the 200 block of Falcon Street around 11:30 p.m. on June 8. The caller told firefighters that smoke was filling her apartment but she didn’t know where the smoke was coming from.
While investigating the scene, firefighters saw the apartment next to hers filled with smoke. They entered the apartment and found four people, an adult and three minors, asleep. They were safely evacuated while a second crew found an unattended pot on the stove.
The fire department says that the apartment with the fire had no smoke alarms but the neighbor who made the call did.
“If not for the actions of her neighbor, it is very possible that the entire family would have been unable to safely escape,” the fire department said.
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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Second paragraph, first sentence of release dated June 8, 2022, should read: As cybercrime is expected to exceed $10 trillion in annual damages by 2025, according to Cybersecurity Ventures, cyber-risk is now considered by many to be a mission-critical risk requiring heightened board attention. (instead of As cybercrime is expected to exceed $10 trillion in annual damages by 2025, cyber-risk is now considered by many to be a mission-critical risk requiring heightened board attention.)
The updated release reads:
SECURE SYSTEMS INNOVATION CORPORATION AND NACD PARTNER TO LAUNCH CYBER RISK REPORTING SERVICE FOR BOARDS
New Board Reporting Offering Will Strengthen Oversight of Cyber Risk in the Boardroom
Secure Systems Innovation Corporation (SSIC), the innovators behind X-Analytics, the premier cyber risk decisioning application setting the standard for businesses in pursuit of cyber resiliency, and the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the authority on boardroom practices representing more than 23,000 board members, today announced that the X-Analytics Cyber Risk Reporting Service has been added to NACD Board Services to help NACD members advance cyber-risk oversight in the boardroom.
As cybercrime is expected to exceed $10 trillion in annual damages by 2025, according to Cybersecurity Ventures, cyber-risk is now considered by many to be a mission-critical risk requiring heightened board attention. Directors indicate in the 2022 NACD Public Company Governance Survey that changing cyber threats are among the top five issues that will impact their businesses over the next 12 months.
“We have heard from many directors the need to understand the financial exposure resulting from cyber risk, going beyond the threat-focused, technical cyber presentations most boards receive,” said Peter R. Gleason, president and CEO of NACD. “This new board reporting service is designed to deliver financial cyber-risk analytics and insights that boards will increasingly need to advance their oversight of cybersecurity."
The Cyber Risk Reporting Service is powered by a proven application within the global cyber insurance industry and major enterprises, to contextualize the business and financial impacts related to potential cyberattacks.
The service can offer boards and executive teams a clear understanding of their companies’ cyber-risk profile, most notably in the following areas:
- An organization’s overall financial exposure to cyberattacks
- A view of the cyber threats most likely to cause financial losses to a business
- Insights on mitigation strategy most effective in reducing financial losses
- How to align cybersecurity investments with risk transfer/cyber insurance, including “stress testing” existing policies across a range of potential cyber-risk scenarios.
“NACD is providing this service to its members at a critical time, as corporate directors face the escalating challenge of effectively overseeing the complex nature of how cyberattacks can disrupt business operations and result in material financial losses,” said Kevin Richards, president of Cyber Risk Services at SSIC. “The X-Analytics Cyber Risk Reporting Service replaces technology confusion and subjective metrics with understandable financial exposure analysis setting organizations on a path to achieve cyber resiliency.”
To learn more about the X-Analytics Cyber Risk Reporting Service, please visit the NACD Board Services web page here. To learn more about NACD membership, please visit here.
About X-Analytics
Based in the Washington, DC, area, Secure Systems Innovation Corporation (SSIC) is a cyber-risk analytics innovator whose mission is to transform how businesses manage financial exposure to cyber risk through the power of data analytics. X-Analytics is a patented and validated cyber risk decisioning platform that is changing how executives, boards, and the cyber insurance industry effectively manage financial exposure to cyber risk. For more information, please visit https://www.x-analytics.com.
About NACD
For more than 40 years, NACD has been on the leading edge of corporate governance, setting standards of excellence that have elevated board performance. NACD arms today’s directors with insights and education that drive their mission forward, while preparing a new generation of boardroom leaders to meet tomorrow’s biggest challenges. NACD is a community of more than 23,000 directors driven by a common purpose: to be trusted catalysts of economic opportunity and positive change—in businesses and in the communities they serve. To learn more about NACD, visit www.nacdonline.org. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220608005137/en/CORRECTING-and-REPLACING-Secure-Systems-Innovation-Corporation-and-NACD-Partner-to-Launch-Cyber-Risk-Reporting-Service-for-Boards/?feedref=1-6SMMw3HgudSqfciOInFAT1albrG1Eq4mAeVP392109CPVbsZzkxB2zncMjZ7S5evRMp3sIgu8q3wq1OF24lT93qbEzrwa15HGbLqMObxahCRHqO6sXub3Hylc4qv6iOhC8fNUMDBuoZ8W8sD2diw== | 2022-06-11T03:13:47Z | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220608005137/en/CORRECTING-and-REPLACING-Secure-Systems-Innovation-Corporation-and-NACD-Partner-to-Launch-Cyber-Risk-Reporting-Service-for-Boards/?feedref=1-6SMMw3HgudSqfciOInFAT1albrG1Eq4mAeVP392109CPVbsZzkxB2zncMjZ7S5evRMp3sIgu8q3wq1OF24lT93qbEzrwa15HGbLqMObxahCRHqO6sXub3Hylc4qv6iOhC8fNUMDBuoZ8W8sD2diw== | true | 5 |
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Evening" game were:
2-8-6
(two, eight, six)
¶ Ticket-holders with all three winning numbers in the order given win the top prize. Lesser amounts are also awarded to ticket-holders with other varying combinations of the winning numbers. | https://www.registercitizen.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-3-Evening-game-17234618.php | 2022-06-11T03:20:22Z | https://www.registercitizen.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-3-Evening-game-17234618.php | true | null |
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Police will have new powers to tackle gangs under a national government, party leader Christopher Luxon says.
“New Zealanders are waking up daily to news of gang shootings and the only question is not if or when there’ll be another, but whose street it will be in next time,” Luxon said in a statement Saturday.
"The scenes we’ve witnessed recently in Auckland and other places are alarming law-abiding New Zealanders.
“We don’t have to put up with it, and we shouldn’t," he says.
National will ban gang patches in public places, stop gang members gathering in public, prevent known gang offenders from associating with each other and stop gang members accessing guns, Luxon says.
He says the causes of crime and increasing gang membership are complex and national would bring back the social investment approach to help steer at-risk young people in a direction that would give them the chance of a more positive and productive life.
“But inevitably that’s a long-term response and there’s an urgent need to act right now to tackle gangs who are emboldened and who are bringing fear to Kiwi neighbourhoods and families.” | https://www.teaomaori.news/gangs-we-dont-have-put-it-luxon | 2022-06-11T03:23:37Z | https://www.teaomaori.news/gangs-we-dont-have-put-it-luxon | false | 1 |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "Lucky Day Lotto" game were:
09-15-17-37-43
(nine, fifteen, seventeen, thirty-seven, forty-three)
Estimated jackpot: $400,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "Lucky Day Lotto" game were:
09-15-17-37-43
(nine, fifteen, seventeen, thirty-seven, forty-three)
Estimated jackpot: $400,000 | https://www.theridgefieldpress.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lucky-Day-Lotto-game-17234690.php | 2022-06-11T03:31:42Z | https://www.theridgefieldpress.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lucky-Day-Lotto-game-17234690.php | false | null |
(The Hill) – Rudy Giuliani was hit with an ethics charge by the Washington, D.C., Office of Disciplinary Counsel on Friday over his promotion of baseless claims about fraud in the 2020 presidential election before a federal court in Pennsylvania, jeopardizing his ability to practice law in the city.
The D.C. Bar’s disciplinary arm said that he had violated the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct by bringing a proceeding and asserting “issues therein without a non-frivolous basis in law and fact for doing so” and engaging “in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice,” according to the filing.
The complaint said that Giuliani provided insufficient sourcing to prove his allegations that election fraud had taken place in Pennsylvania.
Giuliani “further justified his allegations of fraud against the” defendant counties in the case “by promising the district court that ‘statistical analysis will evidence that over 70,000 mail and other mail ballots which favor [President] Biden were improperly counted,’ … but Respondent should have known the ‘evidence’ he provided relied upon false or faulty statistics and analysis,” the complaint read.
The former New York City mayor also claimed he had 300 statements and affidavits that would have provided proof of said fraud taking place in the state, according to the filing.
But the complaint said that “the affidavits, declarations, and statements that he provided to the district court and other bodies were (a) unsupported, (b) unrelated to [former President] Trump voters, (c) involve conduct outside the seven Defendant Counties, and (d) by their own terms were isolated incidents that could not have affected the presidential election’s results by offsetting the Biden majority of over 80,000 votes.”
Giuliani was admitted to the D.C. Bar in 1976, but in 2002, his status became inactive. Last year, the New York Supreme Court’s appellate division suspended his law license in that state.
The Hill has reached out to Giuliani and a lawyer for Giuliani for comment. | https://www.wate.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/giuliani-hit-with-ethics-charge-by-dc-bar-over-false-election-fraud-claims/ | 2022-06-11T03:33:34Z | https://www.wate.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/giuliani-hit-with-ethics-charge-by-dc-bar-over-false-election-fraud-claims/ | true | 22 |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 3" game were:
7-0-4
(seven, zero, four)
¶ Maximum prize: $500
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 3" game were:
7-0-4
(seven, zero, four)
¶ Maximum prize: $500 | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Pick-3-game-17234687.php | 2022-06-11T03:34:07Z | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Pick-3-game-17234687.php | false | null |
Suniel Shetty's elderly fans recite Dhadkan title track for him. Watch
Actor Suniel Shetty remains one of the popular names in Bollywood and enjoys a huge fan following among all age groups. Recently, a video of him interacting with a group of older female fans has surfaced on the internet. In the video, he is seen joining the senior citizens as they recite the lines from the song, Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hain Dil Se from his hit film Dhadkan. (Also read: Suniel Shetty reacts to marriage rumours of Athiya Shetty and KL Rahul: Times have changed, it is for them to decide)
The video begins with Suniel Shetty in his casual look, surrounded by seniors. He is seen sitting in the middle of a group of fans, who start reciting the title track of Dhadkan. As they are unable to finish it, the actor too joins them and it’s undeniable the highlight of the video. The video appears to be taken inside an eatery.
Suniel Shetty made his Bollywood debut with Balwaan in 1992. Some of his most successful films are Gopi Kishan, Anth, Mohra, Border, Hera Pheri, and Main Hoon Na. This also includes his hit 2000 film Dhadkan, co-starring Shilpa Shetty and Akshay Kumar.
Directed by Dharmesh Darshan, Dhadkan was a huge success along with its music. The story of the film focused on a wealthy girl, Anjali (Shilpa), who is forced by her family to leave her boyfriend Dev (Suniel) to marry Ram (Akshay) While Anjali and Dev’s marriage starts off on a bad note with the memories of her past relationship, she gradually falls in love with him. However, things take a different turn when Dev returns to their life after acquiring wealth. It also starred Mahima Chaudhry in a key role.
Earlier, there were reports about a possible sequel of Dhadkan. However, later, it was dropped. Talking about it in 2020, Suniel once told The Times of India jokingly, “Hopefully, Dharmesh Darshan and Venus will produce Dhadkan2 with my son Ahan Shetty and Akshay Kumar’s son and now also with Shilpa Shetty’s daughter.” | https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/suniel-shetty-meets-elderly-fans-thanks-them-as-they-recite-dhadkan-title-track-for-him-watch-101654866789481.html | 2022-06-11T03:35:15Z | https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/suniel-shetty-meets-elderly-fans-thanks-them-as-they-recite-dhadkan-title-track-for-him-watch-101654866789481.html | true | 2 |
Woman found guilty in deadly road rage incident despite ‘cough syrup defense’
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3/Gray News) - A jury in Missouri delivered a guilty verdict in a trial that involved a woman accused of a deadly road rage crash and having a cough syrup addiction.
KY3 reports the jury found Elizabeth McKeown guilty of first-degree murder in Barbara Foster’s death in a November 2018 incident. The jury also found her guilty of armed criminal action.
Police say McKeown rear-ended Foster’s vehicle in traffic for moving too slowly at an intersection in Springfield. Investigators said McKeown lured Foster out of her car and ran her over.
Authorities said Foster died from her injuries at the hospital.
During the trial, McKeown’s defense argued that she had a side effect that day from drinking cough syrup to suppress a cough that she had. The state worked to disprove McKeown’s addiction to cough syrup. They claimed she was under the influence at the time of the incident.
A Missouri Department of Mental Health clinical psychologist testified McKeown had unspecified schizophrenia brought on by her medication. Prosecutors quickly attempted to discredit the diagnosis. They explained to the jury inconsistencies in McKeown’s mental evaluation.
McKeon’s attorneys said the team plans to file a motion for a new trial.
Copyright 2022 KY3 via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.wtvy.com/2022/06/11/woman-found-guilty-deadly-road-rage-incident-despite-cough-syrup-defense/ | 2022-06-11T03:36:18Z | https://www.wtvy.com/2022/06/11/woman-found-guilty-deadly-road-rage-incident-despite-cough-syrup-defense/ | false | 12 |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The earliest photo Joo-Rei Mathieson has of herself was taken when she was about four. Her head is shaved, her eyes cast downward. She has just arrived at perhaps the worst place a child could be sent in South Korea.
The black-and-white mugshot is from a November 1982 Brothers Home intake document that describes Mathieson as a lost street kid brought in by police. It notes, chillingly for a government-sponsored vagrants’ facility that survivors have told The Associated Press often worked children to death, that she's “capable of labor.”
She spoke no words for days, the document says, after entering Brothers, a now-destroyed facility in the southern port city of Busan where thousands of children and adults — most of whom were grabbed off the streets — were enslaved and often killed, raped and beaten in the 1970s and 1980s.
“She was so scared and traumatized,” Mathieson said of herself, as she imagined in an AP interview the feelings of the girl in the photo who'd been given the name Hwang Joo Rei because of the Jurye-dong district where Brothers once stood.
Mathieson was one of the lucky ones. In August 1983, she and 21 other young children from Brothers were transferred to an orphanage in another part of the city. Her escape may have been made possible because of overcrowding at the Brothers’ sprawling compound.
Mathieson then slipped into an international adoption system that separated thousands of Korean children from their families as part of a lucrative business under the military governments that ruled South Korea from the 1960s to the late 1980s.
She was given an approximate birth date and other arbitrary details to accommodate a haphazard immigration process that was designed to send more children abroad as fast as possible. Mathieson was then flown to meet her Canadian adoptive parents in November 1984, becoming part of a child export frenzy that created the world’s largest diaspora of adoptees.
Mathieson said she spent most of her adult life in a “tunnel vision moving forward,” never questioning her past and living as a Canadian while traveling around the world, before settling in Hong Kong to work in the hospitality industry.
But her Korean past “jumped back” at her in recent months as she began to feel she was “on a mission” to discover her roots and locate her Korean parents if they are alive.
Because of privacy worries, she used the name on her adoption documents in a 2019 AP report that broke the news that Brothers was in the adoption business. Mathieson, however, is now willing to speak publicly for the first time to improve her chances of finding her Korean relatives, including a possible sibling named Lee Chang-keun.
That name appears on the adoption papers of another Korean adoptee who, along with his younger brother, was sent to a family in Belgium in 1986. Mathieson connected with him in October last year after commercial DNA tests — increasingly used by Korean adoptees seeking reunions — found that they were most likely siblings.
Mathieson said it was “exhilarating” to discover a blood relative and gain a tangible connection to her biological roots despite not knowing her true name, birthdate or hometown.
“I think no other human on this earth except for adoptees will understand what it’s like to go through life with no link to their origins. It’s something that normal people will take for granted,” Mathieson said in a Zoom interview, using air quotes for the word “normal.” “To see someone that looked so much like me was so exciting.”
The finding also raised disturbing questions about the circumstances of her adoption and that of her newfound kin, who didn’t respond to AP’s requests for comment.
His paperwork says he and his younger brother were adopted from an orphanage in Anyang, a city near the capital, Seoul, that is about 190 miles away from Busan. It says the boys were found abandoned in August 1982, months before Mathieson’s arrival at Brothers, and that they had another brother, Lee Chang-keun, who was at a different Anyang orphanage.
There’s no mention whether Lee was adopted. Mathieson hopes Lee remained in Korea and that she can now find him. She’s desperate for information about her Korean parents, and how they were separated from their children.
Neither Mathieson’s adoption papers nor those of the brothers in Belgium describe any meaningful effort to locate their original families despite the years they spent in the orphanage system.
Mathieson says she's filled with questions: Did her parents leave her with a relative in Busan while scrambling to search for their missing sons? Was she kidnapped by police, like many other inmates at Brothers?
“A lot of the adoptions, rather, were from new parents that had to give up their child right after birth,” Mathieson said. “For a family to relinquish, voluntarily relinquish, three kids between the ages of four and six? It just didn’t add up for me … I knew that (the) true story was so far deep.”
Through documents obtained from officials, lawmakers or through freedom of information requests, the AP found direct evidence that 19 children were adopted out of Brothers between 1979 and 1986, and indirect evidence suggesting at least 51 more adoptions.
Mathieson’s memories from before she left Korea — of watching children playing in an almost empty outdoor pool, of towering black iron gates, of flowers in a garden courtyard where she was hurried out for a photograph — were all vague and benign before the AP first told her that she'd been at Brothers in 2016.
She now connects those memories with Brothers photos showing children playing in the low water of a concrete pit behind huge barred gates that confined thousands — including homeless and disabled people as well as random pedestrians who'd been snatched off the streets — before a prosecutor exposed the facility’s horrors in 1987.
Brothers was the largest of the nationwide facilities that accommodated aggressive roundups ordered by military leaders eager to clean the country's streets. Adoptions were another way to remove the socially undesirable, including children from unwed mothers or poor families, and to reduce the number of mouths to feed.
About 200,000 Korean children were adopted by families in the West in the past six decades, including 7,924 in 1984, the year Mathieson was adopted. Roots are often untraceable because most of the children were listed as abandoned, even when they had known relatives, which made them easily adoptable.
Mathieson plans to bring her case to Seoul’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which has interviewed hundreds of Brothers survivors or their families, but so far no adoptee. While still determined to get information about her biological parents, Mathieson treasures the snippets of her past that have emerged as she presses on with her search.
“It was nice to get additional photos,” Mathieson said about images recently sent from the Korea Welfare Service, her adoption agency. “I will cherish them.” | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/Survivor-of-abusive-facility-searches-for-lost-17234632.php | 2022-06-11T03:36:49Z | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/Survivor-of-abusive-facility-searches-for-lost-17234632.php | true | 39 |
A Texas judge on Friday temporarily blocked the state from investigating families of transgender children who have received gender-confirming medical care, a new obstacle to the state labeling such treatments as child abuse.
The temporary restraining order issued by Judge Jan Soifer halts investigations against three families who sued, and prevents any similar investigations against members of the LGBTQ advocacy group PFLAG Inc. The group has more than 600 members in Texas.
“I do find that there is sufficient reason to believe that the plaintiffs will suffer immediate and irreparable injury if the commissioner and the (Department of Family and Protective Services) are allowed to continue to implement and enforce this new Department rule that equates gender affirming care with child abuse,” Soifer said at the end of a roughly 40-minute hearing.
The ruling comes about a month after the Texas Supreme Court allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also ruling in favor of one family that was among the first contacted by child welfare officials following order by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
“That families will be protected from invasive, unnecessary, and unnerving investigations by DFPS simply for helping their transgender children thrive and be themselves is a very good thing,” Brian K. Bond, executive director of PFLAG National, said in a statement. “However, let’s be clear: These investigations into loving and affirming families shouldn’t be happening in the first place.”
The latest challenge was brought by Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the families of three teenage boys — two 16-year-olds and a 14-year-old — and PFLAG. An attorney for Lambda Legal told the judge that the 14-year-old’s family had learned after the lawsuit’s filing that the state’s investigation into them had been dropped.
Spokespeople for Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday afternoon.
An attorney for the state had argued during the hearing that applying the order to any member of PFLAG was “untenable” and would be difficult for the department to comply with. But Lambda Legal senior counsel Paul Castillo said that parents could simply show their membership receipt or some other proof of membership.
The families had talked in court filings about the anxiety that the investigations had created for them and their children. The mother of one of the teens said her son attempted suicide and was hospitalized the day Abbott issued his directive. The outpatient psychiatric facility where the teen was referred reported the family for child abuse after learning he had been prescribed hormone therapy, she said in a court filing.
A judge in March put Abbott’s order on hold after a lawsuit brought on behalf of a 16-year-old girl whose family said it was under investigation. The Texas Supreme Court in May ruled that the lower court overstepped its authority by blocking all investigations going forward.
That lawsuit marked the first report of parents being investigated following Abbott’s directive and an earlier nonbinding legal opinion by Paxton labeling certain gender-confirming treatments as “child abuse.” The Texas Department of Family and Protective Service has said it opened nine investigations following the directive and opinion.
Abbott’s directive and the attorney general’s opinion go against the nation’s largest medical groups, including the American Medical Association, which have opposed Republican-backed restrictions filed in statehouses nationwide.
Arkansas last year became the first state to pass a law prohibiting gender-confirming treatments for minors, and Tennessee approved a similar measure. A judge blocked Arkansas’ law, and a federal appeals court will hear arguments in the case next week.
The judge set a June 21 hearing on whether to extend the order into a temporary injunction blocking the investigations. | https://wgnradio.com/news/national/judge-blocks-texas-investigating-families-of-trans-youth/ | 2022-06-11T03:37:47Z | https://wgnradio.com/news/national/judge-blocks-texas-investigating-families-of-trans-youth/ | true | 58 |
Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN shares are trading lower by 3.36% at $2,425.94. Amazon is trading lower amid overall weakness in tech names as market indexes are trading lower on continued volatility. While nonfarm payrolls data came in higher than expected Friday, concerns over Fed rate hikes, inflation and economic health continue to weigh on stocks.
The U.S. added 390,000 jobs in May, beating consensus economist estimates of 325,000 jobs. The U.S. unemployment rate remained at 3.6%, slightly missing the 3.5% level economists had projected. The labor participation rate increased 0.1% to 62.3% and remains below its 63.4% pre-pandemic rate in February 2020... Read More
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Amazon is a leading online retailer and one of the highest-grossing e-commerce aggregators.
According to data from Benzinga Pro, Amazon has a 52-week high of $3,773.08 and a 52-week low of $2,025.20.
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Lori Harvey Deletes Every Trace of Michael B. Jordan from Her Instagram After Split
Lori Harvey is making a clean break. After PEOPLE confirmed Saturday that she and Michael B. Jordan broke up, the model, 25, appears to have deleted all photos of her ex-boyfriend from her Instagram feed, and they have both since unfollowed each other. Jordan, 35, still has photos of...
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Gainers
- IDT IDT stock rose 5.0% to $29.33 during Friday's after-market session. The market value of their outstanding shares is at $759.7 million. As per the news, the Q3 earnings report came out yesterday.
- Golden Matrix Group GMGI shares increased by 4.67% to $5.6. The company's market cap stands at $157.4 million. As per the press release, Q2 earnings came out today.
- So-Young Intl SY shares moved upwards by 3.85% to $0.94. The company's market cap stands at $99.1 million.
- Liberty TripAdvisor Hldgs LTRPA stock rose 2.99% to $1.03. The market value of their outstanding shares is at $78.1 million.
- AutoWeb AUTO shares increased by 2.97% to $0.52. The market value of their outstanding shares is at $7.3 million.
- Creatd CRTD stock rose 2.75% to $1.12. The company's market cap stands at $22.5 million.
Losers
- CuriosityStream CURI shares declined by 9.5% to $1.62 during Friday's after-market session. The company's market cap stands at $85.1 million.
- Nextdoor Holdings KIND shares decreased by 4.45% to $3.01. The market value of their outstanding shares is at $1.1 billion.
- NextPlay Technologies NXTP shares decreased by 3.46% to $0.19. The market value of their outstanding shares is at $25.4 million.
- Grom Social Enterprises GROM shares fell 3.41% to $0.57. The market value of their outstanding shares is at $10.6 million.
- Cinedigm CIDM shares decreased by 2.81% to $0.66. The market value of their outstanding shares is at $114.9 million.
- Telefonica TEF stock fell 2.58% to $4.92. The market value of their outstanding shares is at $27.7 billion. See Also: www.benzinga.com/money/best-communication-services-stocks/
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SPEARFISH — One of the two wells located at the eastern end of Spearfish has been shut off temporarily until officials can determine what is causing a drastic drop in water flow.
“When the well runs you can hear a clanging noise indicating that there is an active problem down in the well, and we don’t want to risk causing further damage to any of the components down in the well,” explained Kyle Hinton, Spearfish Public Works Director.
A routine inspection of the well during Memorial Day weekend showed that the water flowing through the well had dropped from around 1,000 gallons per minute (GPM) to around 40 gpm.
The drop in water flow didn’t disrupt any services, Hinton assured, and operators have been able to compensate for the shut down station by re-routing water from other parts of town.
“We are able to transfer some flow from the west pressure zone to the east pressure zone to help provide water while the Young Well is down,” he said.
During Monday’s city council meeting, Hinton told officials that city crews have been able to determine that the problem is not coming from anything on the surface, which means whatever is causing the issue must be 1,000 feet down in the well itself. Unfortunately, that means the Public Works department will need to bring in an outside contractor to inspect the underground workings of the well.
“The contractor we’re gonna get out here will pull the well string, and then we will be able to fix it at that point,” Hinton said.
Hinton estimated that it could take four to six weeks before the station is fully operational, which could mean enacting the city’s recently updated water conservation policy.
“Right now we’re OK. Things are really wet, but we may need to look at voluntary water restrictions if this continues, just so that we don’t run into any issues,” he told the council on Monday.
Hinton stressed that if the need arises to start implementing water conservation efforts in certain parts of town, it would only be on a voluntary basis. He said he plans to have more information and to update the council on the well’s progress at its next study session scheduled for June 15, at 4:15 p.m.
As a reminder, the city’s water conservation policy is broken up into a color-coded system.
• Blue is defined as the normal (voluntary) water conservation alert, when users are asked to practice water conservation, such as watering lawns no more frequently than every other day, and only watering between the hours of 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. Under this status, the water system is operating normally.
• Yellow is defined as mandatory conservation alert, when customers follow an even/odd irrigation schedule and only water during the hours of 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. Customers are encouraged to limit outdoor water use and minimize indoor water use.
When this level is implemented, it will be at the recommendation of the water/wastewater utilities superintendent, with the consent of the city administrator and public works director. Council members would be notified of the status change.
• Orange is defined as rationing conservation alert, when users are asked to minimize indoor water use and required to limit outdoor water use as defined on the water conservation policy. Under this alert, outdoor watering is limited to vegetable gardens only, between the hours of 6 p.m. and 8 a.m., and only with water cans/buckets or handheld hoses with a nozzle shutoff. The use of water in decorative fountains is prohibited, as well as the washing of vehicles from residential water spigots, unless the cleaning is necessary to preserve the proper function/safe operation of the vehicle. The washing of paved surfaces is also prohibited. A move to this level would require a resolution by the city council.
• Red is defined as critical water conservation alert, when water supplies are only available for health and safety needs, when users are strongly requested to minimize indoor water use and are prohibited from all outdoor water use. This alert may be implemented in emergency situations, such as significant damage to infrastructure, severe wildfire/structure fire in the area, prolong power outages, or other catastrophic events. The intent of this status alert is to be declared for a limited amount of time until the water supply system can be stabilized. This indicator may be declared by the water/wastewater utilities superintendent, with the consent of the city administrator and public works director.
To view the Spearfish water conservation alert policy, visit www.cityofspearfish.com/442/Water-Conservation-Alert.
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Sidhu Moose Wala murder: Pune rural police to question Lawrence Bishnoi for fresh leads
- A team of Punjab police that reached Pune on Thursday, also questioned Siddhesh Kamble alias ‘Mahakal’, an alleged member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, in connection with the Moose Wala murder case.
A team of two Pune rural police officers has travelled to Delhi to question jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, said to be the mastermind in the murder of Punjabi rapper and Congress leader Sidhu Moose Wala. The purpose of the visit is to obtain leads on the whereabouts of absconding Santosh Jadhav, a member of Bishnoi's gang and one of the accused in Moose Wala murder case, news agency PTI reported.
Jadhav is also an accused in a murder case lodged at Manchar police station in Pune last year wherein the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) has been invoked against him. Besides gathering information on Jadhav's whereabouts, Pune rural police want to know if any other youth from Maharashtra is associated with the Bishnoi gang.
An officer from Pune rural police said that along with the team in Delhi, three more of their teams are out to trace Jadhav.
Also Read | Suspected shooter in Moose Wala killing arrested, 9th arrest so far: Sources
Meanwhile, a team of Punjab police that reached Pune on Thursday, questioned Siddhesh Kamble alias ‘Mahakal’, an alleged member of the Bishnoi gang, in connection with the Moose Wala murder case. Kamble, against whom the MCOCA has also been invoked, was wanted by the Pune rural police for allegedly sheltering Jadhav in connection with the 2021 murder case.
In another development, the Mumbai Police said on Thursday that three members of the Bishnoi gang had delivered a threat letter to Bollywood actor Salman Khan and his father Salim Khan recently. Police said that it was a part of gangster Vikram Brar's, a close aide of Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar, plan to terrorise the actor-father duo and “extort money” from them.
Police have learnt this while questioning Kamble, who is also a suspect in the Moose Wala murder case.
The Interpol has issued a red-corner notice against Goldy Brar, who has claimed responsibility of Moose Wala murder. The famous Punjabi singer was shot dead by unknown assailants on May 29 in Punjab's Mansa district.
(With inputs from agencies) | https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sidhu-moose-wala-murder-pune-rural-police-to-question-bishnoi-for-fresh-leads-101654860926396.html | 2022-06-11T03:43:50Z | https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sidhu-moose-wala-murder-pune-rural-police-to-question-bishnoi-for-fresh-leads-101654860926396.html | false | 2 |
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A large fire that broke out in a shed at Rockdale has been contained, Fire and Rescue NSW said.
Crews continue to work with machinery to remove and spread out the burning rubbish so it can extinguish.
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People are advised to remain indoors, keep windows and doors closed, and avoid the areas of West Botany Street, Lindsay Avenue and Rockdale Plaza Drive (including in front of the Bunnings and Fitness First).
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Which Husqvarna chainsaw is best?
If you’ve ever needed to slice through some trees and tried to do so with only an ax, you understand the necessity of a chainsaw. Husqvarna offers chainsaws of various lengths and engine powers, so you don’t have to spend a dollar more than necessary. It also packs several technologies into the construction to make any model comfortable to use.
The best Husqvarna chainsaw is the Husqvarna 460 Rancher 24-Inch Gas Chainsaw. It has the power to shred anything and the best Husqvarna technology to make it comfortable.
What to know before you buy a Husqvarna chainsaw
Guide bar length and power
Husqvarna chainsaws guide bar length is directly proportional to its power. Longer chains use stronger engines to complete tougher jobs. When shopping for a Husqvarna chainsaw, always ask yourself how long of a chain and how powerful an engine you need so you don’t overspend.
The general guideline is to buy a chainsaw 2 inches longer than what you plan on slicing. Husqvarna has chainsaws 12-36 inches long.
Weight
With longer chains and stronger engines comes more weight. Ask yourself if you have the strength to wield a heavy, powerful chainsaw before buying it. Remember that a chainsaw is a dangerous machine to use, especially if you don’t have perfect control.
Husqvarna chainsaws typically weigh 10 to 25 pounds.
Power source
Husqvarna chainsaws are powered by cable, battery or gas.
- Cable chainsaws are the lightest and generate little noise and vibration. The downside is the need to be plugged into an outlet, severely limiting where you can use it.
- Battery chainsaws also produce little noise and vibration. Plus, these option are more environmentally friendly and can be used anywhere. The downside is being the weakest of the bunch.
- Gas chainsaws are the biggest and most powerful by a long shot. In return for that power, you have to handle high noise, weight and vibration. Gas is also the most expensive fuel and its emissions are damaging to the environment.
What to look for in a quality Husqvarna chainsaw
Felling marks
When slicing down a standing tree, targeting where you want it to fall is a safety requirement. As such, the best Husqvarna chainsaws have felling marks on the blade that help you plan and execute the fall.
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The best gas Husqvarna chainsaws use Husqvarna’s X-Torq two-stroke engine. X-Torq engines decrease your emissions and lower your fuel consumption rate without lowering your engine’s effectiveness.
How much you can expect to spend on a Husqvarna chainsaw
Husqvarna chainsaws typically cost $200-$2,000, mostly depending on the size. Most cost $200-$600. The largest ones typically cost up to $1,200. Only one chainsaw costs more than $1,200 and it costs $2,000.
Husqvarna chainsaw FAQ
How do I use a Husqvarna chainsaw safely?
A. Using a Husqvarna chainsaw safely requires three stages of preparation.
- Step 1: Examine the chainsaw. Make sure every piece is in perfect order and double-check that the oil tank is full and the power source is at maximum.
- Step 2: Examine the work area. Remove any potentially hazardous material from the work area and double-check that there’s nothing you shouldn’t be sawing through in your to-be-sliced object. Additionally, if you’re cutting down a tree, make sure there’s nothing in any of its potential fall paths.
- Step 3: Examine yourself. Make sure you’re wearing every piece of protective clothing you can. This includes eye, ear, nose and mouth protection, a hard hat, gloves, tight-fitting clothing covering all your skin and work boots. Finally, never use a chainsaw if you’re intoxicated or physically impaired.
Once these stages are complete, you can safely use your chainsaw. If you take a break, repeat these steps before continuing.
How should a Husqvarna chainsaw be stored?
A. Keep your chainsaw in a dry and dust-free place away from sunlight. Covering it and keeping it in a locker is a good choice, especially if you have children.
What’s the best Husqvarna chainsaw to buy?
Top Husqvarna chainsaw
Husqvarna 460 Rancher 24-Inch Gas Chainsaw
What you need to know: This is among Husqvarna’s most powerful chainsaws.
What you’ll love: Its 3.6-horsepower engine and 24-inch guide bar make it perfect for shredding through even the thickest, toughest trees and brush. It has an ergonomic grip and Husqvarna’s LowVib technology to make wielding it as comfortable as possible.
What you should consider: It’s too expensive for anything other than regular use. Its weight, 14.5 pounds, makes it hard to use for long periods.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Husqvarna chainsaw for the money
Husqvarna 120 II 16-Inch Gas Chainsaw
What you need to know: This affordable but powerful chainsaw is great for those who need one occasionally.
What you’ll love: The 1.88-horsepower engine and 16-inch guide bar make it a good choice for slicing through smaller, softer trees. At only 10.7 pounds, it’s easier to use for longer periods. It has an inertia-activated chain brake to stop the chain if it kicks back.
What you should consider: A few customers had issues starting the engine. Others found it hard to keep running, especially if they were heavy-handed on the throttle.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Husqvarna 450 Rancher 20-Inch Gas Chainsaw
What you need to know: This middle-ground chainsaw can handle anything outside of the biggest jobs.
What you’ll love: A side-mounted tension system makes adjusting the chain simple and the automatic oiler ensures the chain is always well lubricated. It uses Husqvarna’s Air Injection cleaning system to stop debris from entering the air filter and engine.
What you should consider: It’s pricey. A few purchasers received units with backward installed chains, but it’s easy to fix with the right tools.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Pick Four-Evening" game were:
1-9-9-4, Fireball: 3
(one, nine, nine, four; Fireball: three)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Pick Four-Evening" game were:
1-9-9-4, Fireball: 3
(one, nine, nine, four; Fireball: three) | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Four-Evening-game-17234692.php | 2022-06-11T03:57:24Z | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Four-Evening-game-17234692.php | true | null |
White sox second. Jake Burger doubles to deep left field. Yoan Moncada flies out to right center field to Steele Walker. Yasmani Grandal singles to shallow center field. Jake Burger scores. Josh Harrison reaches on a fielder's choice to shortstop. Yasmani Grandal out at second. Danny Mendick grounds out to shortstop, Ezequiel Duran to Nathaniel Lowe.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. White sox 1, Rangers 0.
Rangers fifth. Nathaniel Lowe homers to right field. Brad Miller pops out to shallow infield to Yoan Moncada. Ezequiel Duran grounds out to third base, Yoan Moncada to Jose Abreu. Steele Walker strikes out swinging.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Rangers 1, White sox 1.
Rangers sixth. Marcus Semien flies out to left field to AJ Pollock. Corey Seager called out on strikes. Adolis Garcia homers to center field. Kole Calhoun strikes out swinging.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Rangers 2, White sox 1.
White sox sixth. Andrew Vaughn walks. Luis Robert reaches on a fielder's choice to shortstop. Andrew Vaughn out at second. Jose Abreu walks. Jake Burger strikes out swinging. Yoan Moncada strikes out swinging.
1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Rangers 2, White sox 2.
White sox seventh. Yasmani Grandal walks. Josh Harrison reaches on a fielder's choice to shallow infield. Yasmani Grandal out at second. Danny Mendick flies out to deep right center field to Steele Walker. AJ Pollock doubles to deep left field. Josh Harrison scores. Andrew Vaughn strikes out swinging.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. White sox 3, Rangers 2.
Rangers eighth. Steele Walker called out on strikes. Marcus Semien grounds out to third base, Yoan Moncada to Jose Abreu. Corey Seager homers to center field. Adolis Garcia singles to shortstop. Kole Calhoun strikes out swinging.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Rangers 3, White sox 3.
White sox eighth. Luis Robert singles to shallow center field. Jose Abreu grounds out to shallow infield. Luis Robert out at second. Jake Burger singles to shallow infield. Yoan Moncada singles to center field. Jake Burger to second. Yasmani Grandal doubles to deep right field. Yoan Moncada scores. Jake Burger scores. Josh Harrison singles to shallow center field. Leury Garcia scores. Danny Mendick homers to left field. Josh Harrison scores. AJ Pollock strikes out swinging.
5 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. White sox 8, Rangers 3. | https://www.nhregister.com/sports/article/Texas-Chicago-White-Sox-Runs-17234753.php | 2022-06-11T04:00:38Z | https://www.nhregister.com/sports/article/Texas-Chicago-White-Sox-Runs-17234753.php | true | 10 |
A high streamflow advisory has been issued by the River Forecast Centre for some of the same British Columbia rivers where flooding last November ripped away roads and devastated communities.
The centre says snowmelt above the North Thompson River in central B.C. will send a “pulse” of water downstream toward the Fraser River.
It says while the water level is expected to rise, no significant rain or heat is in the forecast that would produce major increases in flow through the river.
Rain from last week is still moving through reservoirs, prompting a high streamflow advisory for the Nicola River, the same river that was flooded last November, washing away large sections of Highway 8 and stranding communities.
The centre says that although long-term water monitoring sites were destroyed on the river during last November’s historic flooding, it is likely that the pulse of water will increase flows downstream.
However, significant rainfall is not currently forecast for the region.
The centre is advising the public to stay clear of fast-moving rivers and potentially unstable riverbanks during the high-streamflow period.
A provincial state of emergency was declared last fall after storms washed away highways, flooded communities in the Interior and the Fraser Valley.
Five people were killed when they were caught in mudslides during the so-called atmospheric rivers.
—The Canadian Press
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NEW ORLEANS, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until August 5, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Teladoc Health, Inc. (NYSE: TDOC), if they purchased the Company's securities between October 28, 2021 and April 27, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
If you purchased securities of Teladoc as above and would like to discuss your legal rights and how this case might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, contact KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or via email (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nyse-tdoc/ to learn more. If you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff in this class action, you must petition the Court by August 5, 2022.
Teladoc and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On April 27, 2022, the Company disclosed a host of negative financial results, including revenue of $565.4 million, below consensus estimates by $3.23 million, net loss per share of $41.58, primarily driven by a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $6.6 billion or $41.11 per share, and revised FY 2022 revenue guidance to $2.4 - $2.5 billion and adjusted EBITDA guidance to $240 - $265 million, which the Company largely attributed to increased competition in its BetterHelp and chronic care businesses.
On this news, shares of Teladoc fell $22.48 per share, or 40.15%, to close at $33.51 per share on April 28, 2022.
The case is Schneider v. Teladoc Health, Inc., et al., No. 22-cv-04687.
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
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Maryland Weather: Showers And Humidity Return On Wednesday
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland has just experienced three of the nicest and most comfortable days anyone could ask for.
Sun and very dry air were constant these past three days.
By Tuesday, a front will be approaching the region.
This will signal a return to more humid air and be accompanied by the risk of some showers and thundershowers.
Temperatures will again be near the norm of 80 degrees tomorrow.
The risk of showers and some thunderstorms will linger into Wednesday as well.
But the weather will dry out for much of Thursday and Friday before a new batch of rain heads toward Maryland on Saturday.
Most of Northern Maryland missed the last rain event, so some rain would actually be a good thing.
Sunshine will return by Sunday, along with comfortable humidity too. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2628542623639/maryland-weather-showers-and-humidity-return-on-wednesday | 2022-06-11T04:07:19Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2628542623639/maryland-weather-showers-and-humidity-return-on-wednesday | true | null |
A recent trip to The Strip refreshed my memory to what no longer exits
By Perly Viasmensky
How things have changed…
Talking to a friend last Friday, I mentioned that it has been 20 years since I visited the Las Vegas Strip.
With nothing else to do, I thought maybe I should take a look and visit one of the hotels. I have read that the MGM has purchased the Cosmopolitan, so I thought if the MGM has always been a good house, I should check out the Cosmopolitan.
To the Cosmopolitan I drove. Honestly, I wasn’t ready for the big shock.
I walked around the casino still thinking if I should check my luck at one of the tables. I stood by one table, still undecided if I should sit down or not, when I heard a young man, the only player at the table, tell the dealer the most grotesque and obscene statement, one not even appropriate for a prostitute. I was shocked when I heard him saying: “Sit on my face so I can lick your p***y.”
To my biggest surprise, I noticed that the pit manager was standing and laughing, right behind the dealer, as if what the man said was some kind of a joke.
I could not believe my eyes and thought — whatever happened to our city, our casinos and the personnel working at our casinos? During the good ol’ past times of our casinos, that manager would have stepped out and told the customer: “You don’t talk that way to our dealers, much less to a lady.”
It didn’t matter if the customer was playing a $25 hand or $100, the dealers were always respected by the house.
I looked at that manager and thought to myself “What else can we expect?” His jacket looked like he had been sleeping with his suit on for a month or maybe he washes it himself and forgot to iron it after coming out of the dryer.
I continue walking from table to table, honestly having forgotten about “MY LUCK.” By the time I concentrated on what I was looking at, everything looked as if though I were in the twilight zone, and everything passed in front of me like an old movie. I remember the dealers of times past, the ones that looked like they came out of a fashion magazine — white starched shirts, clean shoes, manicured hands, impeccable!
What I saw at the Cosmopolitan was deplorable. Pants? Dikies. Shirts? Wrinkled. Shoes? Dirty. Attitude? Unfriendly, or maybe afraid of those supposed managers. There were no happy faces among dealers, they actually looked and acted like zombies.
I used to visit casinos frequently — The Sahara, Riviera, the old Thunderbird, Marina, Aladdin, Caesars Palace, The Dunes, The Sands, you name it, even the downtown Golden Nugget; everything was high class.
There is no wonder that the old-timers of Las Vegas don’t visit the Strip any more. There is one thing we need to accept, since the corporations started taking over Las Vegas: everything has changed.
There might be another 20 years for me to set foot in another Las Vegas Strip casino.
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Threatening intimidation apparently is not a crime
So many things have changed in Las Vegas that are totally unbelievable. The economy is down the drain and still young women in Las Vegas cannot work to support themselves.
Apparently, nobody cares about the dangerous situation we are all living in with the homeless population, of which the majority of them are from out of town.
A friend of mine works Uber delivering food to help herself make ends meet. Last Friday night she was about to pick up a delivery on Sunset and Eastern when a homeless man approached her driver’s window with a bat raised toward her. Her first reaction was to drive away and call the police.
METRO officers responded and encountered the man saying: “Drop the bat, drop the bat.”
When talking to my friend the officers said: “He is homeless” (as if being homeless is an excuse to harass or harm others); “there is nothing else we can do, because he did not commit a crime.”
True, very true, the man did not commit a crime, but he was about to commit a crime. What do they need to wait for? For the man to hit her on the head with the bat, steal her car, and later have 25 police cars pulled up around the dead woman?
When officers walk into a situation like this, they scream and yell “Drop the gun” or like in this case, “drop the bat,” because they fear for their life and safety, but nobody else can fear for their life.
In this particular case the man, as luck would have it, did not commit a crime, but eventually he will commit a crime. MARK MY WORDS!
In cases like this when the man does commit a crime, he can be arrested and appear in court the following morning for the good judge to let him go on OR.
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Perly Viasmensky is the General Manager of the Las Vegas Tribune. She writes a weekly column in this newspaper. To contact Perly Viasmensky, email her at pviasmensky@lasvegastribune.com. | https://lasvegastribune.net/2022/06/08/a-recent-trip-to-the-strip-refreshed-my-memory-to-what-no-longer-exits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-recent-trip-to-the-strip-refreshed-my-memory-to-what-no-longer-exits | 2022-06-11T04:08:11Z | https://lasvegastribune.net/2022/06/08/a-recent-trip-to-the-strip-refreshed-my-memory-to-what-no-longer-exits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-recent-trip-to-the-strip-refreshed-my-memory-to-what-no-longer-exits | false | 1 |
Policy was given attention only post 2014: Amit Shah
New Delhi, Jun 11: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said many sectors remained unexplored in the country in the past due to lack of conducive policies.
Amit Shah was speaking at the launch of headquarters of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) in Bopal area of Ahmedabad. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, news agency PTI reported.
"We are celebrating 75 years of our Independence. I want to say that governments before 2014 did not pay much attention to policy making. In the absence of conducive policies, many sectors remained unexplored or remained out of the reach of the people as well as technocrats," said Amit Shah in his address before PM Modi's speech.
"The biggest change Modiji brought after becoming PM was formulating new policies and launching government programmes around those policies. This change created new opportunities for our sectors, and space is one of those sectors," said Amit Shah.
He said new policies formulated by the government under PM Modi have also opened the Indian market and created a platform for the youth, adding that IN-SPACe will become a medium to realise numerous possibilities in the space sector.
"We have achieved a huge milestone with the launch of IN-SPACe today. This will help us in utilizing all those technologies which were created by ISRO till now. It was Modiji who came up with this idea of creating an ecosystem wherein private players and startups also play an important role," said Amit Shah.
He expressed confidence that IN-SPACe will become a platform to give opportunity as well assistance to the private sector talents.
(PTI) | https://www.oneindia.com/india/policy-was-given-attention-only-post-2014-amit-shah-3419016.html | 2022-06-11T04:17:32Z | https://www.oneindia.com/india/policy-was-given-attention-only-post-2014-amit-shah-3419016.html | false | 6 |
Stephen Curry scores 43 as Warriors down Celtics, even Finals
Stephen Curry recorded 43 points and 10 rebounds and the Golden State Warriors evened the NBA Finals at two games apiece with a 107-97 victory over the host Boston Celtics in Game 4 on Friday night.
Curry made 14 of 26 field-goal attempts -- including 7 of 14 from 3-point range -- while moving with ease on the left foot he injured late in Game 3. His previous high in this year's postseason was 34.
Klay Thompson scored 18 points and Andrew Wiggins contributed 17 points and a career-high 16 rebounds for the Warriors. Jordan Poole added 14 points for Golden State.
Jayson Tatum had 23 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and three blocked shots for the Celtics. Jaylen Brown scored 21 points, Marcus Smart added 18, Derrick White had 16 for Boston and Robert Williams III collected 12 rebounds.
Game 5 in the best-of-seven series is Monday at San Francisco.
Golden State finished the game with a dominating 17-3 burst over the final five minutes.
Smart drained a 3-pointer to give Boston a 94-90 lead with 5:18 remaining, but the Warriors answered with 10 consecutive points. Wiggins scored on a putback, Thompson hit a 3-pointer and Curry sank a floater for a 97-94 edge with 3:49 to play.
Neither team scored for more than two minutes before Curry buried his seventh 3-pointer to make it a six-point margin with 1:42 to go.
Al Horford ended the Celtics' drought by hitting a 3-pointer with 1:32 left. However, Golden State's Kevon Looney made a layup with 1:04 to play and Curry sank 5 of 6 free throws down the stretch to seal it.
Golden State made 44 percent of its shots and was 15 of 43 (34.9 percent) from behind the arc. Looney grabbed 11 boards.
The Celtics shot 40 percent from the field, including 15 of 38 (39.5 percent) from 3-point range.
The Warriors scored the first five points of the third quarter to tie the score at 54, but Boston responded with a 9-2 push to move ahead by seven.
Curry scored 14 points in the quarter and made four 3-pointers, with three of the treys coming in the final 4:19. The last one gave Golden State a 79-78 edge with 58.5 seconds left in the stanza.
Tatum had 16 points as the Celtics led 54-49 at halftime. Curry had 19 before the break for the Warriors.
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Coaches Corner: Aaron Weber
For this week's segment, we hear from the head coach of the South Ridge baseball team.
CULVER, Minn.- For this week’s Coaches Corner, we spoke with South Ridge baseball coach Aaron Weber as the Panthers bring home their fourth straight Section 7AA and head into the State Tournament. | https://www.fox21online.com/2022/06/10/coaches-corner-aaron-weber/ | 2022-06-11T04:24:27Z | https://www.fox21online.com/2022/06/10/coaches-corner-aaron-weber/ | false | null |
Frankfort High’s Jinniah Ali made sure she had choices when it came to picking a college.
Ali, who was accepted by more than 35 colleges, has been named the WesBanco Student of the Week.
Among her academic honors, Ali has received National Honor Society and Beta Club awards, the Martin Luther King Jr. Poetry Award, the Delta Sigma Theta Scholarship and the Black History of the Month Scholarship provided by Cumberland Family Medical.
Ali graduated from FHS Friday.
She is the daughter of Jamila Simpson and Michieal Simpson.
State Journal: How many colleges accepted you, and how did you decide which colleges to apply to?
Ali: I have been accepted to over 35 colleges all being HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). The reason I did this was because I wanted to be surrounded by my community and I believe that I can be just as successful in my life and career as those who go to PWIs (predominantly white institutions). I want to embrace my community wholeheartedly.
SJ: What were you looking for in a college?
Ali: For a college I am looking for a place that I can feel comfortable in knowing I can learn and grow there. I want to be able to build a name for myself and have a positive impact at the school.
SJ: Where are you going to school and why did you choose it?
Ali: I am going to Tennessee State University and I chose this school due to location as well as the level of comfort I felt when I went there to visit.
SJ: What activities were you involved in at school or in the community?
Ali: I was involved with National Honor Society, Beta Club, Delta Gems program as well as Upward Bound.
SJ: What do you plan to major in, and what are your career goals?
Ali: I will be majoring in health science pursuing a career in becoming a physical therapist while minoring in psychology as well as the possibility of business administration. My career goal for myself is to be able to maintain an “I can do anything I put my mind to” mindset. If I know that I will push myself and work hard for whatever comes my way, whether there are obstacles or no obstacles, I can succeed anywhere I want to live life with a smile knowing it can be simply changed by the way I perceive things.
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Baltic index posts 3rd straight weekly fall on weakness in smaller vessels
The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index extended its slide on Friday and was headed for a straight third weekly loss as rates weakened across smaller vessel segments.
The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, lost 22 points to 2,320 points.
The index was down 12% for the week.
The capesize index inched up 2 points to 2,371 but has lost about 19% this week.
Average daily earnings for capesizes, which typically transport 150,000-tonne cargoes such as iron ore and coal, increased by $22 to $19,665.
The panamax index dropped 45 points, or 1.7%, to 2,629 points and has lost about 7.8% in this week.
Average daily earnings for panamaxes, which usually carry coal or grain cargoes of about 60,000 tonnes to 70,000 tonnes, decreased by $402 to $23,662.
Iron ore prices fell with the Singapore benchmark headed to a weekly loss on renewed concerns over demand in China, where fresh COVID-19 alerts threaten to derail the economy’s reopening and steel margins have come under pressure.
The supramax index lost 32 points to 2,495.
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Rahul Paswan in Bengaluru; Editing by Aditya Soni) | https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-index-posts-3rd-straight-weekly-fall-on-weakness-in-smaller-vessels/ | 2022-06-11T04:27:57Z | https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-index-posts-3rd-straight-weekly-fall-on-weakness-in-smaller-vessels/ | true | 1 |
Federal judge orders Legislature to redraw U.S. House map
BATON ROUGE – A federal district judge ruled Monday that the new congressional maps drawn during a special legislative redistricting session earlier this year need to be redone to be fair to the state’s minority residents. Gov. John Bel Edwards quickly said that he would call the...
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