Even if you don’t play contact sports, you could develop signs of traumatic brain injury
Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe/Getty Images Athletes Figures for how common chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is vary depending on the demographics of people surveyed. Study I from Boston University looked for CTE in male football players at all levels. Study II, conducted by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, used randomly selected brains. Study III was done by a group from the Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders in London with brains suffering from other neurodegenerative disorders. Nonathletes National Football League (NFL) players Study III*The brain bank in Study I preselected for individuals with trauma** All categories (youth, high school, college, and NFL) Graphic: N. DESAI/SCIENCE; Data: J. Mez et al., JAMA, 360, 318, 2017; K. Bieniek et al., Brain Pathology, https://doi.org/10.1111/bpa.12757 H. Ling et al., Acta Neuropathologica, 891, 130 2015 All football players** 99.1%7.9%11.8%5%1.3%87.6% Lesions and unhealthy protein clusters in brain slices are signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. 
Study I* People with neurodegenerative diseases Even if you don’t play contact sports, you could develop signs of traumatic brain injury By Sabine GalvisJul. 3, 2019 , 12:00 PM Scientists looking for a link between repeated brain trauma and lasting neurological damage typically study the brains of soldiers or football players. But it’s unclear whether this damage—known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)—is prevalent in the general population. Now, a new study reports those rates for the first time.To conduct the research, neuropathologist Kevin Bieniek, then at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, and colleagues sorted through nearly 3000 brains donated to the clinic’s Rochester, Minnesota, tissue registry between 2005 and 2016. Then, by scanning obituaries and old yearbooks, the researchers narrowed the group to 300 athletes who played contact sports and 450 nonathletes. The scientists removed all infants under age 1, brain samples with insufficient tissue, and brain donors without biographical data attached to their samples. Finally, they collected medical records and looked under a microscope at tissue from up to three sections of each brain for signs of CTE. Those signs include lesions and buildup of tau, a protein associated with neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.Six percent of the brains showed some or all signs of CTE, Bieniek and his colleagues report in Brain Pathology. Not all the people experienced symptoms associated with CTE, at least according to their medical records. Those symptoms include anxiety, depression, and drug use. 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Nine percent of athletes had evidence of CTE, compared with just over 3% of nonathletes.The highest rate of CTE was in football players who participated beyond high school: Ten of 15 collegiate and professional players showed either some features of CTE or definitive diagnoses. The likelihood of developing CTE was 2.6 times as high for football players as for nonathletes, the researchers found, but more than 13 times as high for football players who continued beyond the high school level, compared with nonathletes.“Parents need to understand that playing tackle football does increase your risk of developing CTE, and it is correlated to how many years you play,” says Chris Nowinski, the CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit in Boston that advocates for concussion prevention among athletes. “That’s an important message if we ever want to prevent this disease.” Study II All football players** Only one of the 273 women in the sample exhibited signs of CTE. She was not an athlete. Bieniek says this could be because of the subjects’ somewhat advanced average age of 67. That would mean most of the women in the group were at least in their early 20s before Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in education and school activities, became law in 1972; they likely had fewer chances to play competitive sports than men.The team also found that individuals with CTE were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries no more often than people whose brains lacked CTE. The authors suggest repeated trauma is key to developing CTE; a single hit to the head may cause a concussion and concussion-related symptoms without turning into a CTE diagnosis.Still, experts note that medical records can be incomplete, and people don’t always seek treatment for disorders such as depression and drug use. As a result, the findings could underestimate the proportion of people with CTE who develop these issues.The results provide a good overview of CTE prevalence in the general population, says Kristen Dams-O’Connor, a clinical neuropsychologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City who was not involved with the study. “Most of the research on CTE so far has been done in highly selected [groups] of people with generally very high levels of exposure to head trauma.”Neuropathologist Daniel Perl of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, also cautions that many of the brains in the study show only mild signs of CTE and should not be conflated with more extreme signs seen in professional football players’ brains. “I think we have to be very careful how we interpret this study and others like it.”Bieniek acknowledges that the brain donors were predominantly white, raising questions about whether the findings apply to everyone. He hopes to conduct further research with a more racially diverse set of samples at his new position at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. *Correction, 8 July, 1:55 p.m.: An earlier version of this article misstated the location of Kevin Bieniek’s previous position at Mayo Clinic.
Collection of cushions in a myriad of coloursWhat’s common to the mosaic seating My Little Roses from Sicis, the fine china cup and saucer from Versace Home, the elegant Bouquet chair by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka, and the rainbowhued mosaic wallpaper by Bisazza? Much like the ramp, the home is,Collection of cushions in a myriad of coloursWhat’s common to the mosaic seating My Little Roses from Sicis, the fine china cup and saucer from Versace Home, the elegant Bouquet chair by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka, and the rainbowhued mosaic wallpaper by Bisazza? Much like the ramp, the home is a feminine flutter of paisleys and florals this spring/summer, and these international icons are drawing inspiration from the delicate floral motif.While pale pastels and fresh botanical patterns have been celebrated on the ramps in the spring-summer collection of fashion houses like Louis Vuitton, Dolce & Gabbana, Roberto Cavalli, Ralph Lauren and Prada, romantic prints are blooming inside our living spaces as well.Leather printed chest of drawers from Portside CafeSo, if Pottery Barn has on offer a series of bedding collections marked by restful patterns and soothing hues, Shrewsbury, mass designers Mitali Seth and Lovisa Shergill, on the other hand, presented botanical print pillows at the recent New York International Gift Fair. Closer home, product designers like Bobby Aggarwal from Portside Cafe and Alex Davis of Indi Store give way to these bounties of nature by producing printed leather chest of drawers and a steel orchid bunch sculpture.Sculptural chair from SicisReminiscent of an English summer, the floral form is the most inspiring element in a design scheme. Simple and uncomplicated, it can instantly make a home a happy space when introduced either in the form of furniture and furnishings like cushions and pillows, or through decorative touches like wallpapers, boxes and tableware.According to Shilpa Kalanjee-Pastala, an interior designer and managing partner, Fusion Access, a Mumbai-based lifestyle store, “From armoires to chaises to chairs to centre tables and accent mirrors, home furnishings are canvases for designers around the world. Adorned with interesting floral patterns and other nature-inspired designs, furniture and accessories are the must-have items of the season.”Cup and saucer set from Versace Home’s flower fantasy collectionBotanicals are big in home decor and there is a high-octane dose of flower power. These elements of nature not only have visual appeal, but emotional as well. While providing a softer touch to interiors, they also make our spaces fresh, romantic and welcoming. There is no hard and fast rule that says these patterns can decorate only living room and bedrooms. While these two zones have always been the most preferred spots for introducing floral style, nowadays the magnificent budding incarnations are finding place in every nook and cranny of our homes. A side storage unit with nature-inspired themeBe it inside our kitchens in the form of backsplashes, appliances and utensils that sport the beautiful blooming dales, or inside our bathrooms in the shape of floral-patterned bathtubs, basins and vanities, the effervescent drawing is almost everywhere.Furniture that makes the motif its very core of existence is a great way of introducing nature inside our interiors. Settle for one such statement piece rather than going over the board with it, advocate most international furniture houses. Take for instance, the bright-hued, deep red chair from Italian mosaic giant Sicis. The Fleurs Rosa wallpaper from BisazzaPart of the Sicis Next Art chapter one collection, the limited edition piece available in different colours is made of precious artistic mosaic and silk velvet, which beautifully covers the two elegant roses which form the seating set-ups back. Or for that matter, the Bouquet chair by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka, which leaves an impression of the real bouquet. An innovative take as how banal objects can be shown in a different perspective, the chair produced for furniture label Moroso is made of 269 coloured petals. An orchid accessory mae of steel from Indi Store”Each petal, which is attached to the seat one by one, is formed from a square fabric so that each has varied aspect just like nature. Gathering those petals, a bouquet has been completed,” says Yoshioka. Both pieces are showstoppers in their own way and are quite capable of giving any room a glamorous appeal.Covering walls with big floral patterns is quite a trend. Easy and convenient to install, these wallpapers can instantly transform the look of a room. From the blushing rose to evocative poppies and orchids, one can choose wallpapers from a number of design variations and colour schemes. It is advisable though to keep away from very busy and intricate patterns in a small-sized room. Stick to almost invisible patterns and light colours.Showcasing how floral arrangement when replicated on the walls can have a stunning impact, is Italian brand Bisazza’s range of mosaic wallpapers. Drawing on the French tapestry of the early 19th century, the Fleurs Rosa, for example, has the main decorative element in the form of a rich composition of brightly coloured oversized flowers.The Bouquet chair by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka is made of 269 coloured petalsSoft furnishing is another area where these buds are ruling high. A highbacked chair upholstered in multi-floral chintzes of English-styled cottages for instance, works perfectly well in both traditional and modern settings. While a flower-bedecked bedspread can give the room much needed personality. However, before going ga ga over the botanical brigade, keep in mind the style of the bedroom and the overall decor plan. Large blooms inspire an English country-style feeling while smaller flowers convey a laidback ambience. Besides bedspreads, soft fillings like cushions and throw pillows add to the visual beauty.An important tip though: don’t introduce too many patterns around the house. Try to choose complementary colours, where possible, and don’t go for too many different flower-themed designs as they run the risk of clashing.advertisementadvertisement
Hovorka also pointed out that it is not always that such Hovorka also pointed out that it is not always that such a big contingent travel to every country, where the Czechs are playing their Davis Cup tie. Hovorka insisted that the reason for so many people to have come to India is the keenness to explore some part of the country. “There is a core team of people who travel regularly with the Davis Cup team but here a larger contingent has come as they wanted to explore some parts of India as well, apart from watching the matches,” said Hovorka. “Some of them had visited Arga on Thursday, saw the Taj Mahal and other forts, while others are also planning to visit some of the places near Delhi in the next couple of days,” he said. A visiting team member, Michael said, “It was a good experience coming here and supporting the team. It is really good to have an electrifying atmosphere in the stadium. It was missing yesterday but today being the weekend, lot of crowd have come and it is really nice. “Despite overwhelming presence of the Indian fans, we managed to give a good support to our team,” he said. PTI CM ATK ATK
Coimbatore, Jul 22 (PTI) In a gesture to promote sports and encourage sportspersons, the Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA) has offered Rs 1 lakh to an athlete from nearby Tirupur district, who will be participating in the next months coming Olympics in Brazil.Dharun Ayyasamy hailing from Ravuthampalayam village in Tirupur District is participating in the 4×400 meteres mens relay in the olympics.TEA President A Sakthivel said, the participation of a lad from Tirupur in the Olympics was a proud moment for them.”TEA has sponsored Rs 1 lakh and handed over the cheque to Dharuns mother Poongodi today in Tirupur,” he said. PTI NVM ROH RC
The ICC said that the new financial model was developed based on guiding principles that included equity, good conscience, common sense and simplicity, among others. The ICC Board agreed to work collaboratively on the details of the constitution and model with a view to final sign off at the April Board meeting and submission to the full ICC Council in June. The ICC said progress was made around future structures of bilateral international cricket with a preferred model identified by the Member Chief Executives for all three formats of the sport. This framework will now be used to build a more detailed model that incorporates scheduling and accommodates existing agreements to present to the ICC Board for full consideration in April. This includes nine-team Test league run over a two year cycle with the remaining three Test teams to be guaranteed a consistent and confirmed schedule of Test matches against all other teams; 13-team ODI league run over a three year period leading into qualification for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023; regional T20 competition structure to be developed as a pathway to qualification for the ICC World T20. Regarding this, a scheduling summit will now be held in March before a detailed proposal is put to the ICC Board in April. In other decisions, the Chief Executives Committee agreed to the principle of a consistent use of DRS technology across all international cricket. A full implementation plan will be considered by the ICC Cricket Committee in May before approval in June 2017 for roll-out from October 2017. In the interim, the CEC agreed that DRS will be used in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, all televised games at the ICC Womens World Cup and all future ICC World Twenty20 televised games with one review per side. Post 2017 any technology used must be checked and approved by MIT. The CEC agreed to introduce a system of demerit points for poorly-rated pitches and grounds. If a venue accumulates five demerit points (each point will remain active for five years once received), the venue will receive a 12-month suspension. Ten points will force a 24-month suspension. More PTI PDS PDSadvertisement
There have been several bits of juicy fundraising data released in the last few weeks, here’s a peek at the reports that caught our eye:1. Blackbaud’s 2013 Charitable Giving Report is out and contains a lot of encouraging news for nonprofits. Blackbaud reports that overall giving grew 4.9% in 2013, while online giving continues to grow at a faster clip. For the second straight year, the report showed double digit growth in online fundraising, with a 13.5% increase in 2013 compared with 2012. Are you a small group wondering if you can keep up? Good news: organizations that raise less than $1M per year saw the biggest improvement in online giving with a 2013 increase of 18.4%.2. Our friends at M+R have shared aggregated year-end fundraising results from 26 organizations. The “2013 Year-End Fundraising in Review” complements other recent reports, showing that, for these organizations, online giving also grew as did the size of average gifts. M+R’s Senior Vice President of Strategic Services, Steve Daigneault adds helpful insight on response rates and email revenue, plus offers some “time capsule” advice for fundraisers looking ahead to December 2014.3. Lucy Bernholz noted that the great folks at DonorsChoose.org have released a massive amount of their data. Among other things, this data examines which types of projects are most requested through the education crowdfunding platform and shows how—and where—donors are giving back to schools. You can request access to the DonorsChoose.org data, or check out their fabulous summary infographic.Image source: DonorsChoose.org. See the full infographic here.Which data points are you watching closely this year? How do you plan to use this information in your own fundraising strategy? Share your thoughts in the comments below or give us a shout out on Twitter.
Having finished bottom of the Six Nations for the past three years and on a run of 20 consecutive championship losses, Italy, who face England at Twickenham on Saturday, appear to be the side with most to lose if a relegation play-off was introduced. Whether World Rugby’s proposal materialises remains to be seen, with an emergency meeting scheduled in Dublin next week, and there is considerable opposition from within the Six Nations at board level. But O’Shea has given the Nations Championship a ringing endorsement, dismissing any concerns over relegation.“On the face of it this seems like a really exciting proposal,” said O’Shea. “The one thing we need to do is to grow the game. If we just have the couple of rich kids winning everything we don’t have a game. It’s what is good for the game. With what we’re doing in Italy I’d be quite comfortable that, whether it’s me here or someone else here, we have a bloody good team in the making. I’m really comfortable where this team can go. If it comes in two or three years and they are talking about World League promotion and relegation play-offs, if that’s what it is we’ll play to the rules and don’t bet against Italy.” Share on Facebook Italy’s head coach, Conor O’Shea, has come out in support of World Rugby’s controversial proposal for a new global league despite the obvious threat it poses to his side’s place in the Six Nations.World Rugby insisted on Wednesday that promotion and relegation from the Six Nations every two years was a fundamental part of its proposed Nations Championship, which would start in 2022. Under the proposal, the team who finish bottom of the Six Nations would face a play-off against the team who finish top of Europe’s second tier – a competition won by Georgia seven times in the past eight years. Six Nations World Rugby’s ambitious plan makes Brexit appear simple by comparison Rugby union Eddie Jones picks England heavyweights to wreak revenge on Italy Italy rugby union team Since you’re here… Read more Support The Guardian World Rugby Topics The Breakdown: sign up and get our weekly rugby union email. Read more Share via Email … we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading and supporting The Guardian’s independent, investigative journalism than ever before. And unlike many new organisations, we have chosen an approach that allows us to keep our journalism accessible to all, regardless of where they live or what they can afford. But we need your ongoing support to keep working as we do.The Guardian will engage with the most critical issues of our time – from the escalating climate catastrophe to widespread inequality to the influence of big tech on our lives. At a time when factual information is a necessity, we believe that each of us, around the world, deserves access to accurate reporting with integrity at its heart.Our editorial independence means we set our own agenda and voice our own opinions. Guardian journalism is free from commercial and political bias and not influenced by billionaire owners or shareholders. This means we can give a voice to those less heard, explore where others turn away, and rigorously challenge those in power.We need your support to keep delivering quality journalism, to maintain our openness and to protect our precious independence. Every reader contribution, big or small, is so valuable. Support The Guardian from as little as $1 – and it only takes a minute. Thank you. Six Nations 2019 news Italy head to Twickenham having never beaten England in 24 Tests and are as long as 60-1 with some bookmakers to end their losing streak. Making Italy’s task all the more difficult, Jones has selected what O’Shea believes is “the backline he has been dreaming of” with Manu Tuilagi and Ben Te’o in the centres and Joe Cokanasiga on the wing. Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest “This is probably the team that Eddie has wanted to pick for quite a while,” added O’Shea, who welcomes his captain, Sergio Parisse, back to the starting lineup. “He won’t say it, but certainly in the backline it is the one that he is dreaming of. We are looking forward to the challenge that brings. We will be put under huge duress by an absolutely enormous English team.“It’s an incredibly strong England team and they’ll be out sniffing blood and looking to prove a point. We know we’ll be under the pump at Twickenham, we know they will be baying for blood. Eddie has named this strong team, they’ll be full metal jacket and we’re ready.”Upon naming his side, Jones threw in a curveball by claiming Maro Itoje, who suffered a knee injury on his return to training this week, may yet be included in England’s squad. O’Shea however, was nonplussed by Jones’s seemingly playful suggestion. “If it happens it happens,” he said. “Honestly we focus on ourselves so I don’t really give a jock what the others are doing.” Share on WhatsApp Share on Messenger Reuse this content
The Manual Spirit Awards 2019: The Best Craft Liquor Made in America 7 Mountain Bike Destinations to Put On Your Bucket List You’ve probably heard, even traveled, the iconic Kentucky Bourbon Trail and Tennessee Whiskey Trail (if you haven’t, we’ve got bigger issues…), but did you know Colorado— notorious for its hiking, snowsports, and ‘greenery’— has forged a new spirits trail of its own?Now’s about the time you’re gonna get real thirsty…Last October, The Colorado Distillers Guild started putting together a comprehensive map of 53 world-class distilleries within the state of Colorado, ranging in expertise from whiskey and vodka to booze as unique as rums and absinthe. They officially launched The Colorado Spirits Trail map in February of 2018 with not only the location and spirit details of each distillery, but the interactive capability to create your own travel itinerary with drive times, directions, and narrowed down regions–all to keep the trip at least a little bit manageable.After all, Colorado is 380 miles long and 280 miles wide.… But if that sounds more like a challenge than a deterrence, Sean Smiley, an elected official with the CO Distillers Guild says the entire trail is completely doable.“Depending on how quickly you can drive, how much money you want to spend, and how much time to devote at each distillery, in theory, you could accomplish the trail in 8-9 days if you really committed. That’s an aggressive three distilleries per day, traveling from Buena Vista to Steamboat to Palisades… but there’s a reward…” Goodie!If you visit 10 of the 53 distilleries, gaining a special stamp at each location (no cheating, dudes), you’ll be awarded a shirt. Ok, cool, I like shirts… but the big prize comes after visiting all 53 boozy paradises. The first 25 people to complete the entire Colorado Spirits Trail will be sent a signed bottle from each of the 53 locations. Holy liquor heaven, Batman! That’s right, 53 complimentary bottles to start your own apartment bar.“As a man, there’s something unique and sexy and fun about visiting distilleries and the craftsmanship going behind the scenes of building the stills, the engineering, and chemistry,” adds Smiley. “The final product comes from a lot of dedication and if you’re a connoisseur or appreciate the intense craftsmanship that goes into a world-class spirit, it’s the perfect trip. Keep it broad or narrow it down: explore the world of whiskey or gin or even rum in Colorado and build a trip around that.”One must-stop-distillery on the Colorado Spirits Trail hails from the Rocky Mountain town of Crested Butte. Open year-round, Montanya Distillers specializes in making a world-class, highly-awarded rum. Of all places, Crested Butte! “This is astounding considering they don’t grow sugarcane anywhere in Colorado,” Smiley adds, “yet it’s where one of the best rum distilleries in the world is located. (Rum and cokes, anyone?)Build your dream trip to Colorado around the spirits you love… because Vegas, Cancun, and Paris can get old real quick. Editors’ Recommendations Dictador 2 Masters Takes Luxury Rum to a New Level If You Haven’t Visited the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, What Are You Waiting For? 10 Best Whiskies for Irish Coffee
May 20, 2014 zoom China’s leading event organizer CBI recently announced its 7th Asia Bunker Forum will be held on July 3-4, 2014 in Hong Kong.Previous attendees include SIX CHINA BONDED BUNKER COMPANIES, BP MARINE, SK ENERGY, and also SHELL EASTERN TRADING, Port of Fujairah, United Bunkering & Trading (HK), A.P.Moller Maersk, NYK Line, COSCO Petroleum, and Indian Oil Corporation.This year, 100+ top industry players of Asia Pacific are estimated to attend, including ship owners, bunker traders, physical suppliers, ports, trading companies and third-party service providers.With the expansion of new building orders and the improving demolition market, the international shipping market is still facing overcapacity. Playing a special role in Asia’s bunker market, China’s bonded bunker dropped for the first time in 2013, and will face many challenges in the future. Meanwhile, the marine fuel market still keeps growing in Asia due to the development of emerging ports in Far East, Japan and Korea.Under the circumstances, the 7th Asia Bunker Forum, as scheduled in the late summer every year, will present comprehensive analysis and insights on the issues above, and lead the marine fuel market to grow smoothly.Hot Topics:Global shipping market development in 2015-2020The development and planning of emerging ports in Asia PacificAnalysis on Asia’s bunker trading flows and balance of supply & demandHow will the six bonded bunker companies deal with an unprecedented decline this year?Bonded bunker market development trend in 2015-2020Fuel purification systems and the application of scrubberThe development of alternative marine fuels: LNG and methanolMore info
During 19th century sailing voyages, the constant rhythm of a sea shanty helped a ship’s crew orchestrate their movements while performing tedious duties. While the practical use for sea songs has faded away, visitors to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic can enjoy the traditional music on Saturday, Aug. 19. The Johnson Girls, an all-woman maritime song group, will entertain the audience with two special sea shanty performances. At 3 p.m., The Johnson Girls will hold a free, hour-long workshop where participants will learn shanties and forecastle (fo’c’sle)songs, and discover the reasons the music was so ingrained in life at sea. At 7:30 p.m., the group will showcase its talent with rousing work songs, and haunting ballads and laments. Formed in 1997, the group has headlined events such as Portugal’s Festival of Ports in Lisbon; Britain’s Sidmouth International Festival, Warwick Folk Festival, Broadstairs Folk Week, and New England’s Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival. Admission for the workshop is free. Admission to the concert is $5 per adult. The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is located at 1675 Lower Water St. in Halifax.
Pristina: Kosovo will hold early elections on October 6, the president’s office said Monday, after lawmakers voted to dissolve parliament after premier Ramush Haradinaj stepped down to face a war crimes probe. President Hashim Thaci “has decided today to call early elections for the assembly… and has set the date for Sunday, October 6, 2019,” the president’s office said in a statement. Haradinaj, who was a commander of ethnic Albanian rebels during the 1998-99 war with Serbia, resigned in July after he was summoned by international prosecutors in The Hague. A special court there – which operates under Kosovo law but has international judges – is investigating alleged war crimes by Kosovo guerrillas during and after the war with Serbia. New elections will inevitably add a delay to already faltering talks with Serbia.
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Dec. 14———FOUR DIE IN ONTARIO HELICOPTER CRASH: Four employees with Ontario electrical utility Hydro One died in a helicopter crash on Thursday. A witness who lives near the crash site north of Kingston said that Hydro crews had been working for weeks on power lines strung on nearby towers. The helicopter was apparently heading for a landing. The Transportation Safety Board was sending a team of investigators to the crash site.———INVESTIGATION BEGINNING INTO SASK PLANE CRASH: Transportation Safety Board investigators were heading to the site of a plane crash in Northern Saskatchewan. No one was killed in Wednesday’s crash near the community of Fond du Lac, but at least five people were seriously injured and needed to be airlifted to hospital. West Wind Aviation, the airline that operated the plane, said it doesn’t know why its aircraft crashed.———WOMAN CHARGED IN ALTERCATION THAT SERIOUSLY INJURED A BABY: A woman in Toronto faces five charges including attempted murder in connection with an altercation that resulted in serious injuries to a four-month-old infant girl and the stabbing of a man. Police allege the man and woman started arguing and the woman, who had a knife, went on to injure the man and baby. Police aren’t providing details of the attack but the baby remains in hospital in critical condition.———TRUDEAU SETS STAGE FOR JUNE’S G7: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is outlining how Canada will host the G7 summit set for June in Charlevoix, Que. He said on Thursday that Canada will host ministerial level meetings with its G7 counterparts across the country before leaders convene in Charlevoix, Que., next June. He told a Facebook Live event that he wants to spread the economic benefits across Canada as it hosts the leaders’ summit. Improving gender equality will be a major priority at all those ministerial meetings, he says.———CANADA EXPANDS GUIDELINES ON TORTURE-TAINTED INTELLIGENCE: The Trudeau government has flushed out its directives on the use of foreign intelligence likely obtained through torture to include Canada’s military, diplomatic service and electronic spy agency. It means those agencies are prohibited from using information gleaned from torture, unless it means saving lives. That includes preventing a terrorist attack or protecting Canadian soldiers on overseas missions. The government says the directives are designed to ensure Canadian officials have clear guidelines and are not complicit in any abuse.———POLOZ LEERY ABOUT BITCOIN: Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz is warning about Bitcoin, saying the purchase of the cryptocurrency is “closer to gambling than investing.” Poloz told The Canadian Club on Thursday that Bitcoin is not a reliable store of value and does not constitute “money.” Poloz’s comments come one day after the chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board Janet Yellen called Bitcoin a “highly speculative asset” that “doesn’t constitute legal tender.”———RCMP TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT SEX ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS: The RCMP say they’re going to review nearly 300 sexual assault cases they originally determined were unfounded. The Mounties reviewed more than 2,200 files from last year and concluded no violation of the law had taken place. The force determined that 284 cases needed further investigation.———TRUMP SUPPORTS DISNEY’S 21st CENTURY FOX DEAL: The White House says President Donald Trump supports Disney’s purchase of much of 21st Century Fox. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders says Trump called media magnate Rupert Murdoch to congratulate him on the deal. Disney is buying the Murdoch family’s Fox movie and television studios and some cable and international TV businesses for about $52.4 billion. Sanders says Trump thinks the deal “could be a great thing for jobs.”———
OTTAWA (1310 NEWS) — If there is a winner in the new trade agreement between Canada, U.S. and Mexico, it appears a former prime minister is giving that title to the Americans.It’s been over a week since the tentative trade agreement was struck, but in an appearance on Fox Business, former Prime Minister Stephen Harper is now weighing in, saying he thinks it is a good deal for the U.S., especially when it comes to auto concessions from Mexico.“You know, I am not going to dispute. I think the President got a pretty good deal for the United States,” Harper says. “Content requirements and wage provisions and a number of other things.”He didn’t really address the impact on Canada or our concessions in the dairy sector. He did however say he hopes all three countries can now focus on the trade imbalance with China, saying the Chinese have growing access here, but it’s the opposite when we try and do business there.“We can only sell what the Chinese say we can sell, when they say we can sell it and it what quantity,” Harper adds. “This is a serious problem for our workers. It’s not sue merely to normal economic factors, it’s due to the fact that the Chinese market is largely closed.”Harper says China has been a much bigger trade threat than NAFTA when it comes to workers and business and says President Donald Trump’s trade target should have been China, not NAFTA.
Grammy-award winning pop group, Train, made a special visit to Denver Health Medical Center on Saturday.Members of the Grammy-award winning group, Train, visit with Denver Health patient, Elijah (1 year old) and his mother, Devonie before performing at the hospital’s annual gala.Credit/Copyright: PRNewsFoto/Denver HealthDuring their visit, they met pediatric patients and performed some of their most popular songs. Train was in Denver to perform at the NightShine gala, a benefit for the Denver Health Foundation.Denver Health is the Rocky Mountain Region’s Level I academic trauma center, and the safety net hospital for the Denver area. The Denver Health system, which integrates acute and emergency care with public and community health, includes the Rocky Mountain Regional Trauma Center, Denver’s 911 emergency medical response system, Denver Health Paramedic Division, eight family health centers, 13 school-based health centers, the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, NurseLine, Denver CARES, Denver Public Health, the Denver Health Foundation and the Rocky Mountain Center for Medical Response to Terrorism, Mass Casualties and Epidemics.Source:PR Newswire
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she’s giving the British Columbia government “space” as it consults with its federal counterparts, but warned she isn’t limiting what measures she’d take in the ongoing dispute over the Trans Mountain pipeline.“There are no options that we are ruling out,” Notley said when asked about further measures, including potentially stopping the current flow of oil in the Kinder Morgan pipeline.“Part of the point of a strategic rollout of options is to do it on a strategic basis, so I’m not going to speculate about which option will come into play at which time.”Notley said Monday she won’t pursue further measures as conversations between the federal government and B.C. continue.“We’re going to give them a little bit of space, we’re not certainly going to wait indefinitely, and we’re going to assess it every day as we see what kinds of signals we get from B.C. and out of the federal government,” she said.She also said she’ll be meeting later this week with her newly-established task force to go over next options.The members include former New Brunswick premier Frank McKenna, former deputy prime minister Anne McLellan, former Syncrude Canada president Jim Carter and noted legal scholar Peter Hogg.The Alberta government has already suspended talks regarding selling electricity to B.C. and recently moved to ban the import of B.C. wine.The moves came after B.C. Premier John Horgan announced his government’s intention to ban increased bitumen imports through pipelines and conduct consultations about spill cleanup.This has been Notley’s main argument regarding the dispute, saying B.C. does not have the authority – which belongs to the feds – over what goes into a pipeline and how much.Horgan said last week that he won’t be distracted by Notley’s trade attempts and that he does have the law on his side.“We are currently in court with respect to the Kinder Morgan process, the pipeline, and until we get a resolution from the federal court, that is an option question,” he said. “When it comes to our right, my right as the premier, Georges (Heyman) right as the minister of environment to consult with British Columbians about putting in place protections for our environment and our economy, I see no ground for the premier to stand on.”Notley said it’s encouraged that B.C. and other provinces consult with their citizens, but the issue is how those attempts to consult could delay or potentially end a project that’s already been approved, in part according to the prime minister because of Alberta’s Climate Leadership Plan.But Horgan has said he stands by his position.“At this point, all we’ve done is announce our intention to consult with British Columbians,” he said. “Our court case focuses on what we believe was a lack of due attention by the National Energy Board to the interest of British Columbia in making their determination.”United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney has also been pushing for an emergency meeting in the legislature to discuss the issue, promising a bipartisan conversation to figure out where to go from here.Notley said she appreciated Kenney’s support, but isn’t calling such a meeting.“I think that what we need to do is not be talking to each other inside this building, but rather speaking to people across this country about the import of our position,” she said.Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr responded to a Conservative motion calling on the government to use every tool to get the pipeline expansion built and to report to Parliament of its plans by Thursday.Carr said the Conservatives were trying to manufacture a crisis and that the Liberals wouldn’t allow any attempts to stall or stop the project.But when Notley was asked if there’s if she’s hoping to hear more from the federal NDP, she was blunt.“Not really, no,” she said.– with files from the Canadian Press
Variole : des cas présumés en OugandaOuganda – L’OMS (Organisation mondiale de la santé) enquête actuellement sur d’éventuels cas de variole apparus en Ouganda.Éradiquée en 1979 grâce une intense campagne de vaccination, la variole pourrait faire sa réapparition, si l’on en croit l’enquête menée en ce moment par l’OMS. Cette maladie, extrêmement contagieuse et mortelle, tuait un malade sur cinq. Le dernier cas a été recensé en 1977, en Somalie. Cependant, plusieurs personnes avaient été contaminées en 1978, suite à un accident dans un laboratoire de Birmingham.Des informations en provenance de l’Ouganda remettent cependant en cause l’éradication de la maladie : quelques cas de variole pourraient en effet être à déplorer dans ce pays. Même si l’OMS prend cette menace sérieusement et mène l’enquête, plusieurs cas de variole présumés ont déjà été déclarés : il s’agissait uniquement de varicelles virulentes.Le 25 mars 2010 à 12:54 • Emmanuel Perrin
Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitic revealed that he is not planning on leaving FC Barcelona anytime soon, he doesn’t mind De Jong’s competition.In recent days after Frenkie de Jong was announced as FC Barcelona’s most recent transfer, midfielder Ivan Rakitic was described as one of the most obvious exits from FC Barcelona to leave the number ‘4’ jersey for the Dutchman.This Monday there was a gala organized by Catalan newspaper Mundo Deportivo, where both him and Samuel Umtiti received the Extraordinary Repsol Award for their incredible World Cup performances last summer.Both the French defender and Rakitic reached the Russia 2018 World Cup final and Samuel was the one who won the trophy, but Ivan’s performance during the tournament was more than enough for him to receive this recognition.During the gala, the player was interviewed by Mundo Deportivo about his future in the club and he confessed that he will keep fighting to earn his place inside the squad because he currently feels like he is going through the best moment of his career.Just like we mentioned in a recent analysis of his possibility, it’s highly unlikely that Ivan Rakitic leaves the Catalan club next summer despite the rumors.Rakitic, en la Gala MD: “Quiero estar aquí más años”https://t.co/M9dF2eHUwG …— FC Barcelona (@Barcelonaticos) January 28, 2019“All I know is that I want to be here and if I have the chance to renew my contract, I would love to remain here for more years,” said Rakitic during the gala.“I am very happy here, everybody knows it, the president most of all. I really have nothing else to say about this topic.”“I don’t know if De Jong’s arrival can limit my playing time. That is a great question for the manager and the president.”“People who know me are aware that I’m ready to always play. I face this whole situation very calmed and very eager to give 100%.”“I am 30-years old and I think I am in the best moment of my career. I want to keep enjoying football and Barça.”“I want to be here and renew my contract if possible, that will let me stay here for more years to come. But most of all, I want to have a great season and win many more trophies.”
Top 5 Barcelona players to watch in the Champions League Tomás Pavel Ibarra Meda – September 13, 2019 With the Champions League about to start, we need to start talking about the Top 5 Barcelona players to watch in the competition.The UEFA…“I congratulate De Jong for signing with the best club in the world and also the club for bringing such an amazing transfer.”“We obviously want to win the Copa del Rey. We know that reaching the final will be very complicated after the first result against Sevilla.”“Playing against my former teammates will be very special, so to speak. However, we already turned the result around when we played against Levante and we want to do the same now so we can remain in the Copa,” he concluded.💭 Rakitic: “My future? If I’m here, I’m here to play. I have a lot of confidence, I know what I can give, I know who I am, so I face it with a lot of tranquility.” #71GalaMD pic.twitter.com/T9ZWKWpdWu— FC Barcelona Fl 🏆 (@FCBarcelonaFl) January 28, 2019There is still no clue what will happen with Ivan Rakitic and Barcelona, the press leaked this information of him being the best prospect to leave the club next summer for a reason.Every single time information of this nature surfaces, it’s because someone inside the club is looking to rattle the cage and begin a war between player and club in order to push the footballer out of the institution.Knowing what Ivan Rakitic’s posture is, we now know that we are in for an interesting next summer in which we are getting a little bit of drama between the club and Ivan Rakitic’s agent.We also have Ernesto Valverde to consider here, because the manager will obviously take the player’s side in this battle and he could also leave the institution if the board members decide that they want to sell him to the highest bidder while they can still get an important amount of money for him.This whole situation is in no way Frenkie de Jong’s fault, but he is already caught in the middle for the time he gets to wear a Barcelona jersey.Sé que hay muchos haters de #Rakitic entre los nuevos culés, pero no me importa dar opiniones impopulares, siempre digo lo que pienso aunque no vaya a ser lo más popular. A mí me gustaría que Iván se retire en el #Barcelona, es uno de mis jugadores favoritos. Espero que se quede. pic.twitter.com/LkR09DcrUF— ALEX10 (@ALEX15vs) January 28, 2019What do you think will happen between Ivan Rakitic and FC Barcelona? Please share your opinion in the comment section down below.
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