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☆ Draining of Ukraine's Kakhovka reservoir offers a reminder of past and present wars
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Max Hunder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

On a drizzly morning near the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, a team of divers and underwater demining experts from Ukraine's State Emergency service grappled on Monday with the steering element of a S-300 missile. He said the amount of explosive or dangerous items the unit had been called out to deal with had grown several times since the Kakhovka dam was destroyed last Monday. Ukraine's environment minister said the Kakhovka reservoir, which was the body of water contained by the dam, had lost nearly three-quarters of its volume. REUTERS/Alina SmutkoThe S-300, used by both Russia and Ukraine, is a Soviet-era missile built to intercept aerial targets, such as larger missiles. The destruction of the Kakhovka dam has provided other historical echoes: In 1941, retreating Soviet forces blew up Zaporizhzhia's huge Dnipro Dam to slow a German assault.

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☆ Should You Upgrade to the Always Pan 2.0?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +4 min

I’ve been using the original version since 2020 to make eggs, pancakes, fried rice and more. As far as the standard features go, the Always Pan 2.0 performs just as well as the original. To do so, I made a spinach, artichoke and parmesan frittata—a recipe I’ve made before in a simple nonstick frying pan. (When I’ve made the same recipe in a different pan, I had to cook for several minutes longer to get the middle to set). And when it came time to flip the frittata out of the pan and onto a serving dish, it slid out beautifully in seconds.

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☆ Kim has no regrets after crawling through the mud at PGA Championship
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Unfortunately for the South Korean, a viral video clip of him crawling through the mud will make it difficult to forget. Sky Sports commentators laughed heartily at his expense and when he was told he had gone viral, Kim sank to his knees and hid his face with his cap but he laughed it off. It could be the difference of me having a chance to win on Sunday or making the cut," Kim told ESPN. "I was told it was in the mud and if I'm able to hit a shot, I'm doing everything I can to do it. Every single shot matters so much to me."

☆ A week after Congo floods, volunteers dig through debris for bodies
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Crispin Kyala | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BUSHUSHU, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 12 (Reuters) - With shovels, sticks and bare hands, Red Cross volunteers struggled to clear caked mud from around a body half buried in a landslide in Bushushu village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A week after torrential rains triggered deadly floods, the workers said they were exhausted and running out of equipment. But they keep finding corpses under piles of debris, buried in hillsides, floating in waterways and the nearby lake. It's a serious problem," Désiré Yuma Machumu, head of the Red Cross in Congo's South Kivu province, said. On Thursday, Reuters watched the volunteers painstakingly recover 17 bodies.

A veteran and former police officer described the haunting scenes he found when he arrived at the outlet mall in Allen, Texas, Saturday. The aftermath of the mass shooting there was “horrific,” Steven Spainhouer told CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield on Sunday. Spainhouer said he was planning to meet his son, who works at the H&M store at the outlet mall, for lunch. Spainhouer drove to the outlet mall and said when he showed up, he saw many people fleeing the scene and counted seven bodies on the ground. Spainhouer added that both he and his son will receive counseling for what they witnessed Saturday.

☆ A woman earns nearly $5,000 a month selling pictures and videos of her feet — dirty socks can fetch as much as $500
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Julia Naftulin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Chrissy makes an average of $5,000 each month selling custom videos and photos, plus used socks she mails out. Chrissy told Insider she's been selling photos of her "elegant" size seven feet on the website for three years. That's when I started to explore other options and came across Fun with Feet," Chrissy told Insider. Whenever they see a photo, they want to imagine the person behind that photo," Chrissy told Insider. She said she plans to continue selling feet photos until she gets sick of it, but doesn't anticipate that will be any time soon.

☆ Russian commanders now punish misbehaving troops by sticking them in dirt holes covered with metal grilles called 'zindans:' UK intelligence
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The holes in the ground are covered by metal grilles, and are makeshift dungeons called "zindans." Independent Russian media also reported recent cases of Russian troops being held in"zindans." The intelligence update comes several weeks after the independent Russian media outlet Vertska also reported that Russian troops were beaten and placed in "zindans." He pleaded for help from the Russian defense ministry, accusing his commanding officer of being "corrupt." The Russian defense ministry's press service did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment sent outside regular business hours.

☆ Nigeria dance carnival helps residents reclaim the streets
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Residents of Oworonshoki have seen their share of violence, with robberies and tit-for-tat gang murders once commonplace in this part of Nigeria's vast, boisterous commercial capital. Days of dance workshops culminated with an all-day carnival aiming to reclaim the streets and reduce tensions between rival gangs. "I've been able to achieve a big goal in my life, and Slum Party has really changed a whole lot for me," he said. Community leader Oriyomi Akeem said Slum Party has helped bring peace to a neighbourhood once known as a no-go area overrun by gangs. Ozegbe-Obiajulu hopes the carnival's success could be replicated by people in other troubled areas of Nigeria and beyond.

☆ Venezuela's working-class communities get together to eat Christmas 'hallacas'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Children eat "Hallacas", a local traditional Christmas dish, during a Christmas activity organised by the NGO "Mi Convive" and the foundation "People who need love" in the neighbourhood of "El Cementerio", in Caracas, Venezuela, December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Gaby OraaCARACAS, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Residents in working-class neighborhoods of Venezuela's capital city of Caracas are coming together to break bread over "hallacas," a dish commonly served around Christmas, as part of an initiative to unite communities depleted by migration. The neighborhoods' smallest residents noshed on hallacas, leaving their faces caked in the crumbs. During the meal, residents busted out the drums and tambourines to sing "gaitas," or seasonal songs characterized by Venezuela's mixed heritage, and "aguinaldos" - similar to Christmas carols. So this Christmas dish is our connection to that family abroad," she said.

Rising salinity in the Delta has multiple causes, experts and farmers say, including overextraction of groundwater and excessive use of fertilizers and pesticides. "With time, with the sea level higher, that line of salinity will go down into the Delta. EVAPORATIONSea water intrusion and salinity also threaten the Mekong Delta in Vietnam and the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta in Bangladesh. "You have to do much better job in a place like the Nile Delta because the water just evaporates quickly," she said. Rice cultivation helps wash the soil, but the government has imposed restrictions on the crop in parts of the Delta to conserve scarce water.

When measured on the grime factor, “The Rings of Power” has emerged as the dirtier show because of its settings. Elves slog through mud to dig tunnels for their captors. Hobbit-like nomads called Harfoots have soiled skin and shrubbery in their hair. Fighters get caked in ash from an erupting Mount Doom. Ben Rothstein/Amazon

☆ The US never banned asbestos. These workers are paying the price.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Kathleen Mcgrory | Neil Bedi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +39 min

But protocols failed to match reality at the Niagara Falls plant, according to more than a dozen workers. In addition to those signature diseases, which are rare even among asbestos workers, the tiny strands can harm the body in other ways. In the 15 years that followed, congressional attempts to ban asbestos would continue to fall short. OSHA declined to make an official available for an on-the-record interview or comment on ProPublica's findings at the Niagara Falls plant. At the OxyChem plant in Wichita, union president Keith Peacock said he was comfortable with the way asbestos was handled.

☆ Puerto Ricans from town in ‘terrible destruction’ after Hurricane Fiona despair over town's initial exclusion from aid
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Daniella Silva | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The landslides cut off Rivera’s farm, where he still lacks power and water, until heavy machinery arrived to attempt to clear the destruction. Most of the towns excluded were in the southwestern region, where Hurricane Fiona entered and left incalculable devastation. 'Almost all lost'But residents in San Germán were frustrated at not being able to apply immediately for individual assistance. Gone were hundreds of avocados, the coffee, the eggplants, zucchini and other crops Rivera produces and sells to the community, mostly to nearby restaurants. Jorge Luis Rivera, 36, a farmer in San Germán, Puerto Rico, who lost most of his crops to Hurricane Fiona.

☆ New & Notable: Latest releases from Asus, Jabra and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-03 | by ( Justin Redman | Justin Redman Is A Reporter For Select On Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

This story is part of Select's New & Notable column, where we highlight our favorite product launches, major sales, what we're buying and some of our latest recommendations and advice. New this weekOn sale this weekHere are some of our favorite ongoing sales from brands and retailers we think you should know about. I also love that they're high-rise and ribbed — they really do hold everything in. To recommend air mattresses, we spoke to sleep doctors about materials to look for and how to make the most of your sleep on an air mattress. To recommend natural deodorants, we spoke to dermatologists about who should use natural deodorants and how effective deodorants are.

To clean an iPad charging port properly, care must be taken and the best starting point is to not physically touch it at all. If your iPad can't charge, one of the most common causes is a dirty charging port. The charging port is a very sensitive and sophisticated piece of your iPad's hardware, but cleaning it is an easy fix. Their main weakness is the charging port. Check out the products mentioned in this article:How to properly clean an iPad charging portStart using compressed air1.

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