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☆ 'Firmageddon': Researchers find 1.1 million acres of dead trees in Oregon
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Evan Bush | Evan Bush Is A Science Reporter For Nbc News. He Can Be Reached At Evan.Bush Nbcuni.Com. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

“We’re seeing forms of stress in all of our species of trees,” said Christine Buhl, a forest entomologist with the Oregon Department of Forestry. Trained observers peer outside both sides of the plane, looking for noticeable damage to trees. “You definitely have to have a stomach of steel.”This year, the aerial observation program flew over about 69 million acres of Washington and Oregon forest in about 246 hours. Oregon’s average temperatures have risen about 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit since 1895, according to a 2021 state climate assessment delivered to the state’s Legislature. “It was the combination of the high temperatures in the afternoon with the sun boring down,” said Chris Still, a professor in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University.

☆ Bank of England's Dhingra warns of deeper and longer recession with higher rates
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Bank of England rate-setter Swati Dhingra said in an interview published on Saturday that higher interest rates could lead to a deeper and longer recession, adding there were few signs that demands for higher wages risked a wage-price spiral. While most of her colleagues backed a 75 basis-point hike to 3% last month, Dhingra voted for a half-percentage-point increase in interest rates last month, and later told lawmakers the central bank could deepen an expected recession if it pushed up borrowing costs further. "You do see a much deeper and a longer recession with rates being much higher," she told the Observer newspaper. "A wage-price spiral would mean wages should be above inflation," Dhingra told the paper. She said that those expecting further large hikes in interest rates were not taking in account BoE surveys suggesting a fall in investment and employment in the next two years.

☆ ECB's Lagarde warns some fiscal policies in Europe could fuel excess demand
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BANGKOK, Dec 2 (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned on Friday that some European governments' fiscal policies could lead to excess demand, and that fiscal and monetary policies need to work in synch for sustainable, balanced economic growth. "Fiscal policies that create excess demand in a supply constrained economy might force monetary policy to tighten more than would otherwise be necessary," Lagarde said at a conference hosted by the Bank of Thailand and Bank for International Settlements in Bangkok. "We need higher investment and structural reforms to remove the supply constraints and ensure that potential output is not impaired by the changing global economy. "And in a world where external demand is more uncertain, we will also need to strengthen the domestic supply and demand through higher productivity growth," she said. Its rate on bank deposits was increased by 200 basis points to 1.5% in three months.

☆ The founder of Twitter rival Mastodon says he's 'not a fan' of Elon Musk's 'erratic' leadership style
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Eugen Rochko told BBC Newsnight that Elon Musk's leadership style "shows incompetence." Mastodon has recently surged in popularity as users seek alternatives to Musk's Twitter. "Frankly, I'm not a fan of it," Eugen Rochko told BBC Newsnight on Friday. The platform's popularity has surged, with downloads up more than 650% in the 12 days following Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, according to SensorTower. Rochko told Newsnight he created Mastodon precisely because he recognised the importance of Twitter as a tool for global communication.

That ruling, widely known as “Chevron deference,” directs judges to defer to agencies’ interpretation of laws that may be ambiguous. The companies sued the federal government in 2020 over the monitors, who ensure the boats are complying with federal fishing laws. The precedent has been viewed with increasing skepticism in recent years, especially among conservatives, including Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. v. Gina Raimondo et al., United States Supreme Court, case No. For the fishing companies: Paul Clement, Andrew Lawrence and Chadwick Harper of Clement & MurphyFor the government: Counsel information not immediately availableOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ A Russian convoy stole an amusement park train from Ukraine and drove it out of Kherson, Ukrainian advisor claims
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Russian convoy was videoed bringing a children's ride out of Kherson, a Ukrainian advisor said. Political advisor Anton Gerashchenko said on Monday that Russians "stole" the amusement attraction. Russia is reported to be withdrawing some of its forces from occupied Kherson. The post comes as Ukraine accused Russia on Monday of looting empty homes in Kherson city and disguising its troops as civilians to prepare for fighting in the streets. It's still unclear if Russian troops will remain to defend Kherson city, a major hub that sits on the Dnipro river, ISW said.

☆ Nurses in Britain to strike, nursing college says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Nurses in Britain will go on strike, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said on Saturday, an action that will add to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's challenges during an economic crisis. School workers are also going to vote on strike action. "Our strike action will be as much for patients as it is for nurses – we have their support in doing this," RCN general secretary and chief executive Pat Cullen said in a statement on Saturday. The nurses would strike before Christmas, the Observer newspaper reported. The walkout would be the first national strike in the history of the RCN, said the newspaper, which cited union officials.

☆ Elon Musk deletes tweet with unfounded theory about Pelosi attack
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] An image of Elon Musk is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoOct 30 (Reuters) - Twitter's new owner Elon Musk appeared to have deleted a tweet posted on Sunday referencing an unfounded theory regarding the attack on the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at their San Francisco home. Neither Musk nor Twitter immediately responded to a request for comment. In a tweet last week, Musk appealed directly to advertisers, saying that under his watch the social network "obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences!" The suspect in the Pelosi attack, David DePape, is due to be charged on Monday with multiple felonies for allegedly clubbing Paul Pelosi over the head with a hammer on Friday after forcing his way into the couple's home shouting "Where is Nancy?"

☆ AOC says the US is 'truly facing an environment of fascism' where voter intimidation 'brings us to Jim Crow'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AOC said the US is experiencing fascism and voter intimidation that mimics the Jim Crow era. Federal officials warned that threats of violence may rise due to "perceptions of election-related fraud." "We are really truly facing an environment of fascism in the United States of America. This type of intimidation at the polls brings us to Jim Crow," Ocasio-Cortez said on MSNBC's "All in with Chris Hayes" on Friday in a conversation with Hayes and Rep. Jamie Raskin. "Those wounds threaten to rip right back open if we do not strongly defend democracy in the United States of America."

☆ What do Indians think about Rishi Sunak’s rise? Like UK-India relations, it’s complicated
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Now, an Indian-origin man has become the Prime Minister of England,” a Zee News anchor said. Leon Neal/Getty Images Sunak and Boris Johnson watch as a sheep is sheared during a visit to a farm in North Yorkshire, England, in July 2019. Danny Lawson/PA Images/Getty Images Sunak speaks during a general election debate in Cardiff, Wales, in November 2019. Hollie Adams/Bloomberg/Getty Images Sunak and Murty are seen with their daughters, Krishna and Anoushka, while campaigning in Grantham, England, in July 2022. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested as much in a tweet welcoming Sunak’s appointment.

☆ The Gandhis: from 'Kennedys of India' to the political wilderness
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“The Gandhis today are completely dwarfed and overshadowed by Narendra Modi,” said New Delhi-based political commentator Arati R. Jerath. Bettmann Archive/Getty imagesShe was elected prime minister from 1966 to 1977, and again in 1980. But with the ascendance of a new wave of right-wing politics, their party now lurks in the political wilderness, analysts say. Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives a victory speech after winning India's general election, in New Delhi on May 23, 2019. But it seems unlikely he will ever become prime minister of the country, like his father, grandmother and great-grandfather before him.

The widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election as alleged by Trump and his supporters was never proven. Election officials in three other states -- North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada -- reported similar incidents. In 16 North Carolina counties alone, officials noted unusually aggressive observers during May's primary elections, according to a state election board survey. When told to stop, they said they were following guidance from a Republican Party lawyer, said Henderson County Election Director Karen Hebb. As head of the Election Integrity Network, Mitchell is training election observers and is trying to build grassroots networks of conservatives ahead of the midterms.

☆ ‘Blonde’ Review: More Marilyn Mythologizing
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The public’s endless fascination with Marilyn Monroe might not be exhausted, finally, by “Blonde,” but the viewer will be. At two hours and 47 minutes, Andrew Dominik ’s pseudo-biography is one long slog into sadness and more-than-predictable tragedy, despite a touching portrayal by Ana de Armas and the deliberately artful and often startling filmmaking of Mr. Dominik. If you’re wondering if men are swine, they are, at least according to his adaptation of the Joyce Carol Oates novel. In some ways, Monroe was the human exemplar of the observer effect in physics: When we look at a thing, the thing changes. No one in the history of Hollywood has been looked at more intensely than Monroe.

India's foreign minister followed up last week at the U.N. Security Council, describing the trajectory of the Ukraine war as "very concerning" and the risk of a nuclear escalation as of "particular anxiety". Moreover, India is worried the war is pushing Russia closer to China, which has fraught relations with New Delhi, the analysts said. "This is countering a narrative that India and China are both doing the same thing – that China is supporting Russia and India, by sitting on the fence, is also supporting Russia," Raghavan told Reuters. India and Russia have had deep relations for decades: Russia accounted for $5.51 billion of the $12.4 billion that India spent between 2018 and 2021 on arms imports. "As the Ukraine conflict continues to rage, we are often asked whose side are we on," he said, again without mentioning Russia.

☆ How blind football is opening up new horizons for visually-impaired Ugandans
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-09 | by ( Issy Ronald | Cnn Video Amy Li | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

And I wondered if we could start it in Uganda," Muzafaru tells CNN SportJagwe Muzafaru founded Blind Football Uganda after volunteering at the Uganda Paralympic Committee. Just a year after its formation, Blind Football Uganda now consists of four men's teams and two women's teams, containing mixed abilities and classifications. Blind Football Uganda organizes training as well as matches. In a 2014 study conducted by British Blind Sport , participants named competition, health benefits and social interaction as their primary motivations for playing blind football. "It helps them from being in a situation such as depression, being lonely, [or] limited when they join or they come and play football," Muzafaru adds.

☆ A former World Series champion shares the simple daily habit that helped him become more resilient
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-12 | by ( Weng Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Todd Stottlemyre is a former baseball player who won two World Series and now is a motivational speaker. Stottlemyre shared how he coped with the loss of his 11-year-old brother, who died of leukemia. In 1993, when he won the World Series championship, he hit his lowest point. Invest in a journalDuring his coaching sessions with Dorfman, Stottlemyre said he was encouraged to capture his thoughts through journaling. This not allowed him to be more mindful about his well-being, but Stottlemyre said it also helped his career development.

☆ Over 6,000 police officers to ensure proper conduct of runoff on November 15
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-13 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +1 min

Over 6,000 police officers to ensure proper conduct of runoff on November 15More than 6,000 employees of the General Police Inspectorate will make sure that the presidential runoff on November 15 take places appropriately, IPN quoted Sergiu Paiu, head of the General Police Inspectorate, as saying in a press briefing. “At national level, the police will engage over 6,000 employees so that they immediately deal with the reported cases and offenses during voting and ensure the smooth running of the whole process, until the ballots are transmitted to the district electrical councils. I warn the participants in elections that between 7am and 9pm, the employees of the GPI and ANTA will monitor the movement on the country’s territory of motor vehicles whose transportation capacity is larger than eight persons and the regular road passenger routes,” stated Sergiu Paiu. Marin Maxian, deputy head of the General Police Inspectorate, called on the observers not to encourage the people to take illegal action. “Each citizen should understand that they will bear individual responsibility and there will be no collective responsibility and not the one who urged will be held accountable,” stated Marin Maxian, calling upon the people to inform the police whenever they see a violation of the legislation.

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