Pacers end losing streak, hold off Knicks’ late charge
Hong Kong tunnel reopens, campus siege nears end But on the court, New York looked focused and Indiana was lethargic early, almost as if they were looking toward the toughest stretch yet on the schedule.It was a combination that could have proved costly without the terrific trio.Bogdanovic led Indiana with 24 points. Young finished with 10 points, six rebounds four assists and three steals.Collison, meanwhile, bailed them out by making a 16-footer with 24.2 seconds left to give the Pacers a 101-95 lead and again when New York nearly stole the inbound pass after Emmanuel Mudiay’s 3-pointer cut the deficit to three.Instead, Collison retrieved the ball, drew the foul and made two free throws to seal the win and snap a two-game losing streak. Collison finished with 16 points and nine rebounds.ADVERTISEMENT Private companies step in to help SEA Games hosting “We just work not to panic,” Myles Turner said. “That’s the one thing I think we have to keep reiterating as this tough stretch comes up, we can’t panic. We just have to lock in and do our best.”Mudiay led the Knicks with 21 points and Damyean Dotson scored 18 — not quite enough to snap a losing streak that is now at seven. The Knicks also have lost six straight to Indiana.This one might have been the most frustrating.After New York took a 47-37 lead midway through the second quarter, Indiana charged back to make it 55-52 at halftime then opened the third quarter with three straight 3s to for a 12-point advantage.Indiana extended the lead to 97-81 on Turner’s layup with 7:14 to go, but the Knicks only allowed two baskets the rest of the game — and still lost.“It’s tough but we understand what got us there,” coach David Fizdale said. “Right now, it’s the turnovers that really got us. It’s been three games in a row with us up at the 20 mark.”TIP-INSKnicks: Have lost four straight in Indianapolis and five consecutive road games overall. … New York was swept 4-0 by Indiana for the first time since 2014-15. … DeAndre Jordan had 12 points and 16 rebounds, his 12th double-double since joining the team. … Kevin Knox had 16 points.Pacers: Wesley Matthews scored 14 points against the team that released him following last month’s trade with Dallas. … Turner had 15 points and nine rebounds. … The Pacers turned the game by going 6 of 9 on 3s in the third quarter. … Cory Joseph’s seven-game streak without a turnover ended in the first quarter. … Domantas Sabonis had 10 points and seven rebounds in his second game back after missing the previous five with a sprained left ankle.THE RIGHT MIX P2.5 B shabu seized in Makati sting, Chinese national nabbed Trump campaign, GOP groups attack Google’s new ad policy 1 dead, 3 injured in Quezon road crash LATEST STORIES PH underwater hockey team aims to make waves in SEA Games PLAY LIST 02:42PH underwater hockey team aims to make waves in SEA Games01:44Philippines marks anniversary of massacre with calls for justice01:19Fire erupts in Barangay Tatalon in Quezon City01:07Trump talks impeachment while meeting NCAA athletes02:49World-class track facilities installed at NCC for SEA Games02:11Trump awards medals to Jon Voight, Alison Krauss Together, they helped Indiana overcome an inexplicably sluggish start and an equally confounding final seven minutes to hold off reeling New York for a 103-98 victory that kept them tied with Philadelphia for the No. 3 spot in the Eastern Conference.“We have to play solid basketball for 48 minutes and enjoy doing it and not put so much pressure on yourself,” coach Nate McMillan said. “Just focus on what we didn’t do in our last game and try to do it better in the next one.”FEATURED STORIESSPORTSPrivate companies step in to help SEA Games hostingSPORTSUrgent reply from Philippine football chiefSPORTSPalace wants Cayetano’s PHISGOC Foundation probed over corruption chargesFew expected the Knicks, who have the worst record in the league, to even be competitive under the circumstances.They were, after all, on the road, facing an opponent in desperate need of a win and dealing with another spat between team owner James Dolan and former player Charles Oakley. Donovan Mitchell, Jazz back Russell Westbrook, say Utah won’t condone racism MOST READ Lacson backs proposal to elect president and vice president in tandem Indiana Pacers’ Domantas Sabonis (11) is defended by New York Knicks’ Noah Vonleh (32) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, March 12, 2019, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Pacers needed some experienced hands to get them out of a tough spot Tuesday night.Bojan Bogdanovic started making shots. Thaddeus Young did the dirty work inside. And Darren Collison saved the game in the final minute.ADVERTISEMENT SEA Games hosting troubles anger Duterte Don’t miss out on the latest news and information. Urgent reply from Philippine football chief Indiana’s biggest challenge right now is chemistry.Injuries to Turner and Sabonis have force McMillan to mix and match lineups. And guard Tyreke Evans was out again Tuesday, this time for personal reasons. He’s previously missed games because of an upper respiratory infection and food poisoning.“It’s a challenge but this is what we have,” McMillan said.UP NEXTKnicks: Complete a three-game road trip at San Antonio on Friday.Pacers: Welcome Paul George back to town with Oklahoma City on Thursday.Sports Related Videospowered by AdSparcRead Next View comments
Mumbai, Apr 11 (PTI) Bollywood superstar Salman Khan today revealed the first poster of his much awaited film “Sultan”.The 50-year-old actor took to Twitter to share the poster of the Ali Abbas Zafar-directed project.”Sultan ka Pehla Daav #SultanPoster @SultanTheMovie,” Salman captioned the picture, featuring him shirtless in a wrestling field.The “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” star, who is usually seen in a clean shaven look, is sporting moustanche for the YRF movie. Director Ali Abbas also shared the first poster.”Eid is coming @SultanTheMovie @BeingSalmanKhan @AnushkaSharma,” he wrote, tagging films leading lady Anushka Sharma.The first trailer of the film will be releasing on April 14.”Sultan,” which is releasing on Eid may have a box office clash with Shah Rukh Khans “Raees”.Generally, the three Khans avoid clashing at the box office as the business gets divided. PTI SHD SHD
Mumbai, Sep 7 (PTI) Having created history by becoming the first Indian shuttler to win an Olympic silver medal, P V Sindhu feels the limelight would now be trained on her and she needs to work harder with the added responsibility of living up to her new-found stature. “From now on responsibilities (expectations) are high and everyones eyes are on me. This is just the beginning and I need to work harder,” said Sindhu after she was felicitated here, along with national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand, by non-profit organisation, Olympic Gold Quest, which has supported her from the age of 15. “I feel very happy with my achievements. I was able to win back to back world championship medals. When I won that first bronze medal (in the world championship) I started to get recognised. And now responsibilities are high. Olympics is something which comes once in four years. There is a lot more to go,” said the 21-year-old from Hyderabad.Sindhu lost to Spains reigning world champion and top seed Carolina Marin in three games in a pulsating final to settle for second place in womens singles at last months Rio Games which was the young shuttlers first appearance in the quadrennial multi-sports spectacle.”I am very happy. OGQ gave me great support at all times from the age of 15. I won my Maldives international tournament which started the journey. The infrastructure in the Gopichand Academy (in Hyderabad) has been phenomenal. What we have is more than enough,” said Sindhu whose parents — former volleyball internationals P V Ramana and Vijaya — were also honoured at the function.advertisement”It was a good game overall. It was her (Carolinas) day and she played well. From the first round it was very tough. There was no easy match. I took it one match at a time. Gopi Sir told me to give my best, play my game. He was always supporting and motivating me. I really worked hard and we worked out before every match,” Sindhu explained.Sindhu also said that the jump smash that she uncorked at the Olympics was a new weapon that she had started to use while training before the Games. (More) PTI SSR NRB CM CM JMF
Mumbai, Sep 8 (PTI) Leading SUV manufacturer Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) today felicitated Indias Rio Olympics women medallists – shuttler P V Sindhu and wrestler Sakshi Malik – by gifting them its true blue 4X4 off-roader, the Thar. Pawan Goenka, Executive Director, M&M, handed over the keys of the Mahindra Thar to the two sportspersons at a felicitation ceremony held at the companys manufacturing plant in Kandivali here, said a media release. Both Sindhu, who won the silver medal in badminton womens singles, and Sakshi, who bagged the bronze in 58kg weight class, received the honour for their performances at the just concluded Games.”It is my pleasure to felicitate Sindhu and Sakshi with the Mahindra Thar as they put India on the global map with their historic victory. Today, they have become role models for the youth in India who wants to excel not just in sports but in any arena,” said Goenka at the function.”Fighting all odds to come out on top, they symbolise the go anywhere spirit of the Thar and hence it is an ideal vehicle for our Olympic stars to make a personalised statement,” he added.”I am thankful to Mahindra for recognising my efforts and encouraging me to excel in future matches. The Thar is an iconic off-roader and I am looking forward to owning and driving this stylish off-roader,” said the Hyderabad-based Sindhu. “I am very pleased to own the Thar and would especially like to thank Mr Mahindra (Anand Mahindra, M&Ms Managing Director) for this very special gesture and the #TharForSakshi Twitter Campaign, which received overwhelming support,” said Sakshi, who hails from Rohtak, Haryana. PTI SSR RSY AH AH SNKadvertisement
social mediaFrom K J M VarmaBeijing, May 19 (PTI) Aamir Khans popularity in China shot up with the runaway success of his movie “Dangal” and now his Chinese microblogging website account has also crossed 5.86 lakh followers overtaking that of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.The 51-year-old superstars account on Weibo, one of the most popular social websites in China, has received 5,86,591 followers till this evening.Modi, who opened the account on Weibo in 2015 before his visit to China, was the most popular Indian with 1.69 lakhs followers.He still continues to update his post with China related events.Khan account, called “Amier Han” in Chinese, was opened last month ahead of the release of the biographical sports drama, which has become a smashing hit in China grossing 500 million yuan (about USD 76 million) in 13 days topping even Hollywood movies in China.”Last Saturday along it created a new record netting 96 million yuan (about USD 15 million),” Prasad Shetty, partner of Strategic Alliance a Chinese firm promoting Indian films in China for the past few years told PTI here.Aamir himself toured Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu ahead of the release of the film. PTI KJV PMS SSN
NEW YORK — The most pressure-packed moments of playoff basketball, when the legs get heavy and the palms sweaty, seem to suit those young Toronto Raptors just fine.Instead, it’s the veteran Brooklyn Nets who are fizzling at the finish.DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points, Kyle Lowry added 22, and the Raptors beat the Nets 87-79 April 27 to even their Eastern Conference first-round series at two games apiece.When a fourth-quarter rally fell just short in Game 3, the Raptors just shook it off and handled the final period even better this time. “That’s just us, man,” DeRozan said. “We’re definitely resilient. We’re never going to give up until the game’s over.”Amir Johnson had 17 points for the Raptors, who started fast, gave up all of a 17-point lead, then shut the Nets down over the final 5 minutes to snap a 13-game road losing streak in the playoffs that went back 13 years.Game 5 is April 30 in Toronto, with the series now guaranteed a return to Brooklyn on May 2 for Game 6.Paul Pierce scored 22 points for the Nets, who were 3 for 17 in the fourth quarter and didn’t have a field goal after Pierce’s basket with 6:13 left gave them a 77-73 lead.It was baffling for a team that assembled a star-studded roster that will cost more than $180 million in salaries and taxes for a shot at a title, and now faces a huge fight just to get out of the first round.“You get in a playoff situation, one guy, or two or three guys, wants to do it on their own instead of just running our offense, executing. And I think we got caught up into that,” said Pierce, adding that the Nets were rushing and pressing.Kevin Garnett had 10 points for the Nets, but Joe Johnson and Deron Williams were mostly non-factors in getting outplayed by Toronto’s backcourt. Johnson had only seven points on seven shots after averaging 23.7 points in the first three games, and Williams was 4 of 12 for his 10.Pierce nearly carried the Nets without them, but Toronto put it together down the stretch to pull it out.Garnett gave the Nets their last lead with two free throws with 4:58 left, but DeRozan made two free throws before Greivis Vasquez made a 3-pointer for an 83-79 advantage.The Nets had a series of offensive fouls along with their missed shots, and Lowry made a high-arching basket over Garnett with 1:13 to go before closing it out with a pair of free throws.“This is where we should be at our best, those late-game situations,” Williams said. “We’ve been there before. They’re a younger team that doesn’t have as much proper experience, but they ain’t playing like it.”Lowry bounced back nicely after the Nets banged him around in their Game 3 victory. He was still sore Sunday and a couple other Raptors were hurting beforehand but probably feeling a lot less pain by the time they went home.“We’re really nicked up right now, so it was huge courage, really courageous by those guys,” Toronto coach Dwane Casey said.Toronto nearly came from 15 down in the final 5 minutes to win Friday, and carried that momentum into a quick start.The Raptors scored a franchise playoff-record 35 points in the first quarter, then managed just 32 combined in the second and third as the Nets surged ahead with a 22-4 run.The Raptors were 4 for 21 in the third, but then turned to their defense down the stretch for their first road victory in the postseason since winning at Philadelphia in Game 1 of the 2001 Eastern Conference semifinals.Now they won’t need to win on the road again, with home-court advantage back in their favor. “That’s our team,” Lowry said. “We’ve got a full team of guys who just want to win.”The Raptors scored the first six points during a 13-2 start, extended it to 33-18 after five straight points by Amir Johnson, and were ahead 35-22 after one.The lead grew to 47-30 after DeRozan scored eight straight Toronto points, but Lowry picked up his third foul and had to go to the bench with the Raptors leading 47-34, and Brooklyn cut it to 51-44 at the break.Pierce opened the second with a 3-pointer and a layup. After Shaun Livingston’s free throw, Garnett added another basket to make it 52-51, giving Brooklyn its first lead.The game was tied at 67 after three.(BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer)TweetPinShare0 Shares
Indonesia are hosting the 18th Asian Games and offering athletes who win medals over the next two weeks the chance to take up jobs in the country’s civil service, or to join the police force or army, officials said.The offer comes on top of previously announced pledges to give houses and generous cash sums to gold medallists.Indonesia is hoping to capitalise on its home advantage as host nation by breaking into the top 10 in the medal table for the first time since 1990 and aims to secure 16 gold medals.”As long as they are healthy, medallists can become civil servants or members of the police or military,” Syafruddin, Indonesia’s chef de mission for the Games and deputy chief of police, told reporters.The Ministry of Youth and Sports said previously that all “outstanding athletes” in the 2018 Asian Games and Asian Para Games could become candidates for the civil service and receive a public housing unit.President Joko Widodo is rewarding gold medallists with a bonus of 1.5 billion rupiah ($102,700).A giant symbolic 1.5 billion rupiah cheque was offered on Monday by sports minister Imam Nahrawi to taekwondo champion Defia Rosmaniar, who won Indonesia’s first gold.By Tuesday afternoon, weightlifter and two-time Olympic medallist Eko Yuli Wirawan had bagged Indonesia’s fifth gold medal, which was presented by President Widodo.Many Indonesian athletes come from humble backgrounds, so the prospect of housing, cash and a job for life in the civil service are highly sought.After Indonesian sprinter Lalu Muhammad Zohri won the 100 metres final at the under-20 world championships last month, Widodo ordered ministers to renovate his humble woven bamboo home into a modern house.advertisementZohri is due to compete in the event at the Games.(With inputs from Reuters)
VICTORIA – A Victoria event venue has hired a so-called consent captain to help prevent sexual harassment and assaults as bars and nightclubs across Canada grapple with how to respond to the #MeToo movement.Tanille Geib, a sexual health educator and intimacy coach, has been hired by the Victoria Event Centre to counsel people who are feeling harassed and to speak with those who are making others uncomfortable.She said she’s been doing a similar job at the Crush Collective, a queer dance party, for about 18 months. She often introduces herself to tables of people so that they know she’s available if they experience or witness anything.Geib offers support to those who come to her with complaints of inappropriate conduct and she asks whether they want her to talk to the offending person. She also checks in with people who look heavily intoxicated throughout the night.“I’m not here to police people and their behaviour,” she said. “I’m definitely there to support if something uncomfortable’s happening.”The most common complaints are inappropriate comments and touching, she said.Geib said she opens conversations with people accused of non-consensual acts by letting them know they’ve made someone uncomfortable and asking if they want to talk through it. She tells them if they continue to act this way, they won’t be welcome anymore.Sometimes the chat ends with her asking the person to leave, but she often gives them her card and invites them to follow up with her when they’re sober, she said.Asked whether she thinks she’s prevented sexual assaults, she said, “I hope so, yes!“I think that our culture has been shifting so much in the past year,” she added.“Mentally and emotionally, we’re all signing up for consensual culture, but a lot of folks don’t know how to catch up with their behaviour. So a lot of the initiative is teaching folks about healthy consensual connections.”To that end, the centre has also been decorated with posters and information that outline information about consent, and what the house policies are. Geib is also training staff to identify issues early on and take them seriously.The #MeToo movement emerged last October and has sparked discussion about sexual harassment and assault in the nightlife scene.The movement helped inspire the Victoria Event Centre to be proactive about misconduct on its dance floor, said booking co-ordinator Chris Fretwell.“It put a lot of these issues to the top of public consciousness,” he said. “It felt like we were in a good position to be able to respond with something concrete that we can do in our space.”There are a lot of situations where a traditional bouncer may not be equipped to prevent assault or harassment, he said, and the new program will supplement the centre’s existing security personnel.Lane Foster, inclusion co-ordinator at the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre, praised the initiative.“Sure, (nightclubs) can be wonderful places to have fun and party and dance and engage with your community, but I also think they end up creating spaces where a lot of harm gets done. They are not safer spaces,” said Foster.“I really think that the VEC taking the initiative here is pretty fantastic and is one way to combat sexualized violence.”— By Laura Kane in Vancouver
Facebook Come from Away tells the story of Newfoundlanders who helped shelter and feed thousands of stranded passengers after the 9/11 attacks in New York. (Matthew Murphy) The cast of the Mirvish production of Come From Away at Winnipeg’s Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. (Matthew Murphy/Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre) Advertisement The Inheritance also took prizes for lighting and for Stephen Daldry’s direction, while star Kyle Soller beat rivals who included Ian McKellen to be garlanded best actor in a play.Sally Field, Kelsey Grammer, Tom Hiddleston, David Suchet and Gloria Estefan were among the stars walking the red carpet in a drizzle before the ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall.The show saluted long-running musicals The Lion King and Mamma Mia, both celebrating 20 years of playing in London’s West End.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Musicals Come From Away and Company as well as the play The Inheritance, an epic drama about gay lives in New York, were the big winners at British theatre’s Olivier Awards on Sunday, receiving four trophies apiece.Come From Away, inspired by a small Canadian town that sheltered thousands of stranded airline passengers after the 9/11 attacks, was named best new musical at Britain’s equivalent of Broadway’s Tony Awards. The play also took trophies for sound, outstanding achievement in music and choreography. Advertisement Tom Hiddleston was among the high-profile actors on the red carpet. (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/Associated Press) Director Marianne Elliott attributed the show’s success partly to “a wind of change blowing in the industry, where celebrating female stories is not only possible, but absolutely vital.”Company also delivered a supporting actress prize to Broadway diva Patti LuPone and a supporting actor trophy to Jonathan Bailey. It took another award for set design.The Inheritance, Matthew Lopez’s drama about young gay men living in New York a generation after the AIDS crisis was declared best new play.
LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment Advertisement Kyle Soller won best actor for The Inheritance and Patsy Ferran won best actress for Summer and Smoke at the Olivier Awards ceremony. (Ian West/PA via Associated Press) Twitter Choreographer Kelly Devine dedicated the award in her category to the people of Gander, Nfld. who in real life, “effortlessly showed the world how easy it is to be kind.”The award for best musical revival went to a production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company that gender-swapped the lead role of a commitment-shy New York singleton and turned the usually male Bobby character into Bobbie. Login/Register With: Lopez said he was “overwhelmed and overjoyed” by the trans-Atlantic success of his seven-hour epic, which had its world premiere at London’s Young Vic Theatre.“We’ve seen a lot of Brits come over and take home Tonys,” Lopez said backstage, clutching a statuette topped with a bust of the late actor for whom the award is named, Laurence Olivier. “It’s only fair.”Lopez said he was hopeful the show would get a Broadway run now that London has shown the play, mined from his own experience, resonates with audiences.“You could have blown me over with a feather,” he said of the reaction his play got from theatregoers in Britain’s capital. “Even some of the New York jokes, they got.”
In February 2018, Veolia won four ‘Stop and Seek Help Awards’ as part of Energy Resources Australia Ltd’s (ERA) site-wide Critical Risk Management program.Veolia was recently awarded a contract with ERA for the operation and maintenance of the HPD® brine concentrator plant at the Ranger mine site, located adjacent to the world heritage listed Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory, AUStralia.The ‘Stop and Seek Help Program’ was launched in April 2017 with the focus on recognizing and rewarding individuals who STOP AND SEEK HELP when a job is deemed unsafe.“This program enables individuals to have the courage to speak out and stop a job if it feels unsafe, and is one of the best tools we have for reducing injuries and fatalities on Site,” Veolia reports.The program provides many benefits such as:• Immediate safety issues can be addressed• The next shift and other teams can learn from individual experiences• Flaws in procedures and work practices can be identified• Training programs can be adjusted to include identified risks• Veolia can use the knowledge towards planning of works to prevent similar risks.Each month management reviews the STOP AND SEEK HELP actions from the record books and winners are rewarded with prizes such as gift vouchers. This recognition is a testament to the positive embedding of the Critical Risk Management program and the continual commitment to safety in the workplace demonstrated by Veolia.
A LABOUR TD has hit back at Fianna Fáil after being accused of ‘crocodile tears’ over the pay of senior Irish Water staff.Back bencher Kevin Humphreys last night made public a parliamentary question that he had received an answer for, which outlined the pay of the executives at the new company.Humphreys said that he would be following up the questions.Fianna Fáil’s Barry Cowen, however said that any criticism of Irish Water that came from a government TD was disingenuous.“All we have seen so far from Deputy Humphreys is crocodile tears about spending at Irish Water.“Has Deputy Humphreys actually spoken to his colleagues Éamon Gilmore, Joan Burton and Brendan Howlin who opened the door to a lavish bonus system at Irish Water by going against the advice they received and awarding the contract to Bord Gais?”Cowen said that he was concerned that Humphreys had received an answer when his own party colleagues had not.HomeworkThose remarks drew the ire of Humphreys however, who accused Fianna Fáil of “playing the man”.“It is rather sad to see Fianna Fáil stoop so low to issue a press release attacking a backbencher who has worked to hold publicly funded agencies to account. It would be a better use of their time if instead of playing the man, they did some research and homework of their own.“It would appear, every morning when the Dáil Question Paper comes out they eagerly wait to read it, so they can see what Questions I have tabled then follow it up with their own. It was embarrassing to watch their leader ask the same questions I tabled last November at Leader’s Questions on 21 January.“Of course, the hypocrisy of all this is lost on no one. This is the same Fianna Fail party that signed a blank cheque for the bankers, and whose current Leader oversaw the waste of millions in the Department of Health on outside consultants whether on reports he never implemented or systems like PPARS that never worked.”Read: There are 29 Irish Water staff earning over €100,000
A slightly strange atmosphere at #pmqs as neither May or Corbyn can effectively attack the other over resignations as both parties have experienced them— Sophy Ridge (@SophyRidgeSky) February 20, 2019 20,470 Views Of course, the UK’s membership of the EU has been a source of disagreement both in our party and our country for a long time. Ending that membership after four decades was never going to be easy.“But by delivering on our manifesto commitment and implementing the decision of the British people we are doing the right thing for our country. And in doing so, we can move forward together towards a brighter future.”Earlier today, Joan Ryan became the eighth former Labour MP to leave the party to join The Independent Group. In a Times/YouGov poll, weighted by likelihood to vote, 38% said they would vote for the Tory party, 26% said that they would vote for Labour, and The Independent Group has already gathered 14%.As politicians took their seats in the House of Commons at noon today for Prime Minister’s Questions, the former Tory MPs sat beside DUP MP Ian Paisley Junior.Responding to questions, May responded to Jeremy Corbyn’s request to rule out a no-deal Brexit by saying there were two ways of doing that: to agree to a Brexit deal or to remain in the European Union. 61 Comments Share75 Tweet Email Feb 20th 2019, 11:21 AM Updated Feb 20th 2019, 11:56 AM THREE CONSERVATIVE MPS have quit Theresa May’s party to join the newly formed Independent Group. Heidi Allen, Sarah Wollaston and Anna Soubry have confirmed their departure from Theresa May’s party this morning, dealing a serious blow to the Prime Minister.The Independent Group was formed by seven breakaway Labour politicians on Monday, who had said they would try to tempt Conservatives to the new parliamentary grouping. Confirming her decision this morning, Soubry said that her party had “shifted to the right”.“We no longer feel we can remain in the party of a government whose policies and priorities are so firmly in the grip of the ERG and DUP,” Soubry said in a letter to May. By Rónán Duffy Tweet thisShare on FacebookEmail this article Source: Sophy Ridge/Twitter Short URL Anna Soubry MP outside Westminster. Image: Yui Mok/PA Images
As the clock ticks down, get all the best Brexit news and analysis in your inbox: Source: Anna Soubry MP/Twitter Soubry wrote the MPs intedend to continue to support the government on some matters.“We intend to sit as independents alongside The Independent Group of MPs in the centre ground of British politics. There will be times when we will support the government, for example, on measures to strengthen our economy, security and improve our public services,” she said. Responding to the departing MPs in a series of tweets, May expressed disappointment at their decision.“I am saddened by this decision – these are people who have given dedicated service to our party over many years, and I thank them for it,” May said. https://jrnl.ie/4503269 Three Tories quit party to join breakaway ex-Labour MPs in Independent Group Anna Soubry said her party had “shifted to the right”. She also added that Honda’s decision to move its Swindon factory to Japan wasn’t related to Brexit, but due to changes to the car manufacturing industry, which prompted jeers and shouts from MPs. It is with a heavy heart I have today resigned from the Conservative Party. pic.twitter.com/wzPUB84w5Z— Anna Soubry MP (@Anna_Soubry) February 20, 2019 Anna Soubry MP outside Westminster. Image: Yui Mok/PA Images Wednesday 20 Feb 2019, 11:56 AM
Asthme et eczéma : des remparts contre le cancer ?Québec, Canada – Les hommes ayant un historique d’asthme ou d’eczéma auraient, de façon générale, un risque moindre de cancer selon une étude réalisée par une équipe de chercheurs québécois. “L’asthme et l’eczéma sont des maladies allergiques provoquées par une hyperréactivité du système immunitaire, un état qui permettrait peut-être d’éliminer plus efficacement les cellules anormales et ainsi de réduire les risques de cancer”, explique la professeure Marie-Claude Rousseau de l’Institut national de la recherche scientifique–Institut Armand-Frappier, coauteure de l’étude. Les chercheurs ont analysé les données recueillies au cours d’une étude sur les expositions professionnelles et le cancer, menée entre août 1979 et mars 1986 auprès de 3.300 hommes âgés de 35 à 70 ans, diagnostiqués d’un cancer, et d’un groupe témoin de 512 personnes non atteintes de cancer et provenant de la population générale. Leur but : réutiliser ces statistiques pour mettre en évidence un éventuel lien entre allergie (s’exprimant par de l’asthme ou de l’eczéma) et huit types de cancers parmi les plus courants. Les résultats obtenus enrichissent les connaissances dans le domaine de la santé des populations. Bien que l’étude ne permette pas d’identifier quels facteurs spécifiques reliés à l’asthme et l’eczéma seraient responsables de la diminution du risque de cancer, elle ouvre la voie à de nouvelles pistes de recherche pour mieux comprendre les mécanismes moléculaires et immunologiques impliqués dans l’immunostimulation, qui pourrait être une stratégie prometteuse pour prévenir le cancer. Les résultats, publiés dans les Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology indiquent en effet que les hommes atteints d’eczéma ont un risque plus faible de développer un cancer du poumon, tandis qu’un historique d’asthme aurait un effet similaire contre le cancer de l’estomac.Le 3 août 2010 à 18:33 • Emmanuel Perrin
The Tongass National Forest. (Creative Commons photo by Xa’at)A controversial old growth timber sale in the Tongass National Forest has undergone a few changes before coming back on the market. The U.S. Forest Service removed some of the more sensitive watershed areas included in the original offer, which received zero bids back in 2016.Listen nowOwen Graham, with the Alaska Forest Association, says he chuckled when he saw the forest service was being sued by conservation groups over this latest version of the Kuiu Island timber sale.“If somebody did buy it, I hope they could make it work,” Graham said. “But I’d be surprised. It looks like a loser to me.”A “loser” — in Graham’s words — that he thinks wouldn’t pencil out for a buyer in the domestic or export market.Kuiu is extremely remote. Plus, the sale is now almost half the size of what the forest service originally planned.Those factors, Graham says, make it difficult to turn a profit. He thinks the forest service is trying to supply the last few remaining timber jobs.But increased regulation has limited what areas can be logged, and he says the Kuiu sale reflects that.“Now, the industry is in jeopardy,” Graham said. “And so, they’re scrambling around to find anything they can to keep the industry alive.”Buck Lindekugel with the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council agrees with Graham on one thing: this latest attempt by the forest service looks like a scramble.Lindekugel is a grassroots attorney, and his group is suing the forest service over the sale on Kuiu island. He hopes it discourages a buyer.“Any purchaser is going to know that we filed this lawsuit before they decide whether they’re going to bid on it,” Lindekugel said.The forest service started preparing the Kuiu Island timber sale 11 years ago, and it’s original plans probably wouldn’t fly today. The agency has since moved away from selling trees in valuable watersheds next to salmon streams. It dropped those some of those areas in the sale this time around.But Lindekugel says it didn’t update its environmental analysis.“The previous environmental analysis they did for this over eleven years ago is stale,” Lindekugel said. “[It] doesn’t reflect current conditions and therefore, could not possibly evaluate the effects of this sale in today’s world.”Lindekugel says the north end of Kuiu island has become a popular spot to take in the scenery for small cruise ships.Lindekugel thinks tourism is a better investment for the future of the Tongass.The forest service is accepting bids on the Kuiu Island timber sale until June 5.
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court against restrictions imposed in Jammu and Kashmir since August 4 in connection with the Centre’s decision to end special status and bifurcate the state. The plea, filed by social activist Tehseen Poonawalla, alleged that Jammu and Kashmir was witnessing undeclared curfew/restrictions, arbitrary arrests, shutdown of phone services and snapping of internet and blocking of cable TV having news channels. Also Read – Subramanian Swamy cross-examined in National Herald case Advertise With Us This amounts to suspension of Article 19 and 21 of the Constitution, he contended. The plea said: “The actions taken by the Union of India pertains to gross abuse of its powers under law, whereby the people of the J&K are suffering on account of unwarranted imposition of undeclared curfew and further emergency like restrictions are being imposed under the garb of Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.” Also Read – War propaganda delays removal of internet restriction in Jammu and Kashmir Advertise With Us The petition contends that this information regarding the lockdown has been confirmed by the fact that the citizens are barred from access to basic healthcare, educational institutions, banks, public offices, food-vegetables and ration supply establishments and all other basic necessities. The plea claimed that the inhabitants are facing difficulties to access the basic day to day necessities particularly patients, children, women and infants who have literally been arrested in their own houses for no reason. Moreover, the political leaders of J&K including former Chief Ministers, Union Ministers, legislators and political activists are arbitrarily held under arrest .
×Actors Reveal Their Favorite Disney PrincessesSeveral actors, like Daisy Ridley, Awkwafina, Jeff Goldblum and Gina Rodriguez, reveal their favorite Disney princesses. Rapunzel, Mulan, Ariel,Tiana, Sleeping Beauty and Jasmine all got some love from the Disney stars.More VideosVolume 0%Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcutsKeyboard Shortcutsplay/pauseincrease volumedecrease volumeseek forwardsseek backwardstoggle captionstoggle fullscreenmute/unmuteseek to %SPACE↑↓→←cfm0-9Next UpJennifer Lopez Shares How She Became a Mogul04:350.5x1x1.25×1.5x2xLive00:0002:1502:15 Araldsen and co-creator Anne Kolbjørnsen are working on a pilot script and a treatment for the first 10-episode season. They hope to begin shooting in 2019.The duo launched Anagram Norway last year after leaving Rubicon, the company behind Netflix’s “Lilyhammer.” Their first series, “Milk,” was produced for MTV in 2017. The company is also in production on thriller drama “Kieler Street” for TV2 Norway, which distributor ITV will bring to Mipcom this fall.“Crimeshare” reflects their efforts to find a niche in the increasingly crowded arena of Scandinavian drama.“With all these Nordic Noir series coming from Scandinavia, it’s really nice to have this blue-sky crime series coming from the Canary Islands, where you discover the dark underbelly of the island,” says Araldsen. “It has crime elements, it has thriller elements, and it has a great love story as well. There’s so many layers to this story.”Kolbjørnsen notes that the cosmopolitan nature of the Canaries, a popular vacation destination for sun-starved Scandinavian, British and German tourists, makes “Crimeshare” a particularly attractive project for foreign co-producers.“This is the perfect story, and it’s natural to have a co-production because there is an international [angle],” says Kolbjørnsen, adding that Anagram will be looking to meet with potential distributors and co-producers and discuss pre-sales while in Lille.“There are so many different ways to put a partnership together for this project,” she says. “We think it has a lot of potential.” Popular on Variety 
The glitzy, sun-soaked playground of the Canary Islands will offer the surprising backdrop for a new series from Anagram Norway, which will be bringing a slick crime drama to the Co-Pro Pitching Sessions at the Series Mania Forum early next month.Set in the mid-‘90s, “Crimeshare” is based on the real-life story of Bjørn Lyng, a Norwegian entrepreneur who decided to construct the most luxurious timeshare complex ever built on the Canary Islands. But the plan goes awry when it attracts the attention of John “Goldfinger” Palmer, a notorious British mobster whose own designs on the sun-drenched paradise threaten to destroy Lyng’s dream.Anagram’s Ole Marius Araldsen says the story arrived at the company’s doorstep from an unexpected source: Lyng’s own son-in-law, who’d married and lived on the Canaries before moving back to Norway—only to return to investigate a friend’s suspicious death. “It’s not a very famous story in Norway, and that’s what makes it so appealing to us,” says Araldsen.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them doesn’t even hit theaters until next weekend, but plans for the sequel are already underway. Well, sequels, I should say. There are now five installments planned. (We’ll have to wait and see if that remains the case or if they’ll break up the final movie into a two-parter because Hollywood just loves them some two-parters.) Even though we haven’t seen the first one yet, there’s already some big casting news for Fantastic Beasts 2, or whatever it ends up being called.The first is that Johnny Depp has officially been confirmed to play Gellert Grindlewald, according to The Leaky Cauldron. Most fans may remember Grindlewald as the man Voldemort killed in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when he refused to give up information about the Elder Wand.Grindlewald will likely be the main villain of Fantastic Beasts 2: Expelliarmus Boogaloo. As those up on their Potter lore know, Grindlewald was a powerful dark wizard who wanted to use the Deathly Hallows to lead a revolution and get rid of the International Statute of Secrecy. Albus Dumbledore was part of his revolution until things got way out of hand and Dumbledore eventually had to fight and defeat Grindlewald in a wizard duel. That’s probably going to be the plot of the fifth movie if I had to guess.Possibly a shot of Grindlewald from the trailer for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. (Photo: Screenshot via YouTube).Yates told The Leaky Cauldron that Depp was cast because he would take the character in an interesting direction. “He’s fearless; he’s imaginative; he’s ambitious. We thought he would do something fun and special,” Yates said.Speaking of Dumbledore, though, Yates also said a young Albus would make an appearance in Fantastic Beasts 2: The Search for Curly’s Galleons. They haven’t cast the role yet, but Yates says they’re actively looking. Richard Harris’s son Jared Harris has been considered, and Yates called him “a fine actor,” but no decision has been made yet. Yates even asked for suggestions. That sounds like an open door, so who would you like to see play a young Albus Dumbledore? Toy Tuesday: The Best Animal ToysGrab Your Wand: ‘Harry Potter: Wizards Unite’ Launches June 21 Stay on target