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@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29244470/college-football-hof-damaged-protesters
Using only the link, it sounds like the HOF came to life and attacked the protestors.
They left out by.
Or DID they?
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@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29244470/college-football-hof-damaged-protesters
Seriously, Iām so annoyed towards protesting. Always in end ups bringing out morons taking advantage of a serious problem and escalating into nonsense violence towards businesses and vehicles that has nothing to do with the reason for the protest.
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George Floyd death: Violence erupts on sixth day of protests
Violence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.
Dozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes. Riot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds. Police vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities. The country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968. The outpouring of anger began last Tuesday, after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious. -
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
George Floyd death: Violence erupts on sixth day of protests
Violence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.
Dozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes. Riot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds. Police vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities. The country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968. The outpouring of anger began last Tuesday, after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.They are already erupting here in Nebraska in the middle of the afternoon. Many downtown businesses closed at 1 PM to give their employees a chance to get out and home before the protesters arrived.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
George Floyd death: Violence erupts on sixth day of protests
Violence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.
Dozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes. Riot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds. Police vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities. The country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968. The outpouring of anger began last Tuesday, after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.They are already erupting here in Nebraska in the middle of the afternoon. Many downtown businesses closed at 1 PM to give their employees a chance to get out and home before the protesters arrived.
Protesters and rioters are not the same thing.
Below protesters in Baltimore today.
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@Pete-S said in Non-IT News Thread:
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
George Floyd death: Violence erupts on sixth day of protests
Violence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.
Dozens of cities imposed curfews, but many people ignored them, leading to stand-offs and clashes. Riot police faced off with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and LA, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse crowds. Police vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities. The country is experiencing the most widespread racial turbulence and civil unrest since the backlash to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968. The outpouring of anger began last Tuesday, after a video showed Mr Floyd being arrested in Minneapolis and a white police officer continuing to kneel on his neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe and fell unconscious.They are already erupting here in Nebraska in the middle of the afternoon. Many downtown businesses closed at 1 PM to give their employees a chance to get out and home before the protesters arrived.
Protesters and rioters are not the same thing.
Below protesters in Baltimore today.Well it hadn't happened as of my post - So I couldn't say what it was going to be at that point - but there were posted threats of violence and destruction.
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George Floyd death: Trump threatens to send in army to end unrest
President Donald Trump has threatened to send in the military to quell growing civil unrest in the US over the death of a black man in police custody.
He said if cities and states failed to control the protests and "defend their residents" he would deploy the army and "quickly solve the problem for them". Protests over the death of George Floyd have escalated over the past week. Presidential candidate Joe Biden criticised Mr Trump on Tuesday for "serving the passions of his base". "We're not going to allow any president to quiet our voice," the Democrat said, referencing the US constitution which guarantees protestors' freedom to assemble. On Tuesday the Las Vegas sheriff said an officer died in a shooting after police attempted to disperse a crowd. -
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Number of newborns in Japan falls to record low in 2019
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of babies born in Japan totaled 865,234 in 2019, down 53,166 from the previous year and marking the lowest level on record, government data showed Friday.
The nation's total fertility rate -- the average number of children a woman will bear in her lifetime -- decreased 0.06 point to 1.36, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
Meanwhile, the number of deaths in the reporting year stood at 1,381,098, the highest since the end of World War II.
As a result, the number of deaths outnumbered births by 515,864, marking the biggest margin of fall since comparable data were made available in 1899.
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
Number of newborns in Japan falls to record low in 2019
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of babies born in Japan totaled 865,234 in 2019, down 53,166 from the previous year and marking the lowest level on record, government data showed Friday.
The nation's total fertility rate -- the average number of children a woman will bear in her lifetime -- decreased 0.06 point to 1.36, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
Meanwhile, the number of deaths in the reporting year stood at 1,381,098, the highest since the end of World War II.
As a result, the number of deaths outnumbered births by 515,864, marking the biggest margin of fall since comparable data were made available in 1899.
They are fine for another 250 years at that rate.
What's the cause(s)?
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Biden: Trump 'despicable' for invoking George Floyd
US President Donald Trump has been condemned by his likely Democratic challenger for invoking George Floyd's name as he touted US jobs figures.
He spoke out after Mr Trump said Mr Floyd, who died last month while being arrested in Minneapolis, is "looking down" and "saying this a great day". Former US Vice-President Joe Biden said the remark was "despicable". Mr Trump spoke while celebrating a surprise US jobs rebound and calling for "equal justice under the law". Mr Floyd, who was unarmed and in handcuffs, died after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. His death has sparked protests against racial discrimination in cities across the US and the world. -
@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
Number of newborns in Japan falls to record low in 2019
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of babies born in Japan totaled 865,234 in 2019, down 53,166 from the previous year and marking the lowest level on record, government data showed Friday.
The nation's total fertility rate -- the average number of children a woman will bear in her lifetime -- decreased 0.06 point to 1.36, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
Meanwhile, the number of deaths in the reporting year stood at 1,381,098, the highest since the end of World War II.
As a result, the number of deaths outnumbered births by 515,864, marking the biggest margin of fall since comparable data were made available in 1899.
They are fine for another 250 years at that rate.
What's the cause(s)?
Primary reasons are:
- Fewer deaths in childhood meaning women have fewer babies
- Greater access to contraception
- More women in education and work
It's the same for the entire developed world. You need to have a total fertility rate of 2.1 or higher to sustain the population and few developed countries has it.
It's the same trend as the rest of the world.
That's why UN projects that the worlds population will stop increasing when it hits around 11 billion people.
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Coronavirus: WHO advises to wear masks in public areas
The World Health Organization (WHO) has changed its advice on face masks, saying they should be worn in public to help stop the spread of coronavirus.
The global body said new information showed they could provide "a barrier for potentially infectious droplets". Some countries around the world already recommend or mandate the wearing of face coverings in public. The WHO had previously argued there was not enough evidence to say that healthy people should wear masks. Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO's technical lead expert on Covid-19, told Reuters news agency the recommendation was for people to wear a "fabric mask - that is, a non-medical mask". -
May Surprise: U.S. Adds 2.5 Million Jobs As Unemployment Dips To 13.3%
The U.S economy rebounded with surprising strength last month as businesses began to reopen from the coronavirus lockdown. U.S. employers added 2.5 million jobs in May, and the unemployment rate fell to 13.3%.
Stocks jumped sharply after Friday's jobs report was released. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day up 829 points, more than 3%, and the S&P 500 climbed 2.6%.
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Coronavirus: Lockdowns in Europe saved millions of lives
Lockdowns have saved more than three million lives from coronavirus in Europe, a study estimates.
The team at Imperial College London said the "death toll would have been huge" without lockdown. But they warned that only a small proportion of people had been infected and we were still only "at the beginning of the pandemic". Another study argued global lockdowns had "saved more lives, in a shorter period of time, than ever before". The Imperial study assessed the impact of restrictions in 11 European countries - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK - up to the beginning of May. -
Joe Biden: I think George Floyd will change the world
Democratic US presidential candidate Joe Biden has said the late George Floyd will "change the world."
Following a private meeting with Mr Floyd's family in Houston, Texas, to offer his sympathies, Mr Biden told CBS news his death was "one of the great inflection points in American history". The killing of African American George Floyd at the hands of a white officer has fuelled global protests. A private funeral service will be held in Houston later on Tuesday. Mr Biden has sharply criticised President Donald Trump, who is standing for re-election as the Republican candidate on 3 November, accusing him at the weekend of making "despicable" speculative remarks about Mr Floyd. The Democratic politician was himself recently accused of taking black American votes for granted when he said African Americans "ain't black" if they even considered voting for Mr Trump. -
Racism definition: Merriam-Webster to make update after request
The American dictionary Merriam-Webster is to change its definition of the word racism after receiving an email from a young black woman.
Kennedy Mitchum, a recent graduate of Drake University in Iowa, suggested that the definition should include a reference to systematic oppression. An editor then responded, later agreeing to update their definition. The decision comes amid international anti-racism protests after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd died after a white police officer held a knee on his neck for nearly nine minutes. -
Coronavirus: Fracas on Brazil's Copacabana over Covid-19 'graves'
Activists angry at Brazil's response to Covid-19 have created 100 graves on Rio's Copacabana beach to remember the country's nearly 40,000 victims.
However, organisers said supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro had mocked the event with one man pulling out crosses. The president's opposition to lockdowns and his downplaying of the virus have deeply divided the nation. Brazil has the world's second-highest number of cases - and the third-highest number of deaths in the world. The symbolic graves, with black crosses, were dug before dawn opposite the Copacabana Hotel by members of the Rio de Paz group. Organiser Antonio Carlos Costa told Reuters news agency: "The president has not realised that this is one of the most dramatic crises in Brazil's history. -
BBC News - Swiss search for owner of gold haul left on train
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