Wednesday, 6 March 2019
EMRI moots use of drones to treat accident victims
Presence of such trained people along the roads will prove a boon for someone injured in a road accident, for controlling loss of blood until he is shifted to a hospital. This also includes placing of ABC kits at strategic places, for immediate access. The officials claim to have trained 1,000 volunteers in the past one year as part of phase one ABC project, who helped save at least 24 lives. Two stretches of roads were identified for training - Suchitra junction to Kallakal and Alwal to Turkapally. Dailyhunthttp://functionpointmodeler.com/forum/user/profile/32485.page
US gets 1st Saudi woman envoy
Princess Rima faces hostile US lawmakers who threatened tough action against Saudi Arabia over the brutal killing. ... Dailyhunthttps://issuu.com/kivonlewisse
Last-gasp Rashford penalty sends Man Utd into last eight at expense of stunned PSG
Slovenian referee Damir Skomina awarded a spot-kick after reviewing the images when he had been alerted of a possible handball by PSG defender Presnel Kimpembe in the box. Rashford duly beat Gianluigi Buffon from 12 yards, as United won a European tie after losing the first leg at home for the first time in their history. Their improbable victory -- following Ajax's similarly stunning turnaround against holders Real Madrid 24 hours earlier -- takes them through to the last eight for the first time since 2014. Their remarkable revival under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer continues, with the Norwegian now having overseen nine consecutive away wins, a club record. While they celebrate, for PSG this defeat will feel like groundhog day. For the third year running they fail to make the quarter-finals, after their defeat at the hands of Real Madrid a year ago and their humiliating collapse against Barcelona in 2017. With what came before, this will feel even more painful for them and their Qatari owners. Electric at Old Trafford in the first leg, Kylian Mbappe was poor here and Neymar was again missing, watching from the stands as he recovers from injury. United were missing many more players, with Paul Pogba suspended and nine more sidelined due to fitness problems. Despite that, they pulled off one of their greatest European results, up there with their 3-2 win at Juventus in the 1999 semi-finals, which came after they fell two goals behind early on. Solskjaer was on the bench that night, and the Norwegian watched from the sideline here -- curiously looking like a substitute with a bib on over his jacket apparently due to a colour clash with PSG's kit -- as his side somehow went in front inside two minutes. A dreadful back-pass attempt by PSG defender Thilo Kehrer fell into no-man's land, and Lukaku pounced on the loose ball before rounding Gianluigi Buffon and scoring. Surely PSG were not about to blow it again? They did pull themselves together to equalise in the 12th minute, with Dani Alves releasing Mbappe in the box. As the away defence slept, Mbappe's ball across goal was turned in at the far post by Bernat, the defender scoring his third Champions League goal this season. Now it looked as though their start to the game would prove to be nothing more than a blip. The depleted visitors, with Eric Bailly at right-back and Fred, Scott McTominay and Andreas Pereira all in midfield, were incapable of keeping the ball. However, they were gifted another goal half an hour in. Not closed down 25 yards out, Rashford tried a shot that was powerful but straight at Buffon. Yet the veteran Italian, still hoping to win the Champions League for the first time aged 41, spilled the ball, and Lukaku followed in to score. It was a sixth goal in three games for the Belgian. PSG -- so slick in France -- were wobbling again at the business end of the Champions League. Di Maria had a goal ruled out for offside in the 56th minute and Mbappe then managed to fall when clean through late on, with Bernat sending the loose ball against the post. It still looked as though they would hang on, but then VAR intervened, and Rashford sent United into ecstasy. Dailyhunthttps://www.openlearning.com/u/zeeseeheede
Who is Buzz Aldrin?
Aldrin landed on the 'Sea of Tranquility' in the Apollo 11 lunar module, Eagle, on July 20, 1969, along with Spacecraft commander Neil Armstrong, becoming one of the first men to land on the Moon. This year, America will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the astonishing feat. Hailed as an American hero, Aldrin joined the Air Force after graduation and flew 66 combat missions in Korea. He later joined MIT, earning a Doctorate of Science in Astronautics. In 2017, Aldrin said NASA's Mars mission should aim to reach new milestones under the Trump presidency. The NASA funding bill, supporting Mars exploration, had set a target of 2033 for an unmanned mission, the Guardian reported. At the Humans to Mars Summit that year, Aldrin had said: 'I think we can all say with confidence that we are closer to Mars today than we have ever been.' The former astronaut is locked in a legal battle with two of his children who say he is suffering from mental decline. He was absent from a gala celebrating 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, even though his nonprofit space education foundation, ShareSpace Foundation, was a sponsor and he typically is the star attraction, AP reported. Aldrin had sued his children and a former business manager, accusing them of misusing his credit cards, transferring money from an account and slandering him by saying he has dementia. Only weeks before the lawsuit, his children had filed a petition claiming their father was suffering from memory loss, delusions, paranoia and confusion. Dailyhunthttps://sketchfab.com/tussadusmed
2 American children may be trapped in the last Islamic State village
The family of Shamima Begum, who left for Syria as a teenager, has said the British government intends to revoke her citizenship, and President Donald Trump has vowed not to let Hoda Muthana, an American-born woman, return to the United States.But Shikder's ordeal raises the question of what happens to children who ended up in the Islamic State through no fault of their own.Shikder, 38, told his story in phone calls from Iraq and Florida, and two lawyers involved in his case corroborated his account."Mr Shikder is a religious Muslim, but he is also very much an American," said Charles D. Swift, director of the Constitutional Law Center for Muslims in America, who is helping Shikder. "He believes in America and in the ideals of America."Born in Bangladesh, Shikder moved to Canada as a young man, before immigrating to the United States and becoming a citizen a decade ago. He married a Bangladeshi-born American woman, Rashida Sumaiya, and had two children, Yusuf, a boy, and Zahra, a girl.They lived near Miami, where he works in information technology, he said. He and his wife liked to play chess and badminton and hold barbecues in Miami Beach.But his life was upended in March 2015, when he left for a pilgrimage to Mecca. His wife was supposed to take the children to visit her parents in Orlando, he said. But when she stopped responding to his texts, he began to worry.After days of silence, he reached her parents, who said she and the children were gone but refused to say more, he said. So he contacted the FBI and returned to Florida, learning that his wife, their children, then 4 and 10 months old, and his wife's sister, had flown to Turkey to cross into Syria to join the Islamic State.A few weeks later, he received a call from Syria while he was driving on the freeway, he said. A man with a British accent asked him whether he was the father of Yusuf and Zahra. Shikder said yes and asked where they were."In the Islamic State," he said the man told him.He gave Shikder one month to join them in Syria or said his wife and children would be taken away from him.About a week later, his wife called and told him how she, her sister, and their children had been smuggled into Syria and had their passports taken away, he said. That was the start of an intermittent and painful correspondence between him, his wife, her sister and other members of the Islamic State.Sometimes his wife sent him videos of his children playing and put them on the phone, he said. But he never knew whether they were in danger."Many times I was very worried because I was seeing fighting, I was seeing airstrikes, I was seeing Assad's soldiers," he said, referring to Syria's president, Bashar Assad. "I was seeing people being killed."Later, he received messages asking him to send money or telling him to join the family in Syria, appeals he was not sure were from his wife or from someone else using her phone, he said. He refused to send money, having been advised that it could violate the American law against providing material support to a terrorist group.In 2016, he received a document from an Islamic State court divorcing him from his wife. The document said his wife had asked for a divorce because Shikder lived in "the land of disbelief (America)", had refused to move to the Islamic State and had not sent money to his wife.He later learned that his wife had remarried and given birth to a daughter, and sometime later that her new husband had been killed, he said.He last spoke to Sumaiya in December, he said. He told her that her father had died in the United States, and she spoke of a nearby airstrike that had terrified the children. In January, his sister-in-law told him that his wife had been killed in an airstrike and that the three children had been burned in the blast.The sister-in-law got in touch one more time, on February 4, and said the children's wounds were healing, Shikder said. That was the last he heard from her.Last month, Shikder received word that his children had been found in a refugee camp in eastern Syria, so he flew to northern Iraq, intending to cross the border to retrieve them. But it turned out to be a false report, so he returned to Florida last week.Clive Stafford Smith, a British human rights lawyer who is helping Shikder, says he has confirmed, through contacts he has with people whose relatives are in the village, that the children are alive and in Baghuz, in the care of a British woman who is reluctant to surrender.Shikder is an observant Muslim who does not drink or smoke, prays regularly and wears a long black beard with a trim moustache. His own faith compounded his horror at the jihadis' actions, he said."I do everything that Islam tells you to do, but my Islam did not tell me to do what they did," he said.He said he struggled to determine how much his wife had embraced their message."Sometimes I was feeling that she was stuck," he said. "Sometimes I was feeling that she was believing what she was doing."Yusuf is now 8, Zahra is 4, and his wife's other daughter, Safyah, is about 18 months old. His lawyers believe she can claim American citizenship through her mother, and Shikder has offered to adopt her.But it remains unclear whether the children will make it out of Syria.As he waits, Shikder prays, and tries to stay hopeful that his children will be saved."Everything is making me worried," he said.c.2019 New York Times News Service 1686025 Dailyhunthttp://www.itsarab.org/UserProfile/tabid/61/userId/41454/Default.aspx
Injury plagues key players, Manpreet to lead inexperienced Indian side
India, which starts its campaign against Japan on March 23, will miss the services of experienced forwards SV Sunil, Akashdeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Lalit Upadhyay, besides defenders Rupinder Pal Singh, Harmanpreet Singh as well as midfielder Chinglensana Singh, who all were sidelined due to injuries. Two junior players Vishal Antil and Pardeep Singh also missed the cut owing to injuries. According to a statement from Hockey India, all the injured players will continue their rehabilitation at the Sports Authority of India South Centre in Bengaluru. The 18-member team will have experienced PR Sreejesh under the goal post while Krishan B Pathak will be the second custodian. The backline will be spearheaded by vice-captain Surender in the company of Gurinder Singh, Birendra Lakra, Kothajit Singh Khadangbam and dragflick duo of Varun Kumar and Amit Rohidas. Skipper Manpreet will man the midfield alongside young guns Vivek Sagar Prasad, Hardik Singh, Sumit and Nilakanta Sharma. India's forwardline consists of Mandeep Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Shilanand Lakra and Sumit Kumar. "It is unfortunate that we will be missing some key players for the 28th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2019 due to injury," said HI's High Performance Director David John. "However, it is important for them to return to 100 per cent fitness ahead of the FIH Series Final, which is a crucial tournament in our quest for 2020 Olympic berth and so they will continue to remain in Bengaluru and work on their rehabilitation. "It is a relatively young side but each of these players have tremendous potential and have a good amount of international exposure. It is important to see how they fair in Malaysia as it will show the depth we possess in the core group ahead of the Olympic Qualification events this year," added John, who is currently in charge of the team in the absence of a full-time chief coach. The position of men's hockey team's chief coach is lying vacant after the removal of Harendra Singh following a disappointing World Cup campaign last year, where India crashed out in the quarterfinals. The Indian team will leave for Ipoh, Malaysia from Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on March 18. Indian men's hockey team: Goalkeepers: P R Sreejesh, Krishan B Pathak Defenders: Gurinder Singh, Surender Kumar (vice-captain), Varun Kumar, Birendra Lakra, Amit Rohidas, Kothajit Singh Khadangbam Midfielders: Hardik Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Sumit, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Manpreet Singh (captain) Forwards: Mandeep Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Shilanand Lakra, Sumit Kumar. Dailyhunthttps://www.sbnation.com/users/kivonlewisse
PV Sindhu knocked out of All England Championship
Sindhu showed grit in the closing moments of the second and third game but also committed too many unforced errors during the match. The Indian saved three match points at 17-20 in the second game to take the match to the decider, during which she saved five match points before suffering her fourth first-round loss at the USD 1 million events. Sung Ji will face Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi in the second round. "I think I could have not given her big lead at the starting. It was too many points and it was difficult to cover," Sindhu said after the loss. "It was my bad luck probably as my midcourt smashes were going to the net. I was just hitting out but overall it was good match and she played well. She has good anticipations and there were long rallies. "I had trained enough but it was just not my day. Such matches keep happening and I have to take it as a challenge and come back stronger." The women's doubles pair of Meghana Jakkampudi and Poorvisha S Ram also fought hard before losing 21-18 12-21 12-21 to the Russian combination of Ekaterina Bolotova and Alina Daveltova. The opening clash between Sindhu and Sung Ji turned out to be a thrilling contest. Sindhu enjoyed a 6-3 lead early on but Sung Ji drew level, helped by Sindhu's poor judgement. The Korean kept up the attack and entered the first interval with a lead of 11-8 after the Indian hit the net. Sindhu dominated the rallies after the breather and drew parity at 11-11 with a cross-court smash. However, the Indian struggled with her timing and committed too many unforced errors to allow the Korean a cushion of 16-14. Sung Ji continued to gather points and clinched four game points. The Korean sealed it without much fuss when Sindhu struck out again. After the change of sides, Sindhu found the going tough with Sung Ji grabbing an 11-8 advantage at the break. After the breather, Sindhu managed to make it 13-13 with some precise returns. Sindhu tried to put pressure on her rival in the rallies but Sung Ji remained determined and led 18-14. Sindhu continued to struggle with her strokes and buried two of her returns into the net, giving Sung Ji a lead of 18-14. Sindhu narrowed the deficit to 17-18 before sending another cross-court smash wide. Sung Ji grabbed three match points after that. However, the Indian produced a razor-sharp cross court return and engaged her rival in the longest rally of the match to save three points. Sung Ji hit the net to give a game point to the Indian, who sealed it with a body smash to roar back into the contest. In the decider, the duo engaged in some good rallies but Sung Ji again had a two-point advantage at the interval after reeling off four straight points. The Korean kept pushing forward, moving to a 15-9 lead at one stage. A wide shot broke her run of points but Sindhu committed a service error and followed it up with two more unforced errors to allow Sung Ji to lead 18-10. Sung Ji soon grabbed as many as seven match points with a superb return near the net. Sindhu did save five of them but it just wasn't enough. Dailyhunthttps://www.polygon.com/users/michealrate
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