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With Saturday's UFC 263 middleweight bout between Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori on the horizon, bettors are looking to cash in on the many UFC 263 prop bets available for…
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Many people have been killed since clashes began on Monday. Scores too had been killed in the run up to the vote as protestors marched against Conde's bid for a third term.
[The Conversation Africa] A recently released report highlights how societies could move closer to a more gender equal distribution of care work in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
Tourism institutions East African are mulling new strategies to build the sector’s resilience amid plummeting revenues and rising poaching and illegal trade of wildlife products.
Roy Jones Jr. is an American boxer, born on the 16th of January, 1969 in Pensacola, Florida, USA. While also developing sequential interests in music and acting, Jones is most notably known as an all-time American boxer, winning a host of trophies to his name in an exciting career. What has distinguished Jones from other relatable boxers is the astounding sense of flexibility, charisma and consistency he has displayed throughout his 25-year long boxing career. He easily climbed up the categorical ladders in the sport, starting off in the lightweight class and eventually being recognized as one of the most stealth heavyweight boxers of all time. Jones is also the only American boxer to have won the WBA heavyweight championship, previously recognized only in the middle weight category. The 1990s was one of the most successful decades for Jones, having been awarded the Fighter of the Decade Award.
While Jones officially started boxing in the secondary leagues as early as 1984, he only turned professional in 1989 when he overwhelming defeated Ricky Randall in two successive rounds. Before that, he represented the United States in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, bringing home a silver medal. After subsequently defeating Stephan Johnson in another stunning knockout blow, Jones took on Jorge Castro and won the 10-round game in front of a national audience. A year later, he took out Bernard Hopkins with a unanimous decision, only to be awarded the IBF Middleweight Championship. The following year, the true greatness of Jones shone to light in a face-off with undefeated middleweight champion James Toney. In the 12-round match-up, Jones bamboozled his opponent and wore him out until finally landing the winning punch. Toney had been undefeated in 46 matches. Throughout 1996, Jones defended his title magnificently against big names such as Antoine Byrd and former IBF Lightweight Champion Vinny Pazienza. In a rather estranged turn of events, Jones saw his first loss in a match against Montell Griffin, for hitting him twice
“If white people can say 'Phoebe' or 'Arnold Schwarzenegger,' they could definitely say a Nadia, Roberto or a Zakir. It’s not brain surgery, it’s laziness.\"
[UN News] Ebola is spreading in a western province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), raising fears that the disease could reach neighbouring Republic of Congo and even the capital, Kinshasa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Limited public awareness campaigns on COVID-19 have been done in Moraikobai, in Region Five since the start of the pandemic and the sudden increase of COVID-19 cases in the isolated community is a result of residents’ skepticism about the virus’s presence in the village as majority of them who tested positive are asymptomatic.
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Labour Day will be observed Saturday as changes to the workforce continue to occur because of the pandemic. Before last year, generational shifts had already begun to affect habits, dispositions and practices in the workplace. Those changes have been accelerated because of the need to adapt.
Indeed, the announcement of modified curfew hours for this weekend serves as a reminder of the continuously shifting landscape around labour and labour unions. It is tempting to see the role of trade unions as being supplanted by public health considerations and the dictates of 'the new normal.'
The use of technology, such as artificial intelligence, the increased incidence of remote working, the decisive turn to gig work and contract work, the movement of retail to online spaces, and higher turnover rates because of the tendencies of 'Gen Z' workers suggest the current modes of labour mobilisation may already be redundant.
If trade unions are to remain relevant they, like everyone else, will have to adapt. This means more than simply holding a virtual event on Saturday in lieu of the traditional march.
There remain vital matters for which advocacy and representation are needed. The pandemic has raised a lot of issues and questions which are yet to be settled in law and in public policy.
At the moment, there is a raging debate over the question of whether covid19 vaccination should be mandatory. Some jurists have publicly suggested reasonableness will dictate that public health risks can only be addressed by mass vaccination, while other jurists have said employers cannot reasonably force an employee to take a vaccine.
There are messy moral and ethical issues involved and whichever way such issues are settled, there will be a role for channels of feedback and appeal.
Whatever its prospects moving forward, the labour movement has historically been a part of a strong democratic tradition that grants people freedom of association and allows such associations to be heard. In this context, the dilution of the workforce through remote working and alternate modes of employment does present risks to individual workers. Whether unions are appropriate mechanisms to address these risks depends entirely on the way these unions work and how they envision themselves going forward.
The classic situation of a worker being discriminated against or harassed is another example of the kind of thing labour unions will still be needed for. Until the State gets its anti-discrimination laws and enforcement mechanisms up to scratch, it is the trade union movement that will play the most vital role in addressing inequity.
How labour unions will survive this current period is not clear, however. A lot of the trends and changes have undoubtedly resulted in a decline in union membership and dues, raising questions about State support.
Yet, before we forecast the demise of the labour movement, it is worthwhile to also remember that while working practices have rapidly changed, some forms of work have not. For the moment, there will a
Returning to work is cause for celebration at St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care in Milwaukee.
Staff members will form a car “caravan” that will circle St. Ann Center’s Stein Campus, 2801 E. Morgan Ave. With handmade signs, bright balloons and a chorus of honking horns, the center’s employees will thank Lonergan for her leadership during this precarious time of COVID-19.
In mid-March, as a preventive measure, St. Ann Center closed its Stein Campus as well as its Bucyrus Campus on Milwaukee’s north side, a neighborhood that was hard hit soon after by the novel coronavirus.
Edna sees St. Ann Center as her family — she didn’t hesitate to put people before profits.”
Edna—St. Ann Center is her life’s work,” Rozanski said.
J’can latest COVID-positive case in Barbados BRIDGETOWN (CMC): A 34-year-old Jamaican woman has tested positive for the coronavirus after landing in Barbados on Sunday. The Barbados Government Information Service (BGIS) yesterday said that the...
By Alyssa Wilson WARNING: This story contains information about suicide and may be triggering for some readers. Viewer discretion is advised. In some major metropolitan cities across the United States, there has been an increase in suicide attempts in teens and young adults. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people between ages 10 to 24. In Black communities, the suicide rates peak during adolescence and young adulthood. According to a report by NPR, the number of suicide attempts coming to the emergency room at the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Oakland, Calif. doubled in […]
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The family of Jamal Sutherland is relieved a team of forensic pathologists in South Carolina agrees that the subdual process... View Article
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The NASCAR driver also signed a major deal with Beats.
The YMCA of Greater Houston is pleased to announce the opening of the region’s first Equity Innovation Center Powered by Reliant. The center will serve as a space for the Houston community to lead, organize, advocate and meaningfully connect with a shared focus. As the most diverse city in the country, Houston can be a […]
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In a unanimous decision giving itself jurisdiction, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday set aside the ruling of the Guyana Court of Appeal on valid votes and paved the way for GECOM to finally declare a result for the March 2nd general elections using the figures from the recount.
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In a strange turn of events, a North Dakota businessman and rancher who died from COVID-19 last month was elected to... View Article
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But that would be a dangerous option for Shannon Urban. In addition to being an executive and a divorced mother of a 9-year-old daughter, she is also a recovering alcoholic.
The frustrations of home schooling her daughter while keeping up with her job as an associate dean in marketing at the University of Pennsylvania, and dealing with the pandemic have been stressful enough. But trying to do it all while staying sober has been a herculean task.
\"Third grade math is too much for me. That was my crying this week,\" said Urban, who recently moved in with her fiancé.
Urban says her addiction stemmed from low self-esteem and a desire to mute the pain of always feeling like she was \"a piece of trash.\"
Her drinking intensified in her late 20s when she became a mother, had a mortgage and took on more senior roles at a prior corporate job. \"As more responsibilities creeped up in my life, my problem got bigger and bigger,\" she said.
Now that she's working from home full-time, Urban said recovery is harder because she has more time alone with her self-defeating thoughts as she tries to juggle all her roles in a new way.
\"My brain says 'You're stupid and you can't do this,'\" Urban said. \"You need something to take the anxiety away. ... I don't have drinking as an outlet. I'm alone much more with those destructive thoughts than I normally am. I have to figure out how to work through them in a healthy way and during a pandemic.\"
Colleen Kearney, 44, is also an executive who is a recovering alcoholic. She is separated from her husband, and their 13-year-old daughter lives with her. She works as senior counsel for BrandEd Holdings, which provides academic programs for well-known companies. In March and April, she describes working at a breakneck pace from home as the leader of the company's Covid-19 task force, which had to make difficult personnel decisions and manage the transition to online learning for her clients' education courses.
She said she hadn't worked that hard since she was a \"baby lawyer.\" Unlike earlier in her career, however, she did it sober. She attributes her drinking in part to family history. But her addiction ticked up about six years ago, she said, when she was unhappy at a former job and realized that her marriage wasn't going to work out.
In 2016, her then-boss mandated that she go to an intensive outpatient rehab program. She did, and stayed sober for a year. But then she thought, \"If I can stay sober for a year, I don't have a drinking problem.\" She started drinking again in late 2017. \"I did it privately because everyone knew I'd stopped and had had trouble at work,\" Kearney said.
Her daughter figured out that she was drinking again and she decided to go to rehab for a month. But that experience didn't take either. \"I thought the 28 days would work their magic,\" said Kearney, who didn't attend recovery meetings afterward.
In October 2018, she chose to go to an in-patient program at Caron Treatment Centers, then did a year-long outpa
The punch exploded on the chin of Jose Aldo and reverberated across the mountaintops of mixed martial arts. When Conor McGregor knocked out the previously shatterproof UFC featherweight champion with…
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BY WINSTONE ANTONIO FAMOUS local gospel singer Agatha Murudzwa-Ndembera may have broken into the music scene and conquered, but that is not what her late father Peter Rewayi Murudzwa desired. Her late father wanted the Press On singer to be a nurse or a teacher, formal jobs that resembled stature and class those days, but she had other ideas, music was her passion. As fate would have it, her attempts to pursue her father’s wish by enrolling for either teaching or nursing hit a brick wall. It was a blessing in disguise for her to pursue her music path. With dedication and perseverance, the songbird never looked back with Fambai Neni becoming her icebreaker in 2003 with the hit song Anondinyara. Since then, Murudzwa-Ndembera has never looked back and has managed to inscribe her name in the gospel hall of fame. “I would have started my music career long back, but sadly my late father was against the idea of me pursuing a career in music as he wanted me to be a nurse or teacher,” she said. “That is my only regret in my career so far. I failed to convince him (the father) about my passion for music, but curiously, whenever I applied for the nursing or teaching programmes, all I could get were regrets.” Murudzwa-Ndembera reckons her breakthrough came when her niece accompanied her to Harare for a date with Grammar Records, where the late legendary producer Tendai Mupfurutsa showed his Midas touch and the album turned into gold. She said the recording was a secret kept away from her father, who only got to know of it after cassettes where delivered to his workplace. “I found relief when my Amainini Mai Matundu who knew of my talent and passion had to accompany me to Harare were I secretly recorded my first album Fambai Neni in 2003 without my father’s knowledge. My mother Deliwe was however, aware of the developments,” she said. “My father only knew that I had recorded an album upon the delivery of the cassettes as there were no CDs at the time at his workplace since I had used his address not home one. The magic worked as from that day he came to accept the reality in pursuit of my musical career.” She said her father became her number one supporter and the bond was so real and strong. “From then on, my father became so supportive such that he would make sure I have all the resources and everything that I needed in pursuit of my career,” he said. While it remains a struggle for many artistes at the moment making many sink into oblivion, Murudzwa-Ndembera has, however, remained in the groove churning out hits after hits. Her discography is composed of 13 albums and several singles. The Press On hit maker attributes her fruitful musical career to God’s grace, adding that she draws much of her inspiration from true life personal experiences. “For me it is both the industry and the ministry that has kept me going such that no matter how the going gets tough, I have to be able to deliver the message. I did not find gospel music, but it found me and I am very grateful,” she said. As a way of remaining relevant in the wake of th
If you’re feeling worn out from the pandemic, the winter nights, or the stress of the holidays, ZORA writer Jennifer Farmer is sharing six ways to bring some cheer into your life. “While some may…
BY TAFADZWA KACHIKO UNHERALED circular musician Donald “Donnie Da Prince” Williams who said has been in the music industry for almost eight
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Disappearing while black is not an issue confined to Chicago. It is a nationwide problem that garners limited attention. The FBI’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database listed 424,066 missing children under 18 in 2018, the most recent year for which data is available. About 37 percent of those children are black, even though black children only make up about 14% of all children in the United States. The news media vastly underreports missing minorities.
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Zimbabwe-born Stewart Dzvimbu fled to South Africa to escape a life of abuse and rejection. After years of hardship and fighting in gangs, he found new meaning when he was introduced to the martial arts. He now runs his own jiu-jitsu academy in Cape Town.
The SLU Gospel Choir, a musical ensemble of singers worshiping God, was established in 1973 and is known for being the university’s first African-American organization on campus. Michelle Brister, a senior music major and president of the organization, reflected on her experience in her final semester. Brister said, “As President, my experience with the SLU...
On Sunday last, as part of its ongoing UK Child Abuse Inquiry series, the Guardian newspaper published the chilling account of celebrated English judge Lord Patrick Devlin’s insidious and horrific sexual, physical and psychological abuse of his daughter Clare, which began before she was seven years old in the 1940s and continued for well over a decade.
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The Governor of the Cayman Islands, Martyn Roper, on Friday approved a law making same-sex partnerships legal.
