Hisaki Kato delivered a vicious Superman punch right to Schilling’s face during the second round of their fight at Bellator 139 on Friday night. Schilling hit the canvas completely unconscious. MORE: Athletes who competed in MMA | Bellator 138 recap | Slice beats Shamrock with brutal right hand The second punch was not really necessary, but the knockout blow by Kato was certainly impressive.
Premier League Team of the Week After driving Leicester City towards their first top-flight title last season, the France international has swept the board this time around by claiming all three big end-of-season prizes. The midfielder was voted the PFA Player of the Year, FWA Footballer of the Year and, most recently, Premier League Player of the Season. He has also made history by becoming the first outfield player to ever win the Premier League in successive seasons with different clubs....
Lee, whose parents emigrated from Laos, is the first-ever Hmong American Olympic gymnast, as well as gold medalist. As the country celebrates Lee’s historic win, we take a closer look at the history and background of Hmong people. Hmong Meaning The Hmong American Center, a nonprofit based in Wisconsin, explains that the Hmong are defined as an ethnic group of people who originally came from China. With a history spanning over 4,000 years, Hmong have a unique culture and language....
The prisoner transfers, which comprise of “nearly all of women- and trans-identified individuals currently incarcerated” at Rikers, was agreed upon in collaboration with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, according to a press release from Hochul’s office. The individuals covered by the transfer will be taken to either the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility or the Taconic Correctional Facility, both of which are located north of the city in Westchester County and overseen by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision....
Hyperbole for the sake of the recently passed? Hardly, as a quick glance through Kelly’s resume shows. The 91-year-old played in the NHL from 1947-67, spending his first 13 seasons as a defenseman with the Red Wings and his last eight at center for the Maple Leafs. He won eight Stanley Cups — four with each team — the most for any player not to have spent time with the Canadiens....
The Right has long understood the importance of the courts and has spent decades filling vacancies with ideologues ready to advance a partisan agenda. In recent years, the Left has taken note of the Right’s packing and is now striving to redress the damage done. As constituents, we must hold elected officials at all levels accountable for their commitment to achieving judiciaries that reflect the demographic and professional diversity of the public they serve....
In New York, certain businesses had vaccine mandates starting on Sept. 13. Art Depol of Mooyah Burgers, Fries & Shakes in Times Square said that about 16 of his 24 staffers were already vaccinated. Three got the vaccine when it was required, and five refused. Depol is opting for weekly testing for the unvaccinated workers to avoid having to suspend or terminate them. “It’s so difficult to find good people right now, I don’t want to lose the good people I have over this,” he said....
There are clearly obstacles to success, ranging from outright discrimination to institutional indifference – lack of mentoring, for example. But women aspiring to become corporate leaders shouldn’t despair. The glass ceiling is not quite as shatterproof as the commission suggests. The key reasons: Fortune 1000 companies employ about 20 percent of the nation’s workers. In the economy as a whole, 43 percent of managers are women, according to 1994 Department of Labor data....
Leno’s passion isn’t for self-promotion. Chairman of the Feminist Majority’s Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan, she’s determined instead to focus public attention on the plight of Afghanistan’s women and girls. Under rules imposed by the Taliban regime, they are generally unable to work, attend school or even leave the house without a close male relative. To promote her cause, Leno has done more than overcome her congenital shyness: last summer, in a highly public gesture, she and Jay donated $100,000 to the campaign....
Nicholas’s tumble from grace was the most glaring evidence yet of the turmoil buffeting Time Warner, the world’s largest media conglomerate with revenues of $12.02 billion last year. Since the merger, the company has been reeling from a heavy debt load and sagging stock price and has largely failed in its quest for ‘synergy" between its properties ranging from cable networks to Warner Bros. and Time magazine. Morale has sunk particularly low at Time, where budget cuts have led to open grumbling....
Such details may sound amusing–more of the trivia that thrives in the undiscriminating chaos of the Web–but few people are laughing anymore. Many of the young men who make up the bulk of Islamic militants also fit into the demographic that tends to be the most wired globally. Most Laskar Jihad members are between 19 and 30 years old and are “intellectuals with a need for modern communications,” says communications chief Hardi Ibnu Harun; one third of recruits have bachelor’s degrees....
Clarke added that over the last year, “There has been an unrelenting demand for intelligence to be investigated and operations conducted to arrest suspects or disrupt terrorist activity when judged to be appropriate. The Metropolitan Police Anti-Terrorist Branch have around 70 current investigations, spanning London, the U.K. and the globe. That is the nature of what we face.” Citing information provided by Britain’s counter-intelligence service MI-5 (also known as the Security Service), the British Broadcasting Corporation earlier this week reported that “around 400,000 people in the U....
But one woman may have just trumped your worst DIY stories, after discovering that her toilet roll holder was being held up by Jenga blocks. A homeowner called Dakota Delaney shared the unlikely “fix” found in her bathroom to TikTok earlier on Wednesday. The clip, which she captioned “DIY,” “new home quality control” and “Jenga,” has amassed nearly 2 million views in less than 24 hours. Delaney films the toilet roll holder, which isn’t flush with the wall, as she gently pulls it out, exposing what appear to be chunky blocks of wood....
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Tuesday that bars, gyms, beauty parlors, cinemas and other entertainment venues would be allowed to open starting May 8. Lam also said that secondary school students could return to class May 27. While bars can begin reopening, they must operate at half capacity, and live performances will be banned. The limit on four people gathering in public and eating together at restaurants was increased to eight....
Firefighters are still on site at the city’s World Trade Centre, where videos showed smoke rising from the side of the 38-story tower block and aerial ladders were used to evacuate patrons stuck on a lower-level dining area terrace. Citing local police, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post reported at least eight injuries as of 3:15 p.m. local time. They included seven—one man and six women between the ages of 31 to 72—who had been hospitalized for smoke inhalation....
Hong Kong’s police force—once known as “Asia’s finest”—are now as likely to be seen in riot gear as in their blue uniforms. Officers have grown quick to use “crowd control” methods like tear gas barrages, “non-lethal” rounds and water cannons. Live rounds have even been fired at times, wounding at least three protesters. Protesters have armed themselves with helmets, makeshift shields and body armor to head to the front lines....
The anti-China movement—which began as a protest against extradition legislation but has morphed into a more general anti-government campaign—is an overwhelmingly young one. Nearly 60 percent of those involved are aged 29 or younger, with just 18 percent 45 of older, according to The South China Morning Post. While university students are a key group within the activists, high schoolers are also regularly on the front line too. The youngest have also been involved in the most high-profile and violent incidents....
As we remember the loss of nearly 3,000 people from 20 years ago on Sept. 11, 2001, we also mourn 13 U.S. soldiers killed in a terrorist attack last month in Afghanistan. The soldiers were evacuating civilians from Kabul after the Taliban takeover. Twenty years of war did not bring Afghanistan stability and peace. The war cost thousands of lives of both soldiers and civilians. The September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows were right to call for “nonviolent and reasoned responses to the terrorist attacks....
