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David Hruska woke up Monday to the roar of a dam near his Minnesota home. He’s lived there for 44 years and it’s a sound he’s fallen asleep to and woken up to thousands of times. But that day, the sound was drowned out by his sister and brother-in-law knocking on his door, urging him to come and see the destruction outside.Hruszka ran outside and saw that about 600 feet of land between his Mankato home and the Rapidan Dam had been ripped away, along with a substation and trees. Rising waters on the Blue Earth River had partially breached…
The ongoing election campaigns in France, the UK and the US are the latest examples of the shortcomings of centrist politics. The big question is whether there are alternatives that can thwart the rise of right-wing, nationalist politics and deliver positive policy outcomes.Centrist politics refers to the style of figures such as Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Labour prime ministerial candidate Keir Starmer and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who are in many ways following in the ideological footsteps of former US presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and former British prime minister Tony Blair.This centrism has three main tenets.…
An Islamabad court on Thursday rejected a plea for suspension of the sentences of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, whose marriage is illegal under Islamic law.Khan has been embroiled in more than 200 legal cases since he was ousted in April 2022 in a campaign to remove him from power. The 71-year-old and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were sentenced to seven years in prison in February after it was determined that under Islamic law they had married too soon after Bibi’s divorce. An AFP reporter at an Islamabad district court said the judge postponed the request…
The purge targeted Li Shang-fu and Wei Feng-he, and the expulsions coincided with rising tensions with the United States over Taiwan.China’s Communist Party ousted former Defense Minister Li Shang-fu, who disappeared and was sacked last year, and his predecessor as part of a crackdown on corruption, state media said. President Li Keqiang and his predecessor Wei Fenghe were expelled for “serious violations of party discipline and the law,” state news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday. The expulsion comes amid rising tensions between China and the United States over the fate of Taiwan. Li was dismissed from office in October 2023…
Dresdner Advisory’s Wisdom of Crowds Enterprise Performance Management Market Study Reveals User Trends Nashua, New Hampshire, June 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Enterprise performance management usage has grown from 62% in 2023 to 71% in 2024, according to Dresner Advisory Services’ 2024 Wisdom of Crowds® Enterprise Performance Management Market Study. Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Market Survey, now in its 10th yearNumber This edition is Dresdner’s extensive assessment of the market, taking a comprehensive look at key user behaviors, attitudes and intentions and comparing the results with the previous year. The report examines the overall importance of EPM, adoption trends, implementation and…
Ten years ago, in civic sermons across the South, the Rev. William J. Barber II outlined all the ways states made it harder to vote when federal protections weakened. The most restrictive laws, Barber noted, were designed with black people in mind; federal judges had found that black people were targeted with “almost surgical precision.” As he painted the details, the Rev. Barber implicitly asked, “Who does this remind you of?” “Jim Crow never retired,” Barber replied. “He went to law school. Meet James Crow.”It’s a powerful allegory. Jim Crow was a 19th-century minstrel figure whose stereotypes about enslaved black…
It added that an earlier meeting of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the country’s highest military decision-making body, had also stripped Li and Wei of their general ranks and PLA membership.The investigation into Li began on August 31 and concluded that he had accepted “significant amounts of money” to benefit others, and that he had also bribed others, the statement said.Wei was investigated on September 21 and is accused of accepting unauthorized gifts and large sums of money in exchange for using his power to benefit others. He has not been accused of accepting bribes.The statement added that the investigation…
The New York Knicks believe they have a chance to win the Eastern Conference.The Nets have reached a deal with the Brooklyn Nets to acquire forward Mikal Bridges in exchange for Bojan Vodoganovic, four unprotected first-round picks, a 2025 protected first-round pick, a pick swap and two second-round picks, a person familiar with the trade confirmed to USA Today Sports.The person requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly until the deal is announced.The Nets will receive first-round draft picks from the Knicks in 2025, 2027, 2029 and 2031.Bridges is one of the game’s best two-way players and…
With three days to go until France’s crucial parliamentary elections, the leader of the department’s far-right party raised the question on Thursday of who would take command of the army if his party takes power after two rounds of voting. The early elections have plunged France into uncharted territory, with political scientists scrambling to interpret how power would be shared with President Emmanuel Macron and a prime minister hostile to many of his policies if Marine Le Pen’s National Rally wins a majority in France’s lower house, the National Assembly. Le Pen has repeatedly said that if her party wins,…
Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitts and Frank Schwab debate whether Kyler Murray is really “the guy” to make the Cardinals a competitive team in the NFC.Show moreVideo TranscriptArizona Cardinals.For me, I think there is one big question, one big curiosity about one big thing.I mean, is Kyler really a he?So Kyler Murray may be the man, the myth, the legend.But when looking back at his performance this year, keep in mind he has only had one winning season so far.A year in which things went smoothly.He passed away within the last two years.You see, he has yet to have a complete…