Bitter experience helps French ICUs crest latest virus wave
They treated Aricique with nasal tubes and a mask that bathed his heaving lungs in a constant flow of oxygen. While mechanical ventilation is unavoidable for some patients, it’s a step taken less systematically now than at the start of the pandemic. About 15% to 20% of his intubated patients don't survive, he said. The shift to less-invasive breathing treatments also is helping French ICUs stave off collapse under a renewed crush of coronavirus cases. The relative later emerged from the patient's room misty-eyed and shaken.
Source:ABC News
April 19, 2021 06:45 UTC
A body with Covid washed ashore. Now this Pacific island nation isn't taking any chances
(CNN) A Pacific island country has banned outward travel from its main island for three days after a body washed ashore that later tested positive for Covid-19, Radio New Zealand has reported. Vanuatu port authorities told the tanker to return to port and a search and rescue operation got underway. The body was taken to a mortuary and later tested positive for Covid-19 , according to RNZ. It's not clear from the RNZ report whether the man died from Covid-19 or how he came to wash ashore on the island. CNN has reached out to Vanuatu authorities for comment.
Source:CNN
April 19, 2021 06:42 UTC
Word of the Day: lamentable
Daily Word ChallengeCan you correctly use the word lamentable in a sentence? Based on the definition and example provided, write a sentence using today’s Word of the Day and share it as a comment on this article. Then, read some of the other sentences students have submitted and use the “Recommend” button to vote for two original sentences that stand out to you. If you want a better idea of how lamentable can be used in a sentence, read these usage examples on Vocabulary.com. Students ages 13 and older in the United States and the United Kingdom, and 16 and older elsewhere, can comment.
Source:New York Times
April 19, 2021 06:00 UTC
Texas Republican Panned For 'Disgraceful' Pro-Gun Tweet About Austin Shooting
Texas state Rep. Jared Patterson (R) was condemned online Sunday for using a deadly shooting in Austin to promote legislation that would allow Texans to carry guns without a license. God bless and comfort those killed and affected by the shooting in Austin today. — Rep. Jared Patterson (@JaredLPatterson) April 18, 2021Three people were shot and killed at an apartment complex in northern Austin. Patterson’s tweet prompted a flood of outrage and gun violence statistics:More death and destruction in Texas today and this "Christ follower" wants more guns. — Survivingnsweatpants (@Mominsweats) April 18, 2021Agreed; also, Rep. Patterson—I don’t see what HB 1927 has to do with this... — EricaGrieder (@EricaGrieder) April 18, 2021Right?
Source:Huffington Post
April 19, 2021 06:00 UTC
Louisiana shooting leaves at least 5 hospitalized: report
At least five people were hospitalized Sunday following a shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, according to reports. Those injured were taken to area hospitals in connection with the shooting on Hearne Avenue, which occurred around 9 p.m. local time. Authorities said they responded to reports of traffic congestion in the area when gunfire erupted, according to Shreveport's KSLA. COAST GUARD RECOVERS 2 MORE BODIES OFF LOUISIANA COAST FOLLOWING SEACOR POWER DISASTERIt wasn't immediately clear who was responsible for the shooting. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPAnyone with more information is asked to call Shreveport police at (318) 673-7300.
Source:Fox News
April 19, 2021 05:55 UTC
Luke Bryan's ACM entertainer of the year award draws mixed reactions from country music fans
Despite being one of the biggest names in country music, Luke Bryan's entertainer of the year win at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday was not well received by all. "Luke Bryan winning ACM Entertainer of the Year is exactly why I’m leaving this planet," said one viewer. LUKE BRYAN? "luke bryan hasn't won an acm entertainer of the year award since 2015. that was 6 YEARS AGO," wrote a fan. KENNY CHESNEY REUNITES WITH BANDMATES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS FOR 2021 ACM PERFORMANCE"LUKE BRYAN WINS ACM ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR!!!"
Source:Fox News
April 19, 2021 05:24 UTC
What entertainment does Gen Z prefer? The answer isn’t good for Hollywood
Deloitte’s survey also addressed issues such as churn among the growing market of streaming services. But people mostly are not dropping streaming services altogether; they’re exchanging them for others. Twenty-two percent of respondents said they’d added subscription services since the pandemic began, while 33% said they had both added and canceled video subscriptions. Advertisement“Consumers are still signing up for subscriptions, and what we’re seeing is they’re switching subscriptions, they’re not necessarily canceling,” Westcott said. Two thirds (66%) of consumers are frustrated when content they wanted to watch is no longer available on their streaming video services.
Source:Los Angeles Times
April 19, 2021 03:56 UTC
Carolyn Hax: A spouse’s silence is the opposite of supportive
: Tough one, because being in the “supportive listener” role for someone who is oblivious to their own culpability is a contradiction in terms. Your silence isn’t supportive, it’s making things worse. But as you’ve seen, speaking up in a way that contradicts his victim narrative is not something he welcomes. You notice he might be misreading a situation or unwittingly making something worse. Would he rather you just nod and listen, knowing it means he might go back and keep making things worse — or would he rather you point out the thing you noticed?
Source:Washington Post
April 19, 2021 03:56 UTC
NASA Mars Helicopter’s First Flight: When to Watch
Early on Monday, a robotic helicopter that NASA sent to Mars will try to rise a few feet in the air, hover and come back down. With that simple feat, it would become the first machine to fly through the wispy air of the red planet. The Mars helicopter, named Ingenuity, traveled from Earth tucked under NASA’s Perseverance rover, which landed in February on the mission to search for signs of ancient life near a dried-up river delta. When will Ingenuity fly and how can I watch it? (The time zones on the red planet don’t have names, yet.)
Source:New York Times
April 19, 2021 03:56 UTC
Vanessa Bryant Uses Her Platform to Battle the Powerful
For years, under the power dynamics of Los Angeles policing, many victims who have accused powerful law enforcement institutions of wrongdoing have found their charges batted aside or buried in bureaucratic inertia. But in recent months the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has faced a new, potent adversary: Vanessa Bryant. By leveraging her wealth and celebrity, Bryant, 38, is flipping the usual script. Through social media posts and a lawsuit, she is holding authorities to account in ways that are uncommon for women, and especially for women of color. And she has done it all while she navigates her grief after the deaths of her 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and her husband, Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers star, who were killed in a helicopter crash near Calabasas, Calif., in January 2020.
Source:New York Times
April 19, 2021 03:56 UTC
College Players Graduating to the N.H.L. Have a Chance for Longer Test Run
Philadelphia General Manager Chuck Fletcher signed Michigan sophomore defenseman Cam York, the No. 14 overall pick in the 2019 draft, on March 31, five days after the Wolverines had to withdraw from the N.C.A.A. Lehigh Valley had about 20 games remaining when York signed. “Normally, when these kids sign out of college, they might get a handful of regular-season games prior to the summer break,” Fletcher said. 32 overall pick in 2019, played his first game in Montreal on Saturday and had an assist.
Source:New York Times
April 19, 2021 03:56 UTC
Miss Manners: What counts as a ‘formal dinner’?
But Miss Manners cannot get away with that as a definition of a formal dinner — especially with that use of “typically,” which she threw in because a formal dinner could be three courses or, as at some 19th-century banquets, 18. Miss Manners is not one to deny bread to those who crave it. Please don’t even give Miss Manners the details. If you don’t know, please ask someone you know better to explain it to you.”New Miss Manners columns are posted Monday through Saturday on washingtonpost.com/advice. You can send questions to Miss Manners at her website, missmanners.com.
Source:Washington Post
April 19, 2021 03:56 UTC
Why the Worst N.B.A. Player Is (Probably) Still Better Than You
“I guess they were thinking that since I was far removed and retired that, ‘Hey, I can probably challenge him,’” said Sweetney, who averaged 6.5 points a game in 233 games. “It was funny because they tried to catch me off guard.”Sweetney added: “I was like: ‘I’m just letting you know, I’m not going to take it easy. It was another reminder: When a player makes the N.B.A., no matter for how long, he is, in that moment, one of the 500 best basketball players in the world. “Yes, I’m removed,” Sweetney said. “I’m probably not in N.B.A.
Source:New York Times
April 19, 2021 03:56 UTC
N.F.L. Draft Process Adapts With the Pandemic
“We wanted him to be in a predictable situation,” said Brent Callaway, the company’s director of sport performance. Chase entered Exos at 207 pounds and swelled to 213 pounds, so Callaway pulled him off upper-body lifts ahead of the pro day. As important as pro days have been to this year’s scouting process, those involved acknowledged that the circumstances were less than ideal. The Los Angeles Rams, who hold six total picks in this year’s draft, none in the first round, sent scouts to about a dozen pro day workouts, J.W. “From a scouting perspective, it’s getting less and less necessary for you to go in person,” Jordan said.
Source:New York Times
April 19, 2021 03:56 UTC
John Grisham Leaves the Courtroom for Basketball, and Sudan
What is it about the Sudanese civil war that interested you enough to include it as a major story line in this book? That they were fighting the civil war back in the early 1960s, when the south of Sudan hated the north. There’s some great books written by people who know the country, refugees, people who escaped, people who are still there, children. There’s just some phenomenal memoirs written by the South Sudanese. I played the sport as a white kid in Mississippi in the late 1960s; that was one brand of basketball.
Source:New York Times
April 19, 2021 03:56 UTC