MagSafe ring grip stand concept offers an elegant way to keep your phone safePolice deny sitting on evidence as Netflix doc brings renewed attention to JonBenet Ramsey's killingSUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Spencer Knight made 20 saves, Mackie Samoskevich scored with less than a second left in the second period, and the Florida Panthers got four goals in the third to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-0 on Saturday and complete a two-day sweep. Aleksander Barkov, Sam Bennett, Aaron Ekblad, Evan Rodrigues and Adam Boqvist also scored for Florida, which won 6-3 at Carolina on Friday. The Panthers have won three straight — that streak following a stretch of six losses in seven games for the Stanley Cup champions. It was Knight’s fourth career shutout, his first since Nov. 9, 2022 — also at home against Carolina. Spencer Martin made 23 saves on 28 shots for the Hurricanes, who have dropped four of their last six games (2-3-1). It was Martin’s fourth consecutive start for Carolina. Takeaways Hurricanes: This was the first time all season that the Hurricanes failed to get a point in the game immediately following a loss. Carolina was 4-0-1 after a defeat entering Saturday. Panthers: A big day for Samoskevich — his alma mater Michigan beat Ohio State in football on Saturday, that game ending just before the Florida-Carolina game started. The Panthers are 5-0-0 when he scores this season. Sam Reinhart had each of the four most recent Florida goals at 19:59, before Samoskevich got his Saturday. RELATED COVERAGE Kakko’s late goal lifts Rangers past Canadiens 4-3 Predators trade Wedgewood to Avalanche for Annunen in swap of backup goaltenders Mason Marchment has two goals and assist as Stars beat Avalanche 5-3 Key moment The Panthers scored two goals 11 seconds apart in the third to make it 5-0, and Yaniv Perets replaced Martin in the Hurricanes’ net with 8:12 remaining. It was the second NHL appearance for Perets, who came on once in relief for Carolina last season. Key stat Ekblad’s goal was his first in a span of 1,045 regular-season shifts since Feb. 20. Up next Carolina starts a two-game homestand Tuesday against Seattle. Florida goes to Pittsburgh to start a two-game trip on Tuesday. ___ AP NHL: https://www.apnews.com/hub/NHL
Greater civilisations have fallen because they failed to prevent land degradation and land use changes. “Land” is a broad term referring to solid ground, encompassing everything from mountains to valleys, with a composition that includes soil, rock, sand, and other terrains. Soil, in particular, is essential for sustaining all living beings—sustainability. Soil fertility is both a biophysical and public property. It is also a social property because all of humankind depends on it for food production. A Harvard archaeologist, through research using remote sensing data and excavation findings, reveals exquisite signs of long–lost societies and shows that past civilisations made no attempts to adapt to natural landscapes, continuously insisting on developing urban lands for centuries until their land became uninhabitable, leading to the collapse of entire civilisations. Ancient pessimistic societies had a very thin margin for activism against their rulers’ will. This inflexibility may be the main reason for the collapse of most ancient civilisations worldwide. The United Nations has stressed that societies around the world are still ignoring land degradation, refraining from action against land development, while governments continue urban land expansion under the banner of sustainable cities. This suggests that current societal beliefs are misguided and that more activism is needed to reverse the damage. Previously, it was widely accepted that the Earth was flat—a dominant yet erroneous worldview 2,000 years ago. Similarly, we are mistaken again as we ignore land degradation and fail to conserve global land resources. Research findings Archaeological research shows that civilisations rise and fall depending on how societies manage their land amidst population growth and urbanisation trends. Currently, around 35.9 billion tons of fertile soil are lost annually due to human activities like land use changes and soil erosion. If governments do not respond swiftly, the modern world will suffer a similar fate. Now some small steps to prosecution of environmental harm have already been made at the International Criminal Courts (ICC), Hauge. Netherlands, which has adopted the Rome Statue in 1998. A silent hazard Geoscientists at Virgina University revealed that major cities on the Atlantic coast are sinking by 1 to 5 mm per year. New York City, for instance, is sinking at an average of 1 to 2 mm annually. The city’s 1,084,954 buildings weigh about 1.68 trillion pounds—almost double the weight of all humanity combined. The Netherlands sinks at a rate of around 7 mm a year despite having an incredibly sophisticated system to keep the country afloat, now paying the price for unprecedented land use changes. This fate may be possible in Colombo if land use changes continue with numerous skyscrapers along the coastline. Researchers believe that, in the next 25 years, there could be significant repercussions, with skyscrapers in urban areas eventually collapsing if land use changes persist. Against this backdrop, this research aims to explore the relationship between four variables: land use change, environmental activism, international treaties, and the environmental rule of law, while examining whether environmental activism can help mitigate land depletion. The research reveals that environmental litigation has significantly increased over the last decade due to a rise in environmental activism along with international treaties aimed at curbing land degradation. Despite these developments, environmental legal frameworks remain fragmented, with insufficient coordination between national governments, indicating that the international community requires global, progressive environmental activism to address land degradation leading to ecocide law–unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts. By adding ecocide law as a fifth crime to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the perpetrators of environmental destruction would suddenly be liable to arrest, prosecution and imprisonment that can be justifiable. Lastly, global environmental law must be jointly studied with human–land activity with ecology, society and law concurrently. Country policies should occupy a central place in the current debate over ‘law and society with ecology. Law and society with environmental law studies provide an important contribution to mitigating 21st–century emerging issues that provide green ideas for scholars in science, technology, engineering, social, economic, policy, and environmental study areas. In our previous publication, this researcher speculated a similar argument for social change through business and society dimensions. This research will be published in a peer-reviewed Scopus-indexed journal. The authors continue the dossier on ‘business and society’ and ‘society and ecology’ with environmental law research through the lens of a holistic health, safety and environmental management paradigm. (Dr. W. M. Wishwajith is an Agricultural and Food Scientist and Dr. S. P. H Spencer Vitharana works as an Environmental and Applied Scientist.)
No. 12 West Virginia women beat Boise State 82-47 to reach title game of Gulf Coast ShowcaseGeorgetown 100, Albany (NY) 68The No. 11 USC Aiken men's basketball team lost a hard-fought 100-94 contest to Claflin on Saturday afternoon. The Pacers are now 4-2 on the season. Head coach Mark Vanderslice's team was led by Rhyjon Blackwell's career-high and game-best 25 points. He added six boards and four assists. Davion Cunningham netted 21 points, grabbed seven boards to go along with four assists. Rafael Rubel tallied 16 points and three assists while Jalen McCoy posted 13 points, six boards and three assists. Kaleb Siler notched a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds to go along with a block. Tied at 9-9, Blackwell drained a 3-point bucket at the 14:50 mark. Twenty seconds later, Cunningham found Rubel for another shot from distance, increasing the margin to six, 15-9. Leading 19-18, Blackwell found Cunningham for a shot from downtown before McCoy hit a jumper at the 10:29 mark. USCA extended the margin to seven after a quick 5-0 spurt. Dwight Canady, Jr., hit two free throws and Rubel drilled a basket from behind the arc with 8:04 to go. Claflin held a 36-34 lead before McCoy, Rubel and Siler hit shots for a 40-36 advantage. Blackwell's basket pushed the lead to six, 42-36, at the 1:44 mark. Vanderslice's team held a 44-40 margin at the break. Leading 52-50, Blackwell buried a 3-ball at the 17:40 mark. He drilled another shot from distance off a pass from Rubel at the 17:12 mark for a 58-52 advantage. The Panthers clawed back into the game, tying it at 58-58 with 16:34 to play. Claflin extended the advantage to 10, 80-70, before Siler nailed an old-fashioned three-point play. Down 88-77, Blackwell canned a jumper. Siler tipped in a shot before Blackwell made two free throws, cutting the deficit to 88-84 with 3:10 remaining. The Panthers increased the advantage to eight, 92-84, with 2:23 to go. Vanderslice's team trimmed the deficit to four, 98-89, on two charity tosses from Cunningham with 39 seconds to go. However, that was as close as the squad could get the rest of the way. For the game, USCA hit 30 of 69 from the floor, including 12 of 30 from downtown. The team connected on 22 of 31 from the charity stripe. The Pacers held a 43-31 edge on the glass, including a 21-8 margin on the offensive boards. Vanderslice's team scored 18 second-chance points and maintained a 21-17 edge on the break. Claflin shot 55% as a team for the game and was 14-for-29 (48.3%) from 3. Five different Panthers scored in double figures. The Pacers return to action at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday when they host Livingstone.
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Kane Crichlow Scores Twice For ChelmsfordSUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Spencer Knight made 20 saves, Mackie Samoskevich scored with less than a second left in the second period, and the Florida Panthers got four goals in the third to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-0 on Saturday and complete a two-day sweep. Aleksander Barkov, Sam Bennett, Aaron Ekblad, Evan Rodrigues and Adam Boqvist also scored for Florida, which won 6-3 at Carolina on Friday. The Panthers have won three straight — that streak following a stretch of six losses in seven games for the Stanley Cup champions. It was Knight's fourth career shutout, his first since Nov. 9, 2022 — also at home against Carolina. Spencer Martin made 23 saves on 28 shots for the Hurricanes, who have dropped four of their last six games (2-3-1). It was Martin's fourth consecutive start for Carolina. Hurricanes: This was the first time all season that the Hurricanes failed to get a point in the game immediately following a loss. Carolina was 4-0-1 after a defeat entering Saturday. Panthers: A big day for Samoskevich — his alma mater Michigan beat Ohio State in football on Saturday, that game ending just before the Florida-Carolina game started. The Panthers are 5-0-0 when he scores this season. Sam Reinhart had each of the four most recent Florida goals at 19:59, before Samoskevich got his Saturday. The Panthers scored two goals 11 seconds apart in the third to make it 5-0, and Yaniv Perets replaced Martin in the Hurricanes' net with 8:12 remaining. It was the second NHL appearance for Perets, who came on once in relief for Carolina last season. Ekblad's goal was his first in a span of 1,045 regular-season shifts since Feb. 20. Carolina starts a two-game homestand Tuesday against Seattle. Florida goes to Pittsburgh to start a two-game trip on Tuesday. AP NHL: https://www.apnews.com/hub/NHL