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Another beach house has fallen into the waves along North Carolina 's coast and more are in danger of collapsing, US National Park Service officials said in a statement on Tuesday. The unoccupied home that collapsed was located along Ocean Drive in the Outer Banks community of Rodanthe. The park service confirmed the collapse Tuesday and has closed off the area and warned that additional homes in the area may fall too. Debris from the fallen house is spreading widely. Officials from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, which is part of the park service, said they will be working closely with the homeowner to coordinate cleanup activities. This is the second time a home has fallen into the surf this year. A house in Rodanthe collapsed in February and spread debris across many miles of beaches before the homeowner and volunteers were able to clean most of it up. However, clean up efforts for smaller pieces of debris continues. “Unfortunately, there may be more … [Read more...] about Beach house collapses into the waves in North Carolina as sea levels rise

MANISTEE COUNTY — Manistee County has recorded 45 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths since May 4, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Manistee County has had a total of 2,865 cases of COVID-19 and 74 deaths. 12 COVID-19 cases were recorded in Manistee County during the last MDHHS update on May 4. This is an increase of 111 new cases and five new deaths reported since Feb. 28. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated COVID-19 Community Level tool shows the risk for new cases in Benzie and Manistee counties remains at medium. Other counties in the region are also at a medium COVID-19 community level including Alpena, Leelanau, Kalkaska and Antrim counties. Grand Traverse County is the only county in the state with a high COVID-19 community level,  according to the most recent data from the CDC. However, despite the CDC showing Manistee County at a medium COVID-19 community level, the Michigan MI SAFE Start Map reads, "Manistee … [Read more...] about Manistee County sees sharp rise in COVID-19 cases in past 7 days

Supermarkets have increased the price of more than 100 value range products in recent weeks, some by up to 30%, research has found. The website NationalWorld tracked the price of almost 700 basic range groceries from Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Aldi. It found just over 100 had gone up in price between the start of April and the beginning of May. They included tinned vegetables, jam, pasta, coffee, fresh meat and cheese. The price rises are a blow to millions of cost of living hit households . However, higher prices for budget ranges particularly hammer low incomes families. According to a NationalWorld price comparison, Asda increased the prices of 37 out of 158 Smart Price or Farm Stores products between April 4 and May 2 - the highest proportion of any supermarket tracked. Examples included a 300g tin of Asda Smart Price mushy peas, up 16.7%, from 18p to 21p. And Smart Price of rice pudding, up 15%, from 20p to 23p. Asda was also found to have … [Read more...] about Supermarket own-brand foods shoot up in price – list of products rising up to 30%

Highlighting that hypertension in many people go undetected and untreated owing to , lack of awareness, Endocrinologist Dr. Bobba Rakesh at Ramesh Hospitals said on the eve of the World Hypertension Day which is observed on May 17 every year. The theme of the day for this year is ‘Measure your blood pressure accurately, control it, live longer, he said, adding that hypertension affects more than 30% of the adult population worldwide and that it is the main modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular ailments and kidney disease, arrhythmia and dementia. “Only 25% of rural and 38% of urban population in India with hypertension are being treated. Hypertension among the young people is becoming common, affecting one in every eight adults aged between 20 and 40. Awareness, treatment and control of high blood pressure among the young adults suffering from hypertension is very low,” said Dr. Rakesh. He further said that an increase in physical activity, low-fat diet, saying away from … [Read more...] about Andhra Pradesh: Lifestyle modifications key to prevent hypertension, says expert

Most people start their day with a cup of tea. But nowadays as people become more health-conscious, they prefer to drink herbal tea. But tea contains caffeine and it is not good for our health. Many have the habit of drinking tea twice or thrice a day. So to live without tea is not at all easy for them. In a way, they get addicted to tea. However, according to experts, overconsumption of tea causes problems like a disturbance in the sleep pattern and fluctuations in the level of hormones, especially estrogen. Caffeine in tea also causes high blood pressure. Excessive consumption of tea can cause problems like anxiety, nervousness, and increased heartbeat. It can also increase your stress level. Let us tell you today an easy way to make caffeine-free tea. Ingredients: 1.3/4 cup water 2. 1 tbsp fresh grated ginger 3. 1/2 tbsp chopped lemongrass 4. Red bush tea bags 5. 1 cup milk 6. 2 crushed cardamom Honey for sweetness Process: Step 1: First of all, boil the … [Read more...] about How To Make Caffeine-Free Tea At Home

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Lumbini, Nepal, though only for a few hours, is full of symbolism and substance. No Indian Prime Minister has visited Lumbini in the last few decades. Mr. Modi’s visit is a combination of personal desire and political and strategic goals. For him, it is the fulfilment of a wish articulated in 2014 when he first became Prime Minister. Since he could not travel to Lumbini during his previous visits to Nepal, as Ambassador, I planted, on his behalf, a sapling of the sacred Bodhi tree in the gardens of the Maya Devi temple where Gautama Buddha was born. Amid the strife and turmoil and the anger and hatred that we see in society, the Prime Minister’s visit also provides a moment for quiet reflection and a reiteration of the message of peace, compassion and non-violence preached by the Buddha and spread by the roaring lions in the four directions, as depicted in the Lion Capital of Ashoka, our national emblem — a message that calls for shunning … [Read more...] about The importance of Lumbini

An inner city food charity has started to do a takeaway service for the needy due to an alarming rise in demand. Huge queues are lining up every day outside the People’s Kitchen, Newcastle, in scenes reminiscent of the Great Depression of the 1930s. Food banks and charities across the UK have warned of rocketing demand. But there has been a fall in donations as millions struggle with the cost of living crisis . Desperate dads turn up in suits after work to ask for food parcels. Our stark image of the hungry comes after Tory MP Lee Anderson said there was no ‘massive use for’ food banks in this country - and suggested people should learn to cook. Volunteer Tim Cantle-Jones, 61, from Newcastle ( Image: Andy Commins / Daily Mirror) People’s Kitchen volunteers told how the number of meals served each day had doubled from 150 to almost 300 after lockdown. When the Mirror visited there were around 70 queueing up outside for mince and dumplings, served with a hot … [Read more...] about Food charity offers takeaways for desperate poor who can’t afford energy to cook

“I just can’t believe they’re dumb enough to do this,” Benjamin Zycher, an economist and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, told The Daily Caller News Foundation in an interview. “This is kind of obvious. It’s a terrible policy. Go find some of those gorgeous pictures from the 1970s of long gas lines,” said economist John Cochrane, a Hoover Institution senior fellow. “An important function of prices is to tell investors where to direct capital — where do we need to have more stuff produced? And when you put price controls on petroleum, it messes up that signal,” Institute for Energy Research senior economist David Kreutzer added. Several economists slammed a Democratic proposal making its way through Congress that would enable energy price controls amid record high fuel costs. Such a policy, which prohibits private companies from increasing prices regardless of market conditions, would have catastrophic consequences including energy supply shortages and … [Read more...] about Economists Trash Dems’ Fuel Price Control Proposal: ‘Can’t Believe They’re Dumb Enough To Do This’

It’s always dangerous to get conclusive about a draft class before the picks are called, let alone before the players step on the court, but the preliminary consensus among scouts and experts is that 2022 is top heavy. Specifically, there are four players that sit as the cream. So for the Knicks, who enter the draft lottery at No. 11, the drawing of Ping Pong balls Tuesday night in Chicago is consequential. Potentially franchise altering. There is a decent enough chance for them to crack the top-4 (9.4%) to pay attention, and the reaction of the always demonstrative William Wesley, who is sitting for the Knicks on the dais , will be worth a view regardless of the outcome. And if the Knicks’ lottery luck changes and the franchise moves up in the lottery for the first time since 1985, here’s a breakdown of the four prospective rewards (we’re ignoring that the team could also use such a lucrative pick to trade for a star. Ahem, Donovan Mitchell): JABARI SMITH JR. AGE: … [Read more...] about The tantalizing possibilities of the Knicks’ best-case lottery scenario

In this second and concluding part of a one-hour interview given to N. Ram at ‘Temple Trees' in Colombo, Mahinda Rajapaksa , Sri Lanka's President, responds to questions about his ambitious initiative for a trilingual Sri Lanka, the role of the English language, the contentious 18th constitutional amendment, the jailing and conviction of General Sarath Fonseka, the status and future of 11,000 hard-core LTTE cadres and supporters, and relations with India. You have taken a special interest in language policy. You have announced a Ten Year Presidential Initiative for a Trilingual Sri Lanka and before that the initiative to promote English. This seems to have been thought out over the long term. How do you see this going? Last year was the Year of English and Information Technology. With that the people started spoken English, they started learning English. So I thought the best thing was that all Sinhalese must learn Tamil now, the Tamils must learn Sinhala, and they must all … [Read more...] about ‘Help us bring the communities together’