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Viral video: Karnataka youth slips and falls while climbing stone wall at Srinivasa Sagara Dam

Charles T. Gallegos — Tue, 24 May 2022 07:50:58 +0000

As locals crowd the popular Srinivasa Sagara Dam attraction in Karnataka, one youngster’s journey ended on a sad note as he was badly injured after falling from the dam wall. Now, as video of the accident goes viral, people are asking for measures to ensure such incidents are avoided in the future.

The incident happened at the scenic spot in Chikkaballapura district, 70 km from Bangalore. A video circulating the internet shows a daring 25-year-old man in a brown shirt climbing the stone wall without a harness or safety helmet. But soon, with the water flowing, he loses his grip and is seen falling about 30 feet.

Eyewitnesses are heard screaming in fear as his friends rush to help him. They slowly turn it over and try to lift it. However, the video shows him struggling to stand.

The unidentified youngster suffered serious injuries after the fall and was taken to hospital for treatment.

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WATCH – A youth fell to the ground from a height of around 30ft while attempting to climb the wall of Srinivasa Sagara Dam in Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka. #SrinivasaSagaraDam #Karnataka #viralindo pic.twitter.com/oUU1uZanjY

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Police sources said The Indian Express no cases have yet been recorded. As many young people climb the stone wall to take selfies and photos, a police officer has been deployed to the site.

While many people on social media suggested putting up a railing near the dam to prevent people from climbing the wall, others called for tougher measures or fines.

Previously, a similar incident occurred in China, where a the stunt went wrong and a man was filmed sliding down a fast flowing stream and hitting a bed of rocks.

with contributions from ENS, Bangalore

Connecticut seeks to shed ‘white picket fence, stone wall’ image as it promotes life sciences industry – Hartford Courant

Charles T. Gallegos — Mon, 23 May 2022 09:52:14 +0000

NEW HAVEN — A decade after Connecticut made its first efforts to develop a life sciences sector, companies, university partners and the state are looking to develop new ways to market the $6 billion industry .

First, developers want to change the state’s image as a 1950s suburban enclave.

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Quite the opposite is the case, speakers said recently at the Yale Innovation Summit in New Haven. Instead, Connecticut’s coastline is seen as a multi-ethnic center that offers researchers and entrepreneurs a rare opportunity to market the region as uniquely efficient in medical and pharmaceutical research and testing.

“I think we still have some work to do to change the perception of Connecticut as sort of white picket fences and stone walls,” said Peter Denious, chief executive of AdvanceCT, which seeks to recruit and retain businesses. in Connecticut. “Boston is incredibly competitive. Our market is not as saturated.

“I think we’re just getting started.”

Gov. Ned Lamont said business leaders tell him they want vibrant urban downtowns to attract a “20-year-old” workforce.

“We have a reputation for not being that diverse, and really nice little houses in the suburbs and you get a bit older and you have 1.8 kids and then you move to an acre of land,” he said. . “And it didn’t work these days.”

Proponents of Connecticut’s life sciences industry point to other benefits. Despite complaints about the cost of doing business and living in Connecticut, the state can sell for below the stratospheric costs of urban centers such as Boston and San Francisco.

And the further development of Tweed New Haven Airport will provide more connections to investors, researchers and entrepreneurs.

Further development of Tweed New Haven Airport will provide more connections to investors, researchers and entrepreneurs. (Kenneth R. Gosselin / The Hartford Courant)

The diverse population of the region could also play a role in promoting the life sciences industry. David Rosenthal, assistant professor at the Yale School of Medicine and chief medical officer of Tesseract Health Inc., a Guilford health technology company, cited six-year-old data touting New Haven as demographically representative of the United States as a rare marketing opportunity.

By age, education, race and ethnicity, the New Haven-Milford area is the “closest to America” among U.S. cities, said Jed Kolko, Commerce Undersecretary for Economic Affairs, in a 2016 analysis of census and other data and published by Cinq Trente Huit.

“There are many reasons to care deeply about places that are demographically different from America today,” Kolko wrote. “Some of these places may turn out to be harbingers of a future America that will be older, more educated, and more racially and ethnically diverse than today; and some of these places are especially deserving of public attention and investment because they are worse off than most other places.

Rosenthal said the New Haven-to-Milford area life sciences community can stand as home to a diverse population that provides medical specialists with ample opportunities for clinical testing and research.

“We have a wealth here that’s different from Boston, unlike New York, unlike San Francisco,” he told attendees at the Yale forum.

Visitors gather outside the Jackson Laboratory in Farmington. (Current file photo) (MICHAEL McANDREWS, Hartford Courant)

In an interview, Rosenthal said the state and other stakeholders in Connecticut’s life sciences industry have not made public the importance of the region’s diverse population to medical research. . For example, he said, some pulse oximeters that measure blood oxygen levels may not accurately measure low oxygen levels in black people. A study has shown that it can delay proper treatment.

And hospitals may calculate kidney functions differently because a system bias has been built into an algorithm, Rosenthal said.

“It’s important to have a diverse sample size in research,” he said. “You could (otherwise) make inequality worse.”

A report by AdvanceCT indicates that Connecticut’s life sciences establishments number 1,000, support 23,600 jobs, and generate $6 billion in economic output. Pharmaceutical and biotech venture capital funding in 2021 was $700 million, more than double the amount in 2019.

Paul Pescatello, executive director of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association’s Connecticut Bioscience Growth Council, said the state has done a good job promoting the growth of the bioscience industry. But legislation proposing to cap pharmaceutical prices would have undermined those efforts, he said.

Legislation, which critics say undermined innovation by preventing pharmaceutical companies from recouping their investments, did not make progress in the Legislative Assembly before it adjourned on May 4.

“If you’re trying to attract an industry, why would you push a policy that’s anathema to them?” said Pescatello. “You are working against yourself by commercializing the state.”

State Sen. Christine Cohen, D-Guilford and co-chair of the Legislature Biosciences Caucus, said pharmaceutical companies have expressed “concerns,” but lawmakers are also hearing from consumers struggling with expensive drugs.

“It’s always a balance,” she says.

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Elected officials, entrepreneurs, and others have leveraged levers from government, private investment, and health care and research institutions to establish a life sciences industry in Connecticut.

Then-Governor. Dannel P. Malloy brought Jackson Laboratory, a Maine research center focused on the genome – the set of genes or genetic material in a cell or organ – to Farmington in 2012 to attract high-skilled, high-paying jobs in the state. The General Assembly established a $200 million bioscience innovation fund to foster innovation in small businesses, and tax credits for investors were enacted.

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Additionally, Connecticut Innovations, the state’s venture capital fund, has invested approximately $129 million in more than 80 companies and projects with $1.7 billion raised in New County healthcare companies. Haven since 2012, said Lauren Carmody, vice president of marketing and communications.

And researchers and entrepreneurs in the riverside and New Haven communities have created many life science companies from their work at Yale University and Yale New Haven Hospital.

Researchers and entrepreneurs from riverside and New Haven communities have created numerous life science companies from work at Yale University, pictured, and Yale New Haven Hospital. (Current file photo)

The industry’s presence in Connecticut is “pretty new” but has grown rapidly, Cohen said, with more than two dozen bioscience companies operating in Branford alone.

“We saw an overcrowding of bubbles like Cambridge and people started looking for new places to settle,” she said.

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US Army Corps of Engineers marks a submerged stone wall in Ashtabula Harbor | Local News

Charles T. Gallegos — Mon, 23 May 2022 04:00:00 +0000

ASHTABULA – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District, marked a submerged rock wall with red buoys inside the eastern breakwater of Ashtabula Harbor.

Boaters are now alerted to the 1,500 linear foot wall by nine red buoys with reflective tape, floating at water level approximately every 165 feet. The top of the submerged stone wall is about one to two feet below water level.

The wall creates an enclosed space not designed for boater access. For safety reasons, boaters must remain within the boundaries of the federal shipping channel until outside the harbour.

“It’s very important that boaters be alert and cautious while on this part of the lake,” County Commissioner Casey Kozlowski said.

The wall forms an L-shape, following the same southeasterly direction as the outermost segment of the eastern breakwater, for approximately 1,000 feet toward the shore. It then curves east towards the inner part of the east breakwater for about 500 feet.

The submerged stone wall was built in 2021 as a site for dredging sediment, creating a new wetland ecosystem. The project is expected to significantly improve the condition of Ashtabula Harbor for native plants and animals, as well as area residents and waterfront visitors, and is being carried out in close coordination with the Port Authority of Ashtabula. Ashtabula City, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

Ashtabula City Council Chairman John Roskovics said he hoped the wall would not become a problem during the shipping season.

“I hope everyone will follow the Corps’ instructions and advice,” he said. “Boating is too important in our region, so we must respect this area and ensure a safe season for all.”

James Carkhuff of Jack’s Marine in Ashtabula said he was glad the Army Corps of Engineers had clearly marked the wall.

“The harbor is a busy place, thanks to good walleye fishing,” he says.

Details of this project and important safety information have been shared with local marinas, boat launches and angler hubs, as well as a Local Notice to Mariners (LNM), issued by the US Coast Guard. The USACE also provided the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration with coordinates and design data for the submerged rock wall to include on their current navigational charts.

US Army Corps of Engineers Reminds Boaters of Stone Wall | Local News

Charles T. Gallegos — Tue, 17 May 2022 04:00:00 +0000

ASHTABULA – Boating season has arrived and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District reminds boaters in Ashtabula Harbor that there is a 1,500 linear foot submerged stone wall along the inside the eastern breakwater of the harbour.

The top of the submerged stone wall is about one to two feet below water level. The wall creates an enclosed space not designed for boater access. For safety reasons, boaters must stay within the boundaries of the federal shipping channel until outside the harbour.

“We know everyone is looking forward to having better weather and getting out on the Ashtabula Lake and River,” City Manager Jim Timonere said. “We remind people that there is ‘no wake’ when in the Ashtabula River and to be careful of kayakers and other small boats enjoying the water. We want everyone everyone is having a safe and enjoyable time this season.

The submerged rock wall was constructed in 2021 as a beneficial use of the dredged sediment disposal area for the creation of a new wetland ecosystem.

The project is expected to significantly improve the condition of Ashtabula Harbor for native plants and animals, as well as area residents and waterfront visitors.

The project is being carried out in close coordination with the Port Authority of the City of Ashtabula, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

Demolition of historic stone wall at Toledo Memorial Park

Charles T. Gallegos — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 04:30:00 +0000

The Toledo Memorial Park wall has existed for a century in Sylvania. But soon it will be demolished to make way for the widening of Monroe Street.

SYLVANIA, Ohio – If you exit at Monroe Street in Sylvania, you’ll notice the traffic cones, crews and equipment.

“The City of Sylvania and ODOT have decided that they need to widen this section of Monroe Street,” Toledo Memorial Park Chairman Jeff Clegg said.

First Energy workers are busy replacing telephone lines in preparation for the street widening. Unfortunately, the project forces the historic stone wall of the park to collapse.

“When that’s done, then the rest of the wall will most likely come down and they’ll start doing the actual construction,” Clegg said.

The wall has stood for almost 100 years and now has to make way for the posts. The park was going to celebrate the centenary of the wall in June, but that has since been canceled due to the destruction to come.

“Obviously this is progress and Monroe Street is very busy, and we want to do everything we can to make sure everyone is safe,” Clegg said.

Sylvania Director of Economic Development Bill Sanford says the project is a necessary part of the city’s progress.

“You think again, that [Monroe Street] was a one-lane road when the cemetery opened. Now Monroe Street is a major thoroughfare, east and west, through our city, so it’s a very difficult situation,” Sanford said.

Sandford said the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) identified the Monroe and Harroun intersection as unsafe and ordered it repaired.

Although the historic wall is gone, a replica will be designed about 25 feet from its original location in a few years. However, Clegg says seeing the original wall disappear is saddening.

“We have always considered this beautiful stone wall with the roses growing on it in the spring to be the gateway to Sylvania,” he said. “And now it will all go away.”

Clegg says the replica should be built by 2025.

And for roses? Clegg says the park is healing them until the new wall is ready to pick them up.

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Safety fears of a historic stone wall on a busy road in the town of Laois

Charles T. Gallegos — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 19:01:12 +0000

A historic stone wall in a Laois town that is seeing significant residential development needs to be inspected for structural safety, says a local councilor.

The long stone wall runs along Harpurs Lane, where an apartment and housing complex is being built, as well as a retirement home.

Cllr Willie Aird has asked Laois County Council to inspect it for safety, ‘given the level of building activity’.

“This road has changed so much that it receives huge traffic. The last two years have seen huge traffic. The whole fabric of the area has changed,” he said.

He recalled an earlier controversy, when the Laois County Council sent letters to residents of houses backing onto the wall and the road, telling them they were responsible if it fell on someone, giving them a “terrifying fright “.

“I asked them to take it down publicly and they did after a big fight. A lot of old people live there and they were terrified,” he said.

Cllr Caroline Dwane Stanley seconded her motion.

“It’s a built-up area, the kids are walking to school. If anything happened. There was an incident in another part of town where a wall came down during construction. I I’d have the engineer look into that,” she said.

Cllr Catherine Fitzgerald is also in support.

“I remember when the locals got this notice, it was absolutely terrifying, if the wall came down they were afraid they would lose their homes. Now, years later, with huge developments since then, I fully support that. For the people who live there, the pedestrians and cars too. We don’t know what would happen,” she said.

An inspection will take place, confirmed engineer Wes Wilkinson.

“Laois County Council are in the process of appointing a structural engineer specializing in stonework conservation. Once appointed, the Harpurs Lane wall will be assessed,” he said.

With a pickup truck stabilized on a rock wall, firefighters extricate a woman after the midnight Rockport crash

Charles T. Gallegos — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 01:00:00 +0000

ROCKPORT — The call came just after midnight, April 10, of a single vehicle crash on Route 1 in Rockport, with a Dodge Caravan wrapped around a utility pole.

When first responders arrived – 13 members of the Rockport Volunteer Fire Department, police officers from Rockport and Camden and an ambulance crew from Northeast Mobile Health Services – they found a female driver trapped in her van , who was upside down and precariously balanced on a stone wall, supported by a utility pole guide wire.

As he walked towards the accident, Rockport Fire Chief Jason Peasley learned from Rockport Police Officer Jake Powers that it was necessary to get out of the van, and when he arrived, it was obvious that the work required additional technical equipment. He called the Rockland Fire Department, which responded with a five-man team.

Rescue work involved stabilizing the vehicle with rescue struts and ropes tied to nearby trees, while Steve Laite, a Rockport firefighter and owner of Camden Exxon, ran a winch cable from the car to his truck.

“It was probably the most technical extrication we’ve ever done in our career,” Chief Peasley said.

The woman was consistent, he said, and was removed from the vehicle about 45 minutes later. She was alone in her car.

She was traveling south on Highway 1 when she left the road near the entrance to Camden National Bank’s Fox Ridge business offices.

The car traveled at least 30 feet in the air, Peasley said, before hitting the Central Maine Power pole.

After the woman exited the vehicle, North East transported her to Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport.

The Rockport Fire Department reported the incident on their Facebook page, adding, “…we know from the damage to the car, that person is lucky to be alive and we all pushed a sigh of relief when we got the occupant out. . It never ceases to amaze me about our participation. It was tricky and dangerous, extremely technical and yet the team shows up, steps in and works together to get the job done with EVERY CALL.

This story will be updated when more details become available.

Accident damages stone wall surrounding historic cemetery: CT News

Charles T. Gallegos — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 01:13:00 +0000

There was a lot of news across Connecticut on Tuesday. If you missed one on your local patch, here’s a roundup of some of the most read stories.

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A car hits and damages a stone wall surrounding the historic cemetery: Norwalk PD

Charles T. Gallegos — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 19:23:53 +0000

NORWALK, CT – A vehicle struck and damaged a stone wall surrounding a historic cemetery and graveyard along East Avenue over the weekend, police say.

In an email Monday, Police Sgt. Sofia Gulino confirmed that the city dispatch center received several calls around 10 p.m. Saturday about a vehicle hitting the wall and leaving the area.

Gulino also noted that the department only had limited information to share about the incident at this time, as no report had yet been written.

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Rubble from the damaged wall could be seen spreading across the graveyard from the cemetery the following day. St. Paul’s on the Green did not respond to a request for comment on the incident.

According to the Norwalk Hour, town historian David Westmoreland said the church had insurance that would likely cover the cost of repairs, which he would cost less than $10,000but rebuilding the wall would probably take some time.

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Westmoreland also noted that the cemetery wall dates back to the late 1700s or early 1800s, and that around 1,000 people are likely buried there, reports the Norwalk Hour.

According to the church’s website, the grounds of St. Paul “are home to a historic cemetery where you will find examples of cemetery architecture from the early colonial era through the 18th and 19th centuries.”

The website also notes that the church itself was founded in 1737, but the current church, built in the 1920s, is the fifth erected on the site.

Patch contacted the city and the Norwalk Historical Society for more information.

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Stone wall – Yani Stone Art

Viral video: Karnataka youth slips and falls while climbing stone wall at Srinivasa Sagara Dam

Connecticut seeks to shed ‘white picket fence, stone wall’ image as it promotes life sciences industry – Hartford Courant

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US Army Corps of Engineers marks a submerged stone wall in Ashtabula Harbor | Local News

US Army Corps of Engineers Reminds Boaters of Stone Wall | Local News

Demolition of historic stone wall at Toledo Memorial Park

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