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Fury as River Thames pier renamed over links to slavery
2025-04-17 14:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
The pier's original name was criticised by campaigners for its associations with colonialism and the slave trade. ByEleanor Burleigh 10:06, Thu, Apr 10, 2025 | UPDATED: 10:10, Thu, Apr 10, 2025 The pier's name change came into effect today (Image: Google)Critics have slammed the renaming of a pier on the River Thames after anti-racism backlash as "wet, woke madness". Plantation Wharf in west London has been renamed St Mary's Wandsworth after outcry over perceived links between its old name and the transatlantic slave trade. Marsha de Cordova, Labour MP for Battersea, said the pier's original name, which was taken from an adjoining housing development when it was built by millionaire dockland developer Iain Shearer 26 years ago, made "a mockery of the violent history of chattel enslavement".But Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice branded the change, which took effect on April 7, as "wet, woke madness". Mr Tice told GB News: "We should be proud to learn from our incredible history; not...
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Digitunity and Partners Deliver Laptop Computers to Rural Families, Expanding Their Opportunities
2025-04-17 14:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
The leading national nonprofit devoted to computer access partners with AT&T and Chicanos Por La Causa Parenting Arizona to connect families in six Arizona communities with 120 computers, giving them access to educational and employment resources. NORTH CONWAY, N.H., April 9, 2025 (Newswire.com) - Digitunity, a national nonprofit with a mission to make computer ownership possible for everyone, announced today that it has begun distributing 120 laptop computers to families across six rural Arizona communities, in partnership with AT&T and Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC) Parenting Arizona.This effort is part of Digitunity's AT&T Rural project, designed to increase access to digital services by providing free and low-cost computers to rural families who lacked such devices. It demonstrates Digitunity's commitment to addressing the digital divide through partnering with trusted community-based organizations to deliver solutions and shape systems to eliminate barriers to computer ownership and...
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Man Arrested After Allegedly Attacking Bride-to-Be During Bachelorette Trip in Dallas
2025-04-17 14:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
Canada Rinaldi of Oklahoma, 27, was "violently assaulted" during her bachelorette trip on March 22, per a GoFundMe campaign dedicated to her recovery.The woman sustained a broken nose and three broken teeth, and had eight stitches to her face following the night out in Dallas.The Dallas Police Department has since announced the arrest of a man accused of having "assaulted two victims" in the area. A man has been arrested after allegedly assaulting an Oklahoma bride-to-be during her bachelorette trip in Dallas. Canada Rinaldi was celebrating her bachelorette party on the night of Saturday, March 22 before a stranger "approached her out of nowhere and violently assaulted her until she was unconscious," according to a GoFundMe page dedicated to the 27-year-old woman's recovery. As a result of the attack, Canada was left with "a concussion, a broken nose, 3 broken teeth and 8 stitches to her face" just a month before her wedding day. She has also racked up $10,000 in medical expenses fro...
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Interview With Artist Dave Dick (Awesome Art)
2025-04-17 14:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
Last Updated on April 9, 2025 For years, Awesome Art has been about two things only awesome art and the artists that create it. With that in mind, we thought why not take the first week of the month to showcase these awesome artists even more? Welcome to Awesome Artist Weve Found Around The Net. In this column, we are focusing on one artist and the awesome art that they create, whether they be amateur, up and coming, or well established. The goal is to uncover these artists so even more people become familiar with them. We ask these artists a few questions to see their origins, influences, and more. If you are an awesome artist or know someone that should be featured, feel free to contact me at any time at [emailprotected].This month we are very pleased to bring you the awesome art ofDave DickDave Dick is a Philadelphia-based illustrator who specializes in the unsettling and macabre. Drawing inspiration from childhood nightmares and a lifelong love of horror films, his meticulous...
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Here's what federal parties are promising workers threatened by Trump's trade war
2025-04-17 14:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
OTTAWA Canadas federal election is taking place in the middle of an escalating trade war with the United States.Thats pushed some party leaders to shift the focus of their campaigns to areas of the country that are particularly vulnerable to U.S. tariffs and to reach out to workers who are feeling threatened.Heres what the Liberals, NDP and Conservatives have promised to help offset the impact of tariffs.The Liberal partyLiberal Leader Mark Carney stopped in Windsor, Ont., on March 26 to roll out a $2-billion pledge to help support Canadas auto sector and the wider manufacturing network in the face of steep anticipated hits from tariffs.That plan would leverage government funding to prioritize Canadian-built vehicles.Carney also says he plans to fight back with retaliatory tariffs after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he will impose 25 per cent tariffs on vehicles made outside the United States.Earlier in the campaign, Carney said he would trim one percentage point...
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