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Scoop
24-07-2025
- Sport
- Scoop
Small-Town Kōtiro Jada Jelinek Chasing Volleyball Dreams In Canada
, Henare te Ua Māori Journalism Intern Dedication and determination is what it took for Jada Jelinek to make the under-18 Aotearoa Māori volleyball team. Following a trial in September 2024, she was one of three South Islanders selected to represent their culture and wear the tino rangatiratanga flag on their playing kit. "Following various boot camps and training sessions, our teams and individual players have significantly strengthened, preparing us to compete together," Jelinek said. Aotearoa Māori Poirewa - NZ Māori Volleyball teams compete internationally against other indigenous sides. The under 18 and under 20 wāhine and tāne teams are currently in Canada preparing for the inaugural All-Nations Indigenous Volleyball Showcase which begins on 25-28 July. Held at the Van Vliet Complex, University of Alberta, the tournament facilitates both competition and cultural exchange. "I have always wanted to travel, this is the perfect opportunity to explore the world and become more open-minded about what I want to do in the future. "To experience the culture and norms of Canada, we also plan to attend a National Football League game in Edmonton and participate in other activities to appreciate the local indigenous cultures." And Canada is far from her norm. Jelinek comes from Tapawera, a township of around 370 people located 76-km southwest of Nelson. She is a year 12 student at the Tapawera Area School, a school of just under 60 students from new entrant level to year 13. However, the school still manages to pull together a volley team which consists of rangatahi from year 9 - 13. There, Jelinek made the South Island Area Schools team and now, Aotearoa Māori Poirewa. The tournament, too, offers scholarship opportunities which Jelinek aimed to take up in her final year of school.
Yahoo
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Second time I've died': Nobel laureate Jelinek denies death reports
Austrian Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek told AFP on Tuesday that she was alive and well, after German-speaking media reported a fake announcement that the writer had died. "Again? This is the second time I've died. It already happened last year. But I'm alive," the 78-year-old writer told AFP. Jelinek, one of the most widely read and studied authors in the German language, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2004. The false announcement came from an account on social media platform X posing as the Austrian subsidiary of Germany's Rowohlt publishing house. The information was picked up and published by Austrian and German media outlets. Rowohlt rebuffed the announcement on its official social media and the fake X account later posted a message confirming it had been a hoax. "This account is (a) hoax created by Italian journalist Tommasso Debenedetti," the account posted. The name has been used for years in connection with pranks spreading false information online. Politicians have also been fooled by pranks apparently carried out by the same person. An Austrian lawmaker requested a minute's silence during a parliamentary meeting in 2022 as a tribute to former Chancellor Franz Vranitzky, who had been declared dead by Debenedetti. Jelinek is best known for her 1983 novel "The Piano Teacher", about a woman whose quest for self-mutilation and sado-masochim destroys her romance with a young student. The book was made into an award-winning film in 2001 and won Jelinek fame outside the German-speaking world. zk-bg/kym/jxb
France 24
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- France 24
'Second time I've died': Nobel laureate Jelinek denies death reports
"Again? This is the second time I've died. It already happened last year. But I'm alive," the 78-year-old writer told AFP. Jelinek, one of the most widely read and studied authors in the German language, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2004. The false announcement came from an account on social media platform X posing as the Austrian subsidiary of Germany's Rowohlt publishing house. The information was picked up and published by Austrian and German media outlets. Rowohlt rebuffed the announcement on its official social media and the fake X account later posted a message confirming it had been a hoax. "This account is (a) hoax created by Italian journalist Tommasso Debenedetti," the account posted. The name has been used for years in connection with pranks spreading false information online. Politicians have also been fooled by pranks apparently carried out by the same person. An Austrian lawmaker requested a minute's silence during a parliamentary meeting in 2022 as a tribute to former Chancellor Franz Vranitzky, who had been declared dead by Debenedetti. Jelinek is best known for her 1983 novel "The Piano Teacher", about a woman whose quest for self-mutilation and sado-masochim destroys her romance with a young student. The book was made into an award-winning film in 2001 and won Jelinek fame outside the German-speaking world.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Opinion - The CDC's injury center is saving lives — but for how much longer?
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data last month showing that drug overdose deaths declined by nearly 27 percent in the U.S. in 2024 compared to 2023, I felt three competing emotions. The first emotion was joy. As the executive director of the Safe States Alliance — a partnership of more than 800 professionals and students dedicated to injury and violence prevention — I work with individuals across the country dedicated to saving lives. Here was proof positive of their impact: the equivalent of 81 American lives saved every day over an entire year. The second emotion was anger. The Trump administration is proposing to eliminate the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, the leading federal agency that helps states and communities prevent deaths from drug overdose and other threats. At a time when the U.S. is experiencing a welcome and long-overdue decline in drug overdose deaths, a decline that public health experts attribute to the very programs the administration seeks to dismantle, this progress is clearly threatened. The third emotion was hope. And for that, I have Hayley Jelinek to thank. Jelinek is a health educator at the Two Rivers Public Health Department in Kearney, Nebraska. From running game show-style medication safety training sessions at senior centers to delivering Narcan to local bars — she once distributed more than 250 boxes of Narcan in 90 minutes — Jelinek works relentlessly to teach people how to prevent and treat drug overdose. Jelinek is a remarkable credit to her profession, but her work is also deeply personal. Four years ago, her son, Ehan, who grappled with mental health and substance misuse issues for more than a decade, died of acute intoxication from tianeptine, an over-the-counter supplement known as 'gas station heroin.' Tianeptine is marketed as a mood enhancer that can improve cognitive function. In reality, it is a dangerous and addictive opioid agonist that can kill on first use. As Jelinek says, 'Not one more kid should have to die from this stuff and not one more mom should have to go through what I've gone through.' The Trump administration should heed these words. For as much as we all celebrate the recent declines, more than 57,000 people in the U.S. still succumbed to drug overdoses last year. We're nowhere near out of the woods yet. But the administration isn't treating this seriously. In testimony before congressional committees the day after the CDC announced the new overdose death data, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — who is attempting to fire 20,000 federal workers, claw back billions of dollars from local health departments and stop federal research funding on issues like addiction and substance use — claimed that this 'restructuring' was designed to improve Americans' health. He also suggested that the administration's focus on mental health would compensate for the loss of any overdose prevention programs. He could not be more wrong. And it's why so many organizations are fighting back. Eliminating the CDC's injury center would dismantle the CDC's capacity to address not only the opioid crisis but also a range of other public health issues, from drowning to suicide. For overdose prevention alone, it would result in the loss of approximately $280 million in annual support to 90 health departments and $14 million for tribal overdose prevention efforts. The injury center's Overdose Data to Action program distributes naloxone, improves surveillance and guides state and local responses to the opioid crisis, enabling targeted responses to emerging drug threats. CDC is also the only federal agency working to reduce overdoses with access to laboratory capabilities. It's a comprehensive approach that includes prevention, treatment and harm reduction strategies. If President Trump and Secretary Kennedy have their way, all of that work would be gone. Eliminating the injury center would be akin to pulling firefighters off the scene while the fire is still burning. Any 'savings' would pale in comparison to the lives lost and families destroyed. Ehan was a devoted son, a loving husband and a proud dad to two bonus daughters. He made friends easily and liked to be silly, making up songs at the grocery store and lifting his girls upside down so they could walk on the ceiling of his front porch at home. He bravely dealt with a hard set of health challenges and, at 26, had his whole life in front of him. Jelinek carries him in her heart every day, crisscrossing Kearney and surrounding areas to make sure other parents don't lose their children. If the administration and Congress save the CDC's Injury Center, they would be honoring Ehan and supporting the type of work that Jelinek and so many others do each day. If it is eliminated, more parents will bury more children. The stakes could not be any higher, and the choice could not be any clearer. I urge our leaders to make the right call. Sharon Gilmartin is the executive director of the Safe States Alliance. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
02-06-2025
- Health
- The Hill
The CDC's injury center is saving lives — but for how much longer?
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data last month showing that drug overdose deaths declined by nearly 27 percent in the U.S. in 2024 compared to 2023, I felt three competing emotions. The first emotion was joy. As the executive director of the Safe States Alliance — a partnership of more than 800 professionals and students dedicated to injury and violence prevention — I work with individuals across the country dedicated to saving lives. Here was proof positive of their impact: the equivalent of 81 American lives saved every day over an entire year. The second emotion was anger. The Trump administration is proposing to eliminate the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, the leading federal agency that helps states and communities prevent deaths from drug overdose and other threats. At a time when the U.S. is experiencing a welcome and long-overdue decline in drug overdose deaths, a decline that public health experts attribute to the very programs the administration seeks to dismantle, this progress is clearly threatened. The third emotion was hope. And for that, I have Hayley Jelinek to thank. Jelinek is a health educator at the Two Rivers Public Health Department in Kearney, Nebraska. From running game show-style medication safety training sessions at senior centers to delivering Narcan to local bars — she once distributed more than 250 boxes of Narcan in 90 minutes — Jelinek works relentlessly to teach people how to prevent and treat drug overdose. Jelinek is a remarkable credit to her profession, but her work is also deeply personal. Four years ago, her son, Ehan, who grappled with mental health and substance misuse issues for more than a decade, died of acute intoxication from tianeptine, an over-the-counter supplement known as 'gas station heroin.' Tianeptine is marketed as a mood enhancer that can improve cognitive function. In reality, it is a dangerous and addictive opioid agonist that can kill on first use. As Jelinek says, 'Not one more kid should have to die from this stuff and not one more mom should have to go through what I've gone through.' The Trump administration should heed these words. For as much as we all celebrate the recent declines, more than 57,000 people in the U.S. still succumbed to drug overdoses last year. We're nowhere near out of the woods yet. But the administration isn't treating this seriously. In testimony before congressional committees the day after the CDC announced the new overdose death data, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — who is attempting to fire 20,000 federal workers, claw back billions of dollars from local health departments and stop federal research funding on issues like addiction and substance use — claimed that this 'restructuring' was designed to improve Americans' health. He also suggested that the administration's focus on mental health would compensate for the loss of any overdose prevention programs. He could not be more wrong. And it's why so many organizations are fighting back. Eliminating the CDC's injury center would dismantle the CDC's capacity to address not only the opioid crisis but also a range of other public health issues, from drowning to suicide. For overdose prevention alone, it would result in the loss of approximately $280 million in annual support to 90 health departments and $14 million for tribal overdose prevention efforts. The injury center's Overdose Data to Action program distributes naloxone, improves surveillance and guides state and local responses to the opioid crisis, enabling targeted responses to emerging drug threats. CDC is also the only federal agency working to reduce overdoses with access to laboratory capabilities. It's a comprehensive approach that includes prevention, treatment and harm reduction strategies. If President Trump and Secretary Kennedy have their way, all of that work would be gone. Eliminating the injury center would be akin to pulling firefighters off the scene while the fire is still burning. Any 'savings' would pale in comparison to the lives lost and families destroyed. Ehan was a devoted son, a loving husband and a proud dad to two bonus daughters. He made friends easily and liked to be silly, making up songs at the grocery store and lifting his girls upside down so they could walk on the ceiling of his front porch at home. He bravely dealt with a hard set of health challenges and, at 26, had his whole life in front of him. Jelinek carries him in her heart every day, crisscrossing Kearney and surrounding areas to make sure other parents don't lose their children. If the administration and Congress save the CDC's Injury Center, they would be honoring Ehan and supporting the type of work that Jelinek and so many others do each day. If it is eliminated, more parents will bury more children. The stakes could not be any higher, and the choice could not be any clearer. I urge our leaders to make the right call. Sharon Gilmartin is the executive director of the Safe States Alliance.
