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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
What's Happening over the Weekend? May 30 to June 1
Here's what is happening in the North Country over the Weekend… Friday, May 30 Event Where When General Brown Weekend Village of Brownville 8 a.m. Farmers Market Village Park, Park Place 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Baby Time at the Library Robert C. McEwen Library 9:30 to 10 a.m. Farmers Market Swan Bay Resort 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Farmers Market 200 Riverside Drive, Carthage 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bilingual Story Time Robert C. McEwen Library 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Lunch at the Bowl Pine Plains Bowling Center 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Blood Drives Colton Pierrepont Central School 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Blood Drives Ogdensburg Knights of Columbus 12 to 4 p.m. Blood Drives Belleville Fire Department 1 to 5 p.m. Friday Night Fun Ridge Sports Bar 3 to 9 p.m. Pack Basket Workshops MAC Nature Center 4 to 8 p.m. Let's Move Scavenger Hunt Youth Center 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Summer Starter Can-Am Speedway 5 p.m. Bonfire Night BOSS 5 to 7 p.m. Wild Theater Speaker Series SLC Arts 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. History Happy Hour The Paddock Mansion 6 p.m. CYS Family Color Run Youth Sports 6 to 7:30 p.m. Live Music at the Hill Dry Hill Ski Area 6 to 9 p.m. Play The Strand 7 p.m. Comedian Peter Antoniou Clayton Opera House 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 31 Event Where When Yard Sale Dexter/Brownville All Day General Brown Weekend Village of Brownville 8 a.m. Mindful Birding MAC Nature Center 9 a.m. Fishing Derby DEC Demonstration Center ponds 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Farmers Market Ives Park, Main Street 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Farmers Market 175 Black River Pkwy, Watertown 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Farmers Market 130 W. Main St., Sackets Harbor 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Farmers Market Phil Hathaway's Field 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Vendor Fair Dexter Free Library 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Meditation Hike MAC Nature Center 10 a.m. Volleyball Open Play Magrath Sports Complex 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Blood Drives Paynter Senior Center 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Open Play Paintball ODR 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pulled Pork Dinner Alexandria Bay Fire Hall 11 a.m. Playful Palettes SLC Arts 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tie Dye Shirts SLC Arts 1 to 3 p.m. Electronic Dance Music Fest Fiachney Drive Business Center 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday, June 1 Event Where When General Brown Weekend Village of Brownville 8 a.m. Coyote Moon Flea Market Coyote Moon Vineyards 10 a.m. Yard Sale 22476 Fisher Rd. Watertown 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Farmers Market Coyote Moon Vineyards 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. BBQ Grace Point Church 10:30 a.m. Lewis County Pride Picnic Lewis County Fairgrounds Pavilion 12 to 3 p.m. Children's Story Time MAC Nature Center 1 p.m. Chicken BBQ Brier Hill Volunteer Fire Department 4 p.m. Cape Vincent Summer Music Snug Harbor Restaurant Bar 4 to 7 p.m. Find more North Country Community Events on our Community Calendar Page. Do you have an event you would like posted to the Community Calendar Page? Send us a message: Submit a form. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Indian Express
2 days ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Among the 10 seeking popular govt in Manipur, several spoke out against Biren Singh
A group of 10 Manipur MLAs — including seven from the BJP, two from the BJP's ally National People's Party (NPP), and an Independent — have claimed the support of 44 legislators to form a 'popular government' in the state that has been under President's Rule since February 13. On Wednesday, the MLAs met Governor Ajay Bhalla at the Raj Bhavan to press their demand. Thockchom Radheshyam Singh, among the BJP MLAs who met the Governor, told The Indian Express that they had the support of all the legislators except the 10 Kuki-Zo MLAs and the five Congress MLAs. BJP 1. Thokchom Radheshyam Singh: A decorated former police officer — during the peak of the Manipuri insurgency in 1996, he survived an ambush after suffering seven bullet injuries, losing a colleague and six police personnel — Radheshyam Singh addressed the media on Wednesday following the meeting with the Governor. Singh joined the BJP in 2016 after retiring from the police and made a splash in electoral politics the following year by defeating Congress heavyweight M Okendro and was promptly inducted into the N Biren Singh-led coalition government as the Education Minister. During his tenure, he was credited with initiatives in the education sector such as 'School Fagathansi (Let us improve schools)' and 'No Bag Day' on Saturdays. An outspoken leader, he was dropped from the Biren cabinet during a mid-term reshuffle in September 2020. Following this, a crack appeared in the BJP even as Radheshyam largely remained out of the picture amid the unfolding political drama in the state. 2. Paonam Brojen: One of the most senior BJP MLAs at the moment, he was elected in 2012 from the Wangjing Tentha constituency in Thoubal district on a Congress ticket. He was among the six Congress MLAs who resigned from the party in August 2020. He moved to the BJP in 2022 and was re-elected to the Assembly that year. 3. Kh Raghumani Singh: A retired IAS officer, Raghumani Singh is a relatively new entrant into politics and was elected to the Assembly from Uripok in Imphal West district in 2022. Along with Radheshyam Singh and seven other MLAs from the Meitei community, Raghumani Singh submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister's Office in June 2023, saying that the 'public have lost complete faith in the present state government'. Two months earlier, he and others had resigned from various administrative and advisory positions in the Biren Singh government. Radheshyam Singh: A two-time MLA, Radheshyam Singh is a professional medical doctor and was elected from Hiyanglam in Thoubal district in 2017 and 2022. 5. Khongkham Robindro Singh: At 37 years, he is one of the youngest MLAs in the current House and the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly. The two-time MLA from the Mayang Imphal constituency was first elected to the Assembly in 2017, when he defeated veteran Congress leader Dr Kh Ratankumar Singh. 6. Thangjam Arunkumar: The MLA from Wangkhei in Imphal East district was elected in 2022 on a Janata Dal (United) ticket, edging out Okram Henry of the BJP by just 753 votes. Later that year, Arunkumar, who had a social activism background, switched over to the BJP along with four other party legislators. 7. Lourembam Rameshwor: Like Arunkumar, Rameshwor, the MLA from Keirao in Imphal East, also has a background in social activism. He was first elected to the seat in 2017 and retained it five years later. NPP 1. Sheikh Noorul Hassan: He is the NPP's acting president in the state and one of its outspoken legislators. Hassan represents the Khetrigao constituency in Imphal East district and is also the leader of the seven-MLA-strong NPP legislature party. 2. Janghemlung Pamei: He is from the Naga community and was first elected to the Assembly in 2012 from Tamenglong, a predominantly Naga constituency, on a ticket of the Manipur State Congress Party. His effort to retain the seat five years later on a ticket of the Naga People's Front was unsuccessful, but he managed to win it back in 2020 for the NPP, defeating the BJP's Huri Golmei by 1,309 votes. Independent Sapam Nishikanta: Nishikanta is a businessman and aspired for a BJP ticket from the Keishamthong constituency in Imphal West. He joined the BJP in 2019 in New Delhi in the presence of former Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, but later decided to strike out on his own to fulfil his dream of being elected to the Assembly. Following his election from Keishamthong in 2022, Nishikanta wasted no time in throwing his weight behind the BJP. An outspoken leader, Nishikanta was among the nine Meitei MLAs — like Kh Raghumani Singh — who wrote to the PMO against the Biren Singh administration in 2023.
The Star
24-05-2025
- General
- The Star
State funeral held for Vietnam's former State President Tran Duc Luong
Acting Senior Special Duties Officer (Corporate) of the Department of Schools at the Ministry of Education Hajah Sarifah Matsawali with students from Pengiran Kesuma Negara Bukit Beruang Primary School and Sayyidina Ali Secondary School. - Photo: Borneo Bulletin/ANN BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Brunei's delegation, who competed in the International Students Project Excellence Award 2025 in Hat Yai, Thailand, returned home on Friday (May 23) to a hero's welcome. The Pengiran Kesuma Negara Bukit Beruang Primary School team secured first place in the Social Science Category Upper Primary Level, while the Sayyidina Ali Secondary School team was awarded an honourable mention in the Social Science Category Upper Secondary Level. Pengiran Kesuma Negara Bukit Beruang Primary School emerged as the winner with their project, 'Lakastah Membaca (Let's Read)'. The school received the prestigious Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Royal Trophy for their outstanding achievement. Dayangku Nurzulfati Muktasimah Pengiran Dzulkifli, a member of the Ceradik team from Pengiran Kesuma Negara Bukit Beruang Primary School, shared, 'It took us five to six months last year to develop this app, 'Lakastah Membaca (Let's Read)'. We created it because last year we noticed many children were losing interest in reading, preferring video games and online activities. So, we developed the app to encourage students to read and improve their command of the Malay language. We presented this project to many judges in the competition, and Alhamdulillah, we won because we worked extremely hard.' She added, 'It was an amazing experience at the International Students Project Excellence Award 2025. I am really happy we were able to make Brunei proud and help put Brunei centre stage at the event.' Supervising teacher Siti Muti'ah Ismail said, 'I felt very proud when our team was announced the winner and I am pleased that all our preparation managed to bring the first-place trophy back to Brunei. With this achievement, I hope students will be motivated to compete in competitions and embrace challenges to learn and gain experience. Don't be afraid to try.' Sayyidina Ali Secondary School received an honourable mention for their project, 'Strong Minds for Successful Academic', in recognition of their efforts and achievements. Nur Syazwiena Habrieyah Omar, one of the students, shared, 'We did well during our presentation on how stress, anxiety, and depression affect students' ability to perform academically. We surveyed 467 students and interviewed 10 students in our school about mental health in March this year. We evaluated the answers and concluded that mental health can affect students' academic performance. We also provided five steps to reduce stress.' The trophies and awards were presented by Dean of the Faculty of Education, Prince of Songkla University Professor Dr Afifi Lateh, who chaired the ceremony. A total of 14 students represented Pengiran Kesuma Negara Bukit Beruang Primary School, Sayyidina Abu Bakar Secondary School, Sayyidina Ali Secondary School and Perdana Wazir Secondary School at the final stage of the competition. The participation was coordinated by the MoE through the Department of Schools and the Science, Technology and Environment Partnership (STEP) Centre. The event, organised by Prince of Songkla University, took place from May 21 to 23. Acting Senior Special Duties Officer (Corporate) of the Department of Schools at the Ministry of Education (MoE) Hajah Sarifah Matsawal welcomed the delegation at Brunei International Airport. - Borneo Bulletin/ANN
The Star
24-05-2025
- General
- The Star
Brunei students triumph in Thailand
Acting Senior Special Duties Officer (Corporate) of the Department of Schools at the Ministry of Education Hajah Sarifah Matsawali with students from Pengiran Kesuma Negara Bukit Beruang Primary School and Sayyidina Ali Secondary School. - Photo: Borneo Bulletin/ANN BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Brunei's delegation, who competed in the International Students Project Excellence Award 2025 in Hat Yai, Thailand, returned home on Friday (May 23) to a hero's welcome. The Pengiran Kesuma Negara Bukit Beruang Primary School team secured first place in the Social Science Category Upper Primary Level, while the Sayyidina Ali Secondary School team was awarded an honourable mention in the Social Science Category Upper Secondary Level. Pengiran Kesuma Negara Bukit Beruang Primary School emerged as the winner with their project, 'Lakastah Membaca (Let's Read)'. The school received the prestigious Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Royal Trophy for their outstanding achievement. Dayangku Nurzulfati Muktasimah Pengiran Dzulkifli, a member of the Ceradik team from Pengiran Kesuma Negara Bukit Beruang Primary School, shared, 'It took us five to six months last year to develop this app, 'Lakastah Membaca (Let's Read)'. We created it because last year we noticed many children were losing interest in reading, preferring video games and online activities. So, we developed the app to encourage students to read and improve their command of the Malay language. We presented this project to many judges in the competition, and Alhamdulillah, we won because we worked extremely hard.' She added, 'It was an amazing experience at the International Students Project Excellence Award 2025. I am really happy we were able to make Brunei proud and help put Brunei centre stage at the event.' Supervising teacher Siti Muti'ah Ismail said, 'I felt very proud when our team was announced the winner and I am pleased that all our preparation managed to bring the first-place trophy back to Brunei. With this achievement, I hope students will be motivated to compete in competitions and embrace challenges to learn and gain experience. Don't be afraid to try.' Sayyidina Ali Secondary School received an honourable mention for their project, 'Strong Minds for Successful Academic', in recognition of their efforts and achievements. Nur Syazwiena Habrieyah Omar, one of the students, shared, 'We did well during our presentation on how stress, anxiety, and depression affect students' ability to perform academically. We surveyed 467 students and interviewed 10 students in our school about mental health in March this year. We evaluated the answers and concluded that mental health can affect students' academic performance. We also provided five steps to reduce stress.' The trophies and awards were presented by Dean of the Faculty of Education, Prince of Songkla University Professor Dr Afifi Lateh, who chaired the ceremony. A total of 14 students represented Pengiran Kesuma Negara Bukit Beruang Primary School, Sayyidina Abu Bakar Secondary School, Sayyidina Ali Secondary School and Perdana Wazir Secondary School at the final stage of the competition. The participation was coordinated by the MoE through the Department of Schools and the Science, Technology and Environment Partnership (STEP) Centre. The event, organised by Prince of Songkla University, took place from May 21 to 23. Acting Senior Special Duties Officer (Corporate) of the Department of Schools at the Ministry of Education (MoE) Hajah Sarifah Matsawal welcomed the delegation at Brunei International Airport. - Borneo Bulletin/ANN
RTÉ News
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
New Dublin event to tackle vexed question of AI and the arts
This Thursday, Let's make AI:OK for music and the creative sector takes place at the National Concert Hall in Dublin to discuss the impact of AI on the creative arts in Ireland It is one of the great questions and challenges of the first quarter of the 21st century - will Artificial Intelligence enrich our lives or will the near-future be a joyless dystopia where machines do all our thinking and human creativity becomes redundant? It has long been the theme of countless sci-fi books and movies and while it is still only in its infancy, AI is already everywhere - from the `AI slop,' deepfakes, fake news, and memes that clog up our social media to search engine bots. In the new Mission: Impossible movie, the Entity, an advanced, self-aware AI plans to destroy the world by hacking into countries' nuclear arsenals. Which may even be scarier that those hyper-realistic deepfake videos of Tom Cruise on TikTok. And, as usual, when it comes to new tech, it is the creative arts that are the canary in the coalmine of these radical disruptions. Struggling musicians, film makers and authors already facing existential threats now have to contend with the creeping and, let's face it, creepy rise of a technology that has the potential to have a huge impact on their livelihoods. For Dr Martin Clancy, the genie is already very much out of the bottle. He's a senior researcher in artificial intelligence and its potential impact on the creative arts and the founder of AI:OK, an initiative dedicated to promoting the responsible use of AI in the music industry. He is on a mission to educate, demystify and protect rights and employment in the face of this new technology. This Thursday, he will be part of "Let's make AI:OK for music and the creative sector," a free event at the National Concert Hall in Dublin discussing the impact of AI on the creative arts in Ireland. Organisers are calling for an ethical and responsible path for AI integration and the the event will be "an exploration and a call to action, highlighting both the threats and potential of AI within Ireland's creative sectors." Dr Clancy has skin in the game and not just as a lecturer and campaigner for fair use of AI. The softly spoken academic has had a long career in the music industry. He was a founding member of Dublin band In Tua Nua and has managed successful Kildare singer Jack L for over thirty years. Supported by Enterprise Ireland and Research Ireland, he has become a global voice in the movement for ethical AI in the creative industries and is a Senior AI Research Fellow at Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics at DCU and a Policy Fellow at Trinity College Dublin's Long Room Hub. "This Saturday is about giving people a chance to figure AI out themselves," he says. "Whether you're a writer or a musician or a nurse of an accountant. AI is everywhere. We will be asking what are people worried about? What do they think? We want to address those questions and keep supporting the arts." Without blinding us with science, Let's make AI:OK for music and the creative sector aims to explain in plain language the good and the bad of AI and let people make up their own minds. It will feature a panel made of experts and interested parties, including Prof. Noel O'Connor, CEO of Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics, Anna McPartlin, an author, film producer, and screenwriter of RTÉ drama Gone, and Ciaran Conroy, Acting CEO of the Association of Independent Music Ireland (AIM). "We're bringing in a range of people to say this is why we care," Clancy says. "Anna McPartlin is making her first movie this year and she is horrified by AI. "She's spent the last thirty years writing a bunch of books in her voice and she works as a tv producer and an author. It's all about developing her individual voice and about 18 months ago I sent her a piece written by AI in the style of Anna McPartland and she went nuts. It's as simple as that. This NCH event is about getting people to talk about their concerns." The event is timely as it follows the announcement of the Irish government's new guidelines for the responsible use of artificial intelligence in the public service. Dr Clancy's work has taken him all over the world to share his expertise in the area. He first became involved in an area clouded by copyright and creative ownership through his job teaching DJs how to use a software called Ableton. His interest in the area led to him being invited by Trinity College to do PhD on the subject and his research led to a book, Artificial Intelligence and Music Ecosystem, which was published just before the advent of ChatGPT in 2022. AI:OK has support from the major record labels, music streamer Deezer and music industry bodies such as the American Association of Independent Music, AIMP (Association of Independent Music Publishers), and the Association of Independent Music Ireland. "When I was doing my research I could see what was coming," Dr Clancy says. "As opposed to having a dystopian vision it was important to figure out at some point what was ok and what was not ok about AI." So, what does he see as the threats posed by AI? "The threats are really simple," he says. "I've worked in music for forty years, doing pretty much everything you can imagine. Most people who work in music have two or three jobs and most of those jobs are threatened by AI and they don't necessarily have to be. "The idea here is very simple - if we mark products and services that are helpful for humans to stay in work, there's not too much not to dislike about that." Musicians and film makers have already begun the fightback. Last year, Hollywood ground to a halt after filmmakers and writers went on strike over big studios' plans to introduce AI into film production. Last week in the House Of Commons, producer Giles Martin - son of Beatles producer George Martin - led a delegation calling on the UK government to do more to protect artists from AI as the controversial Data (Use and Access) Bill makes its make through parliament. The UK government recently rejected proposals from the House of Lords to force AI companies to disclose what material they were using to develop their programmes. A spokesperson for the British government said that "no changes" to copyright laws would be "considered unless we are completely satisfied they work for creators". Elton John, a man who has never being a shrinking violet when it comes to the inequities of the music industry, was very forthright in an interview with BBC News last Sunday. "For young people and for everyone who is creative the fact that AI could run rampant is scary," he said. "You have to ask for approval and you have to have transparency. It's quite simple. If someone wants to use your song, ask, and then you have to have transparency about how it's used. "But the danger is young artists haven't got the resources to fight big tech if there is a lawsuit or anything like that. I am very angry about it. A machine is incapable of writing anything with any soul in it. When you try to rob young people of their creativity, it's a criminal offence." Dr Clancy is not opposed to AI. He believes that it is better to ride the tiger's back than to be eaten by the tiger. "The one thing that we can all be certain of is that there is no great AI art being made, like something new, something really fantastic like hip-hop," he says. "At the moment it is very pedestrian and very predictable but a moment will come soon with this technology where something fantastic will happen. "My personal agenda is - find out what's happening, go and do some crazy stuff, ideally with tools that are ethical - meaning that some humans are getting paid for using them. "When we find that, we might find some way of making a living from it. If we can't think of a way of fixing it or at least approaching it then we should really give up. There is only a short window to get this right." Let's make AI:OK for music and the creative sector takes place at Dublin's National Concert Hall on Thursday, 22 May at 1pm.
