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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Barbershop blasts out ‘Baby Shark' in order to deter homeless people
A Los Angeles barbershop is blasting the popular children's song 'Baby Shark' outside its storefront to deter homeless people from gathering outside. Shalom Styles, CEO of Styles Barber Lounge, told local outlet KTLA he has security cameras installed outside his store that make a noise when someone moves nearby. Originally, the cameras just beeped, but Styles said that wasn't enough. Now, he has a speaker above his shop that blasts the song. 'When people are walking past and forth and loitering, the cameras beep, but the camera sound isn't loud enough,' he said. 'There's cars going by at all hours of the day, also not loud enough. So the speaker playing 'Baby Shark' is gonna make everybody move, or bring the news and have the city do something about it.' The speaker is pointed toward an encampment near his store, KTLA reports. Styles also has locations in New York City and Las Vegas, according to the studio's website. He founded the business in 2018. Styles described a recent incident in which a nude woman began yelling outside his store when he asked her to leave. 'She started screaming at the top of her lungs, she kicked her shoes off, threw them and screamed for probably 10 minutes,' he told KTLA. This isn't the first time a business has used 'Baby Shark' as a sonic deterrent. The Waterfront Lake Pavilion, a luxury venue in West Palm Beach, Florida, played 'Baby Shark' and other children's songs in 2019 to deter people from sleeping on their patio, CNN reports. Other businesses across the country have similarly opted to use a device called a Mosquito, which emits a high-pitch noise. The noise can only be heard by people under 25, NPR reports, and has been used to ward off young people from gathering in certain areas. Those who support sonic deterrents, like the Mosquito, say they're necessary for preventing loitering and vandalism, but others say they're discriminatory and can disturb nearby residents, according to NPR. The Independent has contacted Styles Barber Lounge for comment.
CTV News
15-05-2025
- Automotive
- CTV News
Sask. highway closed following serious crash
Travelers on Highway 4 should expect delays as the RCMP investigates a serious crash. According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, the crash occurred near Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nation, and Red Pheasant Cree Nation. As of 9:55 a.m. Thursday, officers were on the scene, and the highway was closed. Police say the highway will remain closed for an undetermined amount of time. Detours are in place and motorists are advised to slow down and follow emergency personnel's instructions. RCMP didn't provide further information, however, drivers are asked to check the Highway Hotline for the latest road closure updates.
India.com
06-05-2025
- Politics
- India.com
Delhi Police Deploys Long-Range Acoustic Device For Mock Drills: What It Is and Why It Matters?
Civil Defence Mock Drills: As tensions continue to soar at the India-Pakistan border following the Pahalgam terror attack, mock drills are set to be held across several states on Wednesday after the Union Home Ministry ordered all states to conduct mock drills given the "new and complex threats" that have emerged amid the unrest. #WATCH | Delhi Police prepares its LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device) System for tomorrow's mock drill This device has a range of more than one kilometre and can be used as a hooter to alert the public in case of a sudden attack or as a public announcement system to give a… — ANI (@ANI) May 6, 2025 In preparation for the May 7 mock drills, security has been stepped up in the national capital. As a part of its arrangements, Delhi Police prepares its LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device) System for tomorrow's mock drill. What Is LRAD? An LRAD (Long-Range Acoustic Device) System has a range of more than one kilometre and can be used as a hooter to alert the public in case of a sudden attack or as a public announcement system to give a message to a large gathering. Similar to the Long-Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), there are two more types of sonic weapons: the Mosquito and the infrasonic weapon. According to an Indian Express report, loud noises by LRAD can cause a sensation of ringing ears, also called tinnitus, which can last for minutes after the exposure or for days. Police have increased day and night patrolling across different areas in the city with a special focus on tourist and market places. Special patrol units have been mobilised to cover key areas, including Connaught Place, India Gate, Janpath, Yashwant Palace, Gole Market and other vital installations. On Tuesday morning, a police team monitored the security arrangements at Connaught Place. Relations between India and Pakistan have witnessed escalating tension following the terror attack in south Kashmir's Pahalgam in which 26 people, mostly tourists, lost their lives. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to pursue the perpetrators and conspirators of the attack to the "ends of the Earth" to inflict punishment on them "beyond their imagination".
Times
06-05-2025
- Health
- Times
How long are you going to live? You could make it to 115
The men in my family don't live long. My father died at 69, my grandfather and great-grandfather at 67. I can't change my genes but, if I could, I'd be taking a close look at the DNA of the 115-year-old Surrey resident Ethel Caterham, the world's oldest living person. Or Colin Bell, the 104-year-old Mosquito pilot who was interviewed on TV this morning as part of the VE Day celebrations, still as sharp as a pin and with an endearing twinkle in his eye. The UK doesn't fare well when it comes to life expectancy. Caterham may be the world-record holder but the last time we held the title was nearly 40 years ago. Indeed, based on an average life expectancy at birth, the UK is very much second tier, lying 33rd in the international league tables, just below Slovenia. According to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics average life expectancy in the UK is now 78.8 years for men and 82.8 for women. However, these are estimates at birth, so if you survive into late adulthood the odds of living longer improve, with the average 65-year-old man likely to make it to at least 83 (86 for a woman). And those who reach 85 can expect to live at least another five years, with 1 in 33 and 1 in 18 women going on to celebrate a century. Not that it's all about how long you live. Like most people, particularly doctors, I am far more interested in how I live. That is why I prefer to focus on healthy life expectancy (HLE), which reflects the number of years a person can expect to live in good health. One person's idea of good health, or quality of life, is unlikely to be exactly the same as someone else's but, putting that aside, HLE can be an important guide to planning for the future. Not least deciding when to retire, draw your pension, downsize or take that trip of a lifetime. Again, these are just averages so can't predict what is going to happen to you — rather they estimate what would happen to a group of 100 people like you. And here the UK doesn't fare that well either with an average HLE in England of 61.5 and 61.9 years for men and women respectively, compared to 63 and 65 in France, and 72 for both sexes in Sweden. Perhaps more worrying is that the significant increases in life expectancy seen over the past century in the UK have stalled, and even fallen in recent years. There has been much debate as to why, but most analysts agree that while Covid, austerity and pressures on the NHS are all important factors, they are not the only ones, and there are similar downward trends in other countries too. Social deprivation remains a key factor, as reflected in HLE estimates for different parts of England. The healthiest men in England live in London and can expect on average to have about 64 'good' years from a health perspective, seven more years than their peers living in the northeast. The healthiest women are in the southeast and have a HLE of 64.4 years, compared with 57.5 for those in the northeast. Cancer and cardiovascular disease (stroke and heart attack) account for the majority of lost years of life with — unsurprisingly — smoking, obesity, high cholesterol and raised blood pressure all featuring as significant risk factors for an earlier-than-expected demise. However, the data for HLE isn't quite so predictable, not least because it is self-reported, so the individual's perception of their health matters as much as black-and-white mortality statistics. Impairment due to heart and circulatory problems still feature highly but it's musculoskeletal conditions such as back pain, arthritis and osteoporosis that top the list. I am 63 this year and I hope the good years will continue for some time. My family history may be worrying but genes are just one factor, accounting for about 15-40 per cent of variation in longevity, depending on which research you believe. Even then, the link is complicated because your genetic make-up can shorten or prolong your life for myriad reasons, ranging from predisposition to early cancers or heart disease to enhanced repair of age-related cellular damage. I am (relatively) slim, active and lead a pretty healthy lifestyle, so I'm doing what I can and trying not to worry that, in just over six years' time, I could be the oldest Porter male for four generations. Fortunately my wife, Ros, has a more reassuring family history. Her grandmother lived to 100 and her mother is still driving at 93. I married well. Life expectancy: what you need to know
Sky News
05-05-2025
- General
- Sky News
WWII Mosquito pilot who carried out 50 bombing raids across Germany shares memories of VE Day
Colin Bell is a regular at the RAF Club in London where he pops in for a G&T and a chat with other members in the Churchill Bar. Smartly dressed, and walking without a stick, it is a week before he turns 104 and he has a twinkle in his eye. Congratulating him on his upcoming birthday, I ask him what he puts his longevity down to. "It's a combination of exercise, alcohol, and the love of good women; with the odd bad one thrown in!" He has an infectious laugh. Colin joined the RAF aged just 19, and after his flying training joined 608 Squadron (Pathfinder Group) based at Downham Market in Norfolk. He flew a Mosquito bomber and carried out 50 bombing raids over Germany, 13 of them over Berlin. "It was rather a hairy business," he tells me. "The Germans had perfected, to a very fine art, the ability to shoot down enemy aircraft." He recalls one incident when a shell exploded under the aircraft, cutting power to both engines. Eventually Colin and his navigator Doug Redmond limped home. The following day an engineer inspected the bomber, before giving Colin a memento of the raid. Colin recalls: "He handed me two slivers of shrapnel, each about 4 or 5 inches long, and I said 'where did you find them?'. He said, 'well, they were in the parachute you were sitting on!', which made me thoughtful." We talk about the VE Day 80th anniversary and Colin recalls being at an airbase in North Bay Canada when the news broke, early in the morning. "I was woken by all this palaver, people shouting and firing pistols… I said to one of the guys, 'what the hell's going on?' And he said 'I think they are celebrating the end of the war, the end of the war in Europe'. "And I said, 'well that's nice, now let's get back to sleep!'" Inevitably conversation turns to the conflicts of today. He worries about defence spending, NATO, and hesitating to confront aggression decisively. "Bear in mind that I've seen all this happen before, from the time that I was a teenager living, as Churchill put it, in the wilderness years and a time when appeasement was rife. "The situation is different now, but the dangers are the same." He has a message too for the current generation: "People talk too much about their rights and not enough about their duties," he tells me. Opposite the RAF club in Green Park is the RAF Bomber Command Memorial, commemorating the young crews who embarked on missions during the Second World War. I ask Colin what goes through his mind as we gaze up at the impressive sculpture. "Sadness," he simply says. "So many brave young men lost their lives fighting the war against an enemy that should never have been. "You must understand that what we were doing at the time was a battle for survival, and that's what we were concentrating on. And it's not just a matter of the people. "Some people feel gratitude for what we did, but really we had no option. We just had to make sure that we won the war. And thank God we did."
