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Yahoo
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LSA Deputy of the Year awarded to Caddo Parish Sheriff's deputy
CADDO PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — The Louisiana Sheriffs' Association (LSA) has named a Caddo Parish Sheriff's Deputy as their Deputy of the Year. Resolutions in both the Louisiana Senate and House authored by State Senator Sam Jenkins and State Representative Steven Jackson recently recognized Corporal Rickey Anderson for being chosen as the LSA's Deputy of the Year. Shreveport firefighters save man from Stoner Ave blaze According to the LSA, the award recognizes a deputy sheriff who has shown unusual initiative and imagination in the performance of duty and has worked to improve the quality of life in their community through selfless and impactful service. As a DEA Task Force Officer, Corporal Anderson began an in-depth investigation following a traffic stop in Shreveport back in 2021, which led to the arrest of two individuals and the seizure of large quantities of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and counterfeit opioid pills. Anderson's efforts in the ensuing investigation helped uncover a fentanyl trafficking ring that was tied to the death of Jason Grubb, who overdosed on fentanyl pills in 2021. Salute the Badge: A candid conversation with SPD Chief Wayne Smith Two ensuing arrests connected to Grubb's death resulted in the first-ever federal convictions in the Western District of Louisiana and the United States for the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. Anderson has served with the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office since 1993. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Guardian
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Sherelle: With a Vengeance review
Like turning up the radio to drown out the sound of a jackhammer, a lot of the dance music that is resonating right now is fast, loud and high-intensity, as if to distract from … well, everything. UK ravers in particular are reaching for speed garage (Salute, Sammy Virji), cheerily high-tempo pop-trance (DJ Heartstring, Kettama) or doof-centric hard dance (Hannah Laing) to crowd out the horror. The fastest and most relentless of them all is Sherelle, the 31-year-old Londoner who can reliably be found DJing at the most twilit hours of festival season and the clubbing underground. She's like the bus from Speed, always keeping above 140bpm (and generally about 160) with steely determination as she swerves between footwork, jungle and garage. After her legendary 2019 Boiler Room livestream, Sherelle goading the crowd with arms stretched wide as she delivered titanic bass-drops, she's become a reliable defibrillator of vibes at any club night – but she also has a keen eye for the utopian potential of this joyous pandemonium. Her low-priced shows seek to quell the stress of the cost of living crisis – tickets for her current UK tour cost just £10 – and she founded Beautiful, a project that nurtures Black and queer artists with studio time, label releases and more. She began putting out her own tracks in 2021, and surprise-released this debut album earlier this week. Dance producers tend to bookend their LPs with earnest ambient tracks to make them feel grand and album-y, but not Sherelle: there's just 10 seconds of eerie stereo whispering on opener Enter the Void before the kick drums come in, soon joined by an insistent junglist rimshot, making for a study in tension without release. Then it's into Don't Want U, which shows how deeply schooled Sherelle is in her history. The brief vocal samples and two-note riff, seemingly hammered out on a particularly melodious bit of plastic plumbing, are classic footwork: the funky yet brittle and stuttering style born out of ghetto house in Chicago. But a skittering drum pattern underneath gives it the swing of British jungle, creating a sensual transatlantic hybrid. Throughout With a Vengeance, Sherelle is respectful of jungle's building blocks – the breaks and tambourine-shakes – and doesn't try to modernise them, and similarly preserves the profound oddness of footwork while making it more accessible and easily danceable. She's seemingly a magpie for any hard and fast sound from the last few decades. The relentless roll of XTC is topped with the kind of euphoric vocal warble that typified the classic rave era. Speed (Endurance) is ferocious acid techno with a fiendishly melodic 303 bassline and panel-beater claps. Ready, Steady, Go! is footwork guided by the heavy, black-gloved hand of minimal techno. The one vocal track here, Freaky (Just My Type), has George Riley singing about her omnivorous sexuality over a busy yet lithe dance-pop beat that a K-pop girl group might favour. Throughout, the bass programming nods to New Jersey's twerk-friendly mode of high-tempo house; playfully swift southern African styles such as singeli, kuduro and shangaan might be other influences. This is sophisticated production, and – if you'll allow a little chinstroking on the dancefloor – positively postmodern in how it unites strands across continents, history, genre and sound sources. And the best tracks here do that boldly. Love Your Enemies evokes dubstep, with syncopated percussion sparring with a huge on-beat, topped by a saxophone melody that sounds like guitar feedback. Footwork is often quite spartan, but XTC Susp9nd3d renders it in shuddering overblown noise, and references the sirens used in dub tracks – albeit making them sound like a four-minute-warning for nuclear war (a trick that Sherelle repeats on the title track and elsewhere). Just as in her DJ sets, the tempo stays high right to the end. There's a kind of poetry in doing that, suggesting tenacity and resilience in a world seemingly designed to grind our spirits down. With her socially conscious projects that spread access and opportunity, Sherelle is building the future she'd like to see. Her music is charged with the same sense of determination. Sign up to Sleeve Notes Get music news, bold reviews and unexpected extras. Every genre, every era, every week after newsletter promotion Jane Remover – RevengeseekerzMore high-intensity excellence here. After Ghostholding, her beautifully loping alt-rock album under the name Venturing, the US musician is back to her core project for her second LP in as many months: trap, hyperpop and breakcore forming a blizzard of digital information.
The Guardian
08-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
What links Pablo Picasso, William Bligh and CS Lewis? The Saturday Quiz
1 In physics, what unsolved problem is abbreviated TOE?2 Who established her visitor attraction in 1835 at the Baker Street Bazaar?3 Which Australian marsupial was known as the native cat?4 Who calls his rambling rhetoric 'the weave'?5 Why might a person weighing 45kg be proverbially feeble?6 What arcade game is known as 'flipper' in French?7 What was first celebrated in Rome in 1300?8 Which comic is purportedly edited by Tharg the Mighty?What links: 9 East; Sunrise; Union; Salute; Peace/World?10 Olympics 2024; Las Vegas 2011 to 2019; Oscars 1998; Eurovision 1988?11 Peace (17); Physics (25); Medicine (32); Chemistry (35); Literature (41); Economics (46)?12 Quire; ream; bundle; bale; pallet?13 Pope Benedict XVI; William Bligh; CS Lewis; Richard Nixon; Pablo Picasso?14 Farm building; light brown; small; brief and lengthy hearing organs?15 Not Like Us; Yeah!; Diamonds; California Love; Blinding Lights? 1 Theory of everything.2 Madame Tussaud.3 Quoll.4 Donald Trump.5 Seven-stone weakling.6 Pinball.7 Jubilee (Catholic).8 2000 AD.9 Translated names of Soviet/Russian space programmes: Vostok; Voskhod; Soyuz; Salyut; Mir.10 Céline Dion performances.11 Youngest winners of Nobel prizes: Malala Yousafzai; Lawrence Bragg; Frederick Banting; Frédéric Joliot; Rudyard Kipling; Esther Duflo.12 Units of paper quantity.13 Real people played in films by Anthony Hopkins.14 UK owls: barn; tawny; little; short-eared and long-eared.15 Performed at last five Super Bowl half-time shows: Kendrick Lamar; Usher; Rihanna; Dr Dre; The Weeknd.
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Salute to expand its European operations with the strategic acquisition of Keysource Group
LONDON, Jan. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Salute, a global leader in integrated lifecycle data centre services, is delighted to announce the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Keysource Group ("Keysource"), a trusted provider of sustainable data centre solutions and strategic advisory services in the EMEA region for over 40 years. The proposed acquisition is subject to regulatory approval. Upon closing of the transaction, Salute's EMEA presence will expand to a workforce of more than 500 talented professionals, including 130 new Keysource employees. This acquisition will strengthen Salute's ability to address the rising demand for AI-driven infrastructure and deliver scalable and sustainable advisory solutions to global customers. Erich Sanchack, CEO of Salute, endorses this exciting transaction: "The acquisition of Keysource Group and its range of advisory services will strengthen our ability to support the rapid change in advanced technology such as AI, for data centre operations across Europe. While we already have a strong team providing technical design, build and operations advice in the Americas, we sought out the opportunity to enhance our EMEA operations. The exceptional talent and expertise that Keysource brings align perfectly with Salute's mission to better serve our customers on the ground in all regions." Key benefits of this acquisition include: European expansion: Increases Salute's workforce in Europe to 500+ employees, establishing critical mass for operations in the EMEA region. Upon closing, Salute's workforce will consist of over 1,800 employees worldwide. Enhanced capabilities: Boosts expertise in advisory services such as energy optimisation, sustainability and AI readiness. Market differentiation: Adds complementary services that enhance Salute's integrated lifecycle offerings for data centre owners, operators, and investors. Closing of this acquisition is expected at the beginning of Q2 2025. This transaction follows Salute's recent series of strategic hires and internal promotions, reflecting the company's focus on investing in talent and enhancing service capabilities to support our global customer base. About Salute Founded in 2013, Salute is a leading provider of integrated lifecycle services for data centres, operating in over 102 markets with 12 global offices and a workforce of more than 1,700 employees. The company delivers comprehensive solutions for hyperscale, cloud, colocation, and edge facilities, with a strong focus on sustainability and talent development. For more information: About Keysource Group Keysource is a recognised leader in sustainable data centre solutions and advisory services. With decades of experience, Keysource supports the data centre industry in achieving operational efficiency, sustainability, and innovation across the entire facility lifecycle. Photo - - View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Salute Sign in to access your portfolio
