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CBC
08-05-2025
- CBC
Group of Seven painting 'comes home' to Cape Breton in recognition of miners' struggle
A 100-year-old painting by Group of Seven artist Lawren Harris is on exhibition now in Sydney, N.S., just in time for the anniversary of the event that led to the killing of coal miner William Davis. The famous painting is called Miners' Houses, Glace Bay and the exhibition's official opening was May 2 at the Eltuek Arts Centre. Melissa Kearney, the centre's artistic director, told Information Morning Cape Breton she was awestruck when she first saw the piece at the Art Gallery of Ontario in 2016. "[My] first instinct was everybody back home has to see this painting, because it so quite literally stops you in your tracks in its significance of this place and our history and the images, the symbolism, the icon of company houses and it being on the edge. Everything from the lighting to the homes themselves just screams Cape Breton Island." Miners' Houses, Glace Bay is on loan from the Art Gallery of Ontario until June 28. It's got its own exhibition space in the centre, which is a refurbished convent that dates back to 1885. Kearney said the painting represents Harris's final depiction of an urban industrial scene before his shift to northern landscapes. Harris was in Cape Breton reporting for the Toronto Star newspaper during a lengthy coal miners' strike in 1925 and was inspired to start the painting here, before returning to his studio in Toronto to finish it. "In his career, [Harris] felt so bent and moved by what he saw that I think that was a breaking point for him as an artist and so [it is an] extremely significant painting for Canadians and especially for us," Kearney said. After Harris left but before the strike was over, miner William Davis was shot and killed by mining company police. The event is recognized across the province every June 11 as William Davis Miners' Memorial Day. Kearney, whose grandfathers and great-grandfathers were miners, said the painting evokes a number of themes. She said the houses can, at first glance, appear to be gravestones on the edge of a cliff, a sight that's not uncommon on Cape Breton Island. She said it's also reminiscent of the old coal mining life. The painting is devoid of people, but Kearney said she assumes they are all working, either in the homes or in the mines underground. Kevin Edwards, a member of the Men of the Deeps coal miners' choir and a former miner himself, saw the painting for the first time at the opening and said he was amazed. He said one of the choir's goals is to maintain the history and culture of those who worked underground — the life-and-death struggles of the industrial way of life — and the painting serves a similar purpose. "For me, it has a very eerie, subtle feel to it, knowing the background and the history of it. It means so much not only to the coal mining industry, but to the labour movement and basically human rights," Edwards said. "That single event back in 1925, Bill Davis and others were injured or killed and maimed … and it meant so much, but they had the courage and the strength to go and to stand up against the police and the hired goons … and it's very, very meaningful." Lachlan MacKinnon, a history professor at Cape Breton University, said the painting helps tell the story of the coal miners' strike and Davis's death and the impact on the labour movement. "That was a really important moment in our island's history, because of the way that local workers, local coal miners and their families came together to challenge the ways that they were being exploited by their employer at the time," he said. The painting may appear bleak to some, but it portrays much more and still resonates, even though the coal mines closed in 2001, MacKinnon said. "In a sense, you see the kind of the starkness of the moment. It evokes that sense of poverty, of exploitation, of sort of living on the edge in a way, which certainly the coal communities in the 1920s were," he said. "On the other hand, I think that there's something that evokes solidarity. The images of the houses, their similarities one with one another, the way that they're crowded together and sort of the vibrant colours, I think evokes sort of a sense of togetherness, of drawing close and sort of resiliency, which I think resounds quite well in a place like Cape Breton, where those values and those ideas continued long after 1925 and indeed after the closure of the mines altogether."
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Wealthy Illinois residents, ‘mega-corporations' could face new taxes to fund public services
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois legislators and advocacy groups are pushing for higher taxes on the wealthiest people in the state and 'mega-corporations.' State Senators and House Representatives have proposed joint resolutions to raise over $6 billion in new revenue, citing that the state's current tax system is unfair to low-income residents. Advocacy groups that are a part of the Illinois Revenue Alliance have all shown support for the proposed bill. Those groups include: Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Chicago Brighton Park Neighborhood Council Chicago Teachers Union Grassroots Collaborative Healthy Illinois Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Jewish Council on Urban Affairs ONE Northside PEER Illinois SEIU Healthcare Illinois Shriver Center on Poverty Law The People's Lobby Workers Center for Racial Justice Here are the tax increases and new taxes that would be implemented, according to the Illinois Revenue Alliance: $725 million tax on digital advertising $1.2 billion corporate tax worldwide, combined reporting $200 mil Tax corporate offshore sheltered income $1.5 billion to close the carried interest loophole $840 million billionaire wealth tax $1.7 billion excise tax on capital gains $830 million to raise corporate income tax $175 million to close corporate tax loopholes $150 million to reform the estate tax The policy briefing claims these new taxes will support immigrant communities, schools, public transit, healthcare access for all, senior home care, child tax credit and direct cash assistance, re-entry employment programs, violence prevention and affordable housing. Representative William Davis (D) filed the joint resolution in the House on February 26th, while Senator Karina Villa (D) filed the proposal in the Senate on February 25th. The proposal has been referred to assignments in the Senate and the Rules Committee in the House. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to MyStateline | WTVO News, Weather and Sports.
Daily Record
30-04-2025
- Daily Record
'Eunuch maker' used human testicles in salad and froze own leg to need amputation
A man cooked human testicles to eat in a salad. Marius Gustavson, the leader of an extreme body modification ring, also had his penis removed with a kitchen knife. He was jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years last year for his role in the enterprise. The ring carried out male castration, penis removal and other procedures on people as young as 16. His case has re-emerged at court after he lost a challenge against his sentence at the Court of Appeal. The Old Bailey heard last year that extreme body modification is linked to a subculture where men become 'nullos', short for genital nullification, by having their penis and testicles removed. Prosecutor Caroline Carberry KC told the court that Gustavson made more than £300,000 between 2017 and 2021 after posting videos of various procedures on his Eunuch Maker website. The Norwegian once cooked human testicles to eat in a salad and also froze his own leg so it needed to be amputated, with Ms Carberry saying he was linked to at least 29 procedures and that there was 'clear evidence of cannibalism'. The court heard that the defendants used a wide variety of tools, including clamps used for animal castration. Body parts were put up for auction online with a 'buy it now' button. Gustavson challenged his sentence at the Court of Appeal in February alongside Janus Atkin, David Carruthers, Ashley Williams, Damien Byrnes and Jacob Crimi-Appleby. They all received jail terms of between three years and eight months and 12 years for their part in the plot. Lawyers for the men argued earlier this year that sentencing guidelines used to determine how long they should be jailed for did not adequately take into account a scenario where people had given consent to be assaulted. However, in a ruling on Wednesday, Lord Justice William Davis, Mr Justice Griffiths and Judge Simon Drew KC dismissed all six appeals. In the 25-page judgment, Lord Justice William Davis said that the sentencing judge 'carried out a difficult sentencing exercise' and that the case was 'extremely unusual'. He said: 'The adjustments made to the sentences to allow for the unusual circumstances were reasonable and proportionate. 'The sentences were intended to give a message to anyone minded to engage in highly dangerous procedures involving body modifications. That reflected an appropriate purpose of sentencing.' Lord Justice William Davis also said that they 'endorse the general approach taken by the judge in reflecting consent'. He said that the reduction in Gustavson's sentence for this was 'generous'. He said: 'Because cases of consensual grievous bodily harm are rare, consistency must give way to the judge in each case assessing the issue of consent by reference to the individual circumstances of the case.' He went on to say: 'The judge was correct to use the guideline to reach an appropriate sentence and then to make some deduction to allow for the element of consent.' Gustavson also offered to sell the severed penis of one of his victims for hundreds of pounds, with some 22,000 subscribers paying to access videos on the Eunuch Maker website with varying levels of membership from 'free' to 'VIP' which cost £100. He was arrested after he used a red-hot iron to brand a man's calf with the letters EM – for Eunuch Maker. After he was detained, police found his penis in a drawer of his home in Haringey, north London, four years after it had been amputated. He later pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit grievous bodily harm, five counts of grievous bodily harm with intent, making and distributing an indecent photograph of a child, and possession of criminal property. The other defendants also admitted their part in the conspiracy relating to 13 victims. Atkin, Carruthers, and Williams, of Newport, Gwent, were jailed for 12 years, 11 years and four years, six months respectively for conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. Byrnes, of north London, and Crimi-Appleby, of Epsom, Surrey, were jailed after admitting causing grievous bodily harm to Gustavson. Byrnes was jailed for five years for removing Gustavson's penis with a kitchen knife on video at his home on February 18 2017. Crimi-Appleby was jailed for three years and eight months for freezing Gustavson's leg, leading to the need for it to be amputated in February 2019.
Wales Online
30-04-2025
- Wales Online
Man who cooked and ate human testicles in salad loses appeal
Man who cooked and ate human testicles in salad loses appeal Marius Gustavson also had his penis removed with a kitchen knife Marius Gustavson, who led the extreme body modification ring (Metropolitan Police/PA) The leader of an extreme body modification ring, who once cooked human testicles to eat in a salad, has lost a challenge against his sentence at the Court of Appeal. Marius Gustavson, who also had his penis removed with a kitchen knife, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years last year for his role in the enterprise, which carried out male castration, penis removal and other procedures on people as young as 16. He challenged his sentence at the Court of Appeal in February alongside Janus Atkin, David Carruthers, Ashley Williams, Damien Byrnes and Jacob Crimi-Appleby, who all received jail terms of between three years and eight months and 12 years for their part in the plot. At the hearing earlier this year, lawyers for the men argued that sentencing guidelines used to determine how long they should be jailed for did not adequately take into account a scenario where people had given consent to be assaulted. But in a ruling on Wednesday, Lord Justice William Davis, Mr Justice Griffiths and Judge Simon Drew KC dismissed all six appeals. In the 25-page judgment, Lord Justice William Davis said that the sentencing judge 'carried out a difficult sentencing exercise' and that the case was 'extremely unusual'. He said: 'The adjustments made to the sentences to allow for the unusual circumstances were reasonable and proportionate. The sentences were intended to give a message to anyone minded to engage in highly dangerous procedures involving body modifications. 'That reflected an appropriate purpose of sentencing.' Article continues below Lord Justice William Davis also said that they 'endorse the general approach taken by the judge in reflecting consent', and that the reduction in Gustavson's sentence for this was 'generous'. He said: 'Because cases of consensual grievous bodily harm are rare, consistency must give way to the judge in each case assessing the issue of consent by reference to the individual circumstances of the case.' He continued: 'The judge was correct to use the guideline to reach an appropriate sentence and then to make some deduction to allow for the element of consent.' The Old Bailey heard last year that extreme body modification is linked to a subculture where men become 'nullos', short for genital nullification, by having their penis and testicles removed. Prosecutor Caroline Carberry KC told the court that Gustavson netted more than £300,000 between 2017 and 2021 after posting videos of various procedures on his Eunuch Maker website. The Norwegian once cooked human testicles to eat in a salad and also froze his own leg so it needed to be amputated, with Ms Carberry saying he was linked to at least 29 procedures and that there was 'clear evidence of cannibalism'. The court heard that the defendants used a wide variety of tools, including clamps used for animal castration, with body parts put up for auction online with a 'buy it now' button. Gustavson also offered to sell the severed penis of one of his victims for hundreds of pounds, with some 22,000 subscribers paying to access videos on the Eunuch Maker website with varying levels of membership from 'free' to 'VIP' which cost £100. He was arrested after he used a red-hot iron to brand a man's calf with the letters EM – for Eunuch Maker – and after he was detained, police found his penis in a drawer of his home in Haringey, north London, four years after it had been amputated. He later pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit grievous bodily harm, five counts of grievous bodily harm with intent, making and distributing an indecent photograph of a child, and possession of criminal property. The other defendants also admitted their part in the conspiracy relating to 13 victims. Atkin, Carruthers, and Williams, of Newport, Gwent, were jailed for 12 years, 11 years and four years, six months respectively for conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. Byrnes, of north London, and Crimi-Appleby, of Epsom, Surrey, were jailed after admitting causing grievous bodily harm to Gustavson. Article continues below Byrnes was jailed for five years for removing Gustavson's penis with a kitchen knife on video at his home on February 18 2017. Crimi-Appleby was jailed for three years and eight months for freezing Gustavson's leg, leading to the need for it to be amputated in February 2019.
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Gogo to Report First Quarter 2025 Financial Results on May 9th, 2025
BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gogo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOGO), the leading global provider of broadband connectivity services for business aviation, military, and government markets, announced today that it will release its first quarter 2025 financial results before the market opens on May 9th, 2025. The Company will also host a conference call with financial analysts the same day at 8:30 a.m. (EST). Conference call & webcastA live webcast of the conference call and a replay will be available online on the Investor Relations section of the Company's investor website at Gogo 1Q Earnings Call, participants can join the live webcast through this link Participants can use the below link to retrieve a unique conference ID to access the conference About Gogo Gogo is the only multi-orbit, multi-band in-flight connectivity provider offering connectivity technology purpose-built for business and military/government aviation. Its industry-leading product portfolio offers best-in-class solutions for all aircraft types, from small to large and heavy jets and beyond. The Gogo offering uniquely incorporates Air-to-Ground systems with high-speed satellite networks, to deliver consistent, global tip-to-tail connectivity through a sophisticated suite of software, hardware, and advanced infrastructure supported by a 24/7/365 in person customer support team. Gogo consistently strives to set new standards for reliability, security and innovation and is shaping the future of inflight aviation to make it easier for every customer to stay connected. Investor Relations Contact: Media Relations Contact: William Davis Stacey Giglio +1 917-519-6994 +1 321-525-4607 wdavis@ sgiglio@ Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements Certain disclosures in this press release include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding our business outlook, industry, business strategy, plans, goals and expectations concerning our market position, international expansion, future technologies, future operations, margins, profitability, future efficiencies, capital expenditures, liquidity and capital resources and other financial and operating information. When used in this discussion, the words 'anticipate,' 'assume,' 'believe,' 'budget,' 'continue,' 'could,' 'estimate,' 'expect,' 'forecast,' 'intend,' 'may,' 'plan,' 'potential,' 'predict,' 'project,' 'should,' 'will,' 'future' and the negative of these or similar terms and phrases are intended to identify forward-looking statements in this press release. Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations regarding future events, results or outcomes. These expectations may or may not be realized. Although we believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give you no assurance these expectations will prove to have been correct. Some of these expectations may be based upon assumptions, data or judgments that prove to be incorrect. Actual events, results and outcomes may differ materially from our expectations due to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Although it is not possible to identify all of these risks and factors, they include, among others, our ability to effectively evaluate and pursue strategic opportunities. Additional information concerning these and other factors can be found under the caption 'Risk Factors' in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'SEC') on March 14, 2025. Any one of these factors or a combination of these factors could materially affect our financial condition or future results of operations and could influence whether any forward-looking statements contained in this report ultimately prove to be accurate. Our forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and you should not place undue reliance on them. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made and we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
