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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Burley Smith remembers Christmas Day 1950 at the height of the Korean war. The retired Miami realtor, now 92, was a 21-year-old sailor aboard the United States Merchant Marine vessel Meredith Victory. READ MORE: Flu Has Virtually Disappeared In US During COVID Pandemic He and a few other shipmates had recently graduated from the Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, New York. The ship was in Korean waters to carry military equipment to U.S. troops. He vividly recalls the ship. “The ship was the Meredith Victory ship, hundreds were built during World War II, the top speed was 17 knots, about 20 miles an hour. It had 15 cargo holds and carried a crew of 47 people and could only carry 12 passengers,” said Smith. But the ship’s assignment changed as thousands of desperate North Koreans fled from the Chinese army. In the bitter cold, Smith and his fellow crew members loaded 14,000 refugees on board for a three-day rescue mission. “We happened to be the ship … [Read more...] about Modest Hero of “Forgotten War” Recalls Historic Rescue Mission

In a largely forgotten moment, Vince Matthews and Wayne Collett made a medal stand protest at the 1972 Munich Olympics that has become more historically relevant with today’s athlete activism. In this NBCSports.com story , Tim Layden reported the circumstances of Matthews and Collett earning 400m gold and silver medals, what happened on the podium afterward, how it was received and this question: How did it affect the sprinters’ lives? Their actions were compared and contrasted with Tommie Smith and John Carlos , who raised black-gloved fists on the 1968 Olympic 200m medal stand in Mexico City. Today, the subject of athlete demonstrations is prominent in the Olympic movement. Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter states, “No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas.” In January 2020, the IOC Athletes’ Commission published further guidelines pertaining to Rule 50. It stated that … [Read more...] about Vince Matthews, Wayne Collett and an Olympic protest forgotten

Visitors at the exhibition Nắm Cát Tha Hương (The White Sand in Exile) at Old Soul art centre at Lê Thanh Nghị Street in Đà Nẵng. Photo facebook Old Soul ĐÀ NẴNG — An art exhibition by Xuân Hạ depicts her life through personal experiences and external materials in her homeland in the central region. Nắm Cát Tha Hương (The White Sand in Exile) is her work exploring the issues of sand exploitation in her hometown in Thăng Bình District in the south-central province of Quảng Nam. She reflects the impact it has on the material and spiritual life of the local residents. Hạ uses glass bottles she has collected that had washed up on shore to create her work. "White sand spreads across the seaside communes. Houses are built on sand. Trees are planted on sand. The tourism industry is built on sand. People’s graveyards are built on sand," exhibition visitor Thảo Hương said. "I was born in the central region and sand is something that is very familiar in my life. … [Read more...] about White sand inspires artist to imagine and create

The top-ranked LSU beach volleyball team will kick off its season at Houston Baptist on Friday. The Tigers will play the Huskies twice as well as Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and UL-Monroe over the weekend. LSU finished last season as the No. 1 ranked team in the country after a 12-2 start, which included two wins over previous No. 1 UCLA. Expectations for the Tigers are high. LSU returns its entire starting lineup from its wins over UCLA, most notably last season’s court one pair: seniors Kristen Nuss and Claire Coppola. “We still have that national championship goal,” Nuss said. “I don’t think being No. 1, we are not really satisfied by it. Yes, we are No. 1 to start the season, but we want to be No. 1 to end the season.” Nuss and Coppola start the season tied as the all-time leaders in wins for the program at 103 after playing as a pair the previous four seasons. LSU basketball team gets March 6 makeup game at Missouri; television and tip time TBA It … [Read more...] about LSU beach volleyball returns to the sand as No. 1 team in the country

Nearly one third of fresh water fish face extinction, putting at risk 200 million lives along with millions of livelihoods worldwide, according to a new report from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). This report comes at the start of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, which is part of a "rallying call" for the protection and restoration of ecosystems worldwide. © REUTERS / DENIS BALIBOUSE Waste Fuel and Water Sensors: How Science Solves Environmental Problems "Rivers, lakes and wetlands are among the most biodiverse places on earth", WWF's report says , noting that, fish "cover less than 1 per cent of the planet’s total surface, yet they’re home to almost a quarter of all vertebrate species – including over half of all the world’s fish species". 80 species of fish have already been declared extinct, the report says. WWF also point out that "at least 200 million people globally" depend upon fish as their primary source of animal … [Read more...] about Nearly One Third of Fresh Water Fish Face Extinction, Putting Millions of Lives at Risk, WWF Says