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News18
17-07-2025
- General
- News18
Do You Really Know What 'OK' Means? 99.9% People Have No Idea!
It's the word we say without thinking, during phone calls, text conversations, meetings, and even arguments. 'OK' is everywhere. It's one of the most widely used terms in the English language, understood across cultures and continents. But here's a question that stumps most people: what does 'OK' actually stand for? (News18 Hindi) Most of us assume that 'OK' is simply short for "okay". Despite its simplicity, the full form of OK is unknown to the vast majority of people. According to several informal surveys floating around social media, 99.9 percent of people do not know what OK actually stands for. And while the phrase feels modern, its roots go back nearly two centuries. (News18 Hindi) The word gained further popularity in the 1840 US presidential election, when supporters of Martin Van Buren used the slogan "Vote for OK". Van Buren, who hailed from Kinderhook, New York, was affectionately nicknamed "Old Kinderhook". The abbreviation OK suddenly served a dual purpose - referring both to his nickname and the previously coined "Oll Korrect". The slogan went viral by 19th-century standards, and the term OK started gaining national, and eventually global, traction. (Source: YouTube) Other commonly used abbreviations have undergone similar transformations. 'ie' comes from the Latin 'id est,' meaning 'that is.' 'eg' stands for 'exempli gratia,' which means 'for example". (News18 Hindi) The word 'PIN,' used for debit and credit card security, stands for 'Personal Identification Number". (News18 Hindi) Even SCUBA, now used as a word on its own, actually expands to "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus". (News18 Hindi) And then there's AM and PM, used to divide the day into hours - AM stands for "ante meridiem", or before noon, while PM means "post meridiem", after noon. (News18 Hindi) Some even trace OK back to Greek origins, suggesting it may be derived from "Olla Kalla", which roughly translates to "all good". Though this theory has less scholarly support, it continues to circulate as part of the word's lore. What makes OK fascinating is that it's an abbreviation that lost its capital letters over time. It became so embedded in everyday language that people stopped treating it as a short form of anything. In that sense, OK is not just a word; it's linguistic history hiding in plain sight. (News18 Hindi)
New York Post
23-06-2025
- New York Post
Town pol accused of strangling lost golden retriever as good Samaritan watched in horror: ‘All I can see is those dog eyes looking at me'
A local official in Wisconsin is facing death threats after he allegedly used a leash to strangle a lost and scared golden retriever in front of the horrified good Samaritan who had just rescued the pooch. Town of Chester Chairman Richard Van Buren, 55, is facing a single count of felony mistreatment of an animal, according to a criminal complaint, after allegedly lifting the dog by its neck with a leash and saying, 'This f–king dog is going to die.' 'That was not a mistreatment of an animal; that was murder of an animal. And I've seen this and witnessed this,' Shelby Krohn, who saved the dog, told Fox 6 with tears streaming down her face. Advertisement 3 Richard Van Buren, 55, is facing a single count of felony mistreatment of an animal, according to a criminal complaint, after allegedly lifting the dog by its neck with a leash. Dodge County Sheriff's Office 'When I close my eyes, all I can see is those dog eyes looking at me while this man is strangling him to death, and I couldn't do anything. I couldn't do anything.' Krohn was going for a walk along Horicon Marsh Tuesday evening when she encountered the petrified golden retriever, who looked dehydrated. She spent 45 minutes coaxing the dog into her car, she told the station. Advertisement She took the dog to the Dodge County Humane Society, which told her she needed to take the canine to a local official. The Humane Society shared a picture of the pup on Facebook, asking, 'Do you know me?' Krohn drove to Van Buren's farm to bring him the dog. The dog allegedly bit Van Buren when he tried to put one of his leashes around its neck. Once it was secure, he yanked the dog by its leash through Krohn's car window, according to the complaint. 'The dogs' legs were off the ground and suspended about two feet in the air,' the complaint said. 'It was foamed at the mouth.' 3 Shelby Krohn was going for a walk along Horicon Marsh Tuesday evening when she encountered the petrified golden retriever, who looked dehydrated. Dodge County Humane Society Advertisement Krohn tried to intervene and begged him to stop. He ignored her. 'He suspended the dog up in the air again and at this time it was limp near the cage,' according to the complaint. Van Buren told Krohn that this wasn't the first dog he had dealt with violently, according to the complaint. 'Van Buren admitted dealing with aggressive dogs doesn't usually 'end well' and indicated he had dealt with them in the past in his capacity as town chair,' the complaint stated. Advertisement 'Richard Van Buren said he usually keeps a stray dog for seven days and after that, he 'takes care of it,' which I clarified meant he shot it with a gun,' according to the complaint. 3 She took the dog to the Dodge County Humane Society, which told her she needed to take the canine to a local official. Dodge County Humane Society The incident aroused strong — and sometimes violent — responses. Facebook banned a post calling for revenge against Van Buren, and the Dodge County Sheriff's Office issued a stern warning. 'There have been threatening comments made by some community members that must be addressed. Threats to the personal safety and property of individuals are not only inappropriate but may also be illegal,' the sheriff said in a statement. 'While we respect the freedom of speech, that freedom of speech does have limits when it comes to threatening another person's life, family members, or property.' The sheriff's office added that it will make arrests if threats are deemed to be in violation of the law — including those made by social media. Van Buren returns to court July 31 for a preliminary hearing, court records show. The Humane Society also urged residents to remain calm and encouraged them to help find the dog's owner. Advertisement 'What you can do to help right now is continue sharing the dog's photo so we can hopefully identify its owner,' it read. 'Our hearts are heavy — for this dog, for the kind person that found them, and for everyone in our community who feels the pain of animals we can't always reach in time.' The post featured a quote from German philosopher Immanuel Kant that read: 'We can judge the heart of man by his treatment of animals.'
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Muscle-preserving drugs could generate over $30 billion in sales by 2035, TD Cowen says
By Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) -Treatments designed to help patients preserve muscle while losing weight with popular obesity drugs by Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk could generate more than $30 billion in sales by 2035, analysts at TD Cowen said on Friday. About a dozen companies are racing to develop such therapies, most of which are being tested in combination with Lilly's Zepbound or Novo's Wegovy, both of which target the GLP-1 protein to help control appetite. The initial Wall Street estimates for muscle-preserving therapies follow promising mid-stage results from experimental drugs developed by Regeneron and Scholar Rock. Investors are closely watching mid-stage data from Lilly's muscle mass-preserving drug, bimagrumab, which is scheduled for presentation at a medical conference next week. Analysts have projected that obesity drugs sales could reach $150 billion a year by the early 2030s. The unmet need to preserve muscle will grow with the use of GLP-1 drugs for obesity, said TD Cowen analyst Tyler Van Buren. Doctors have raised concerns that patients may experience a decrease in overall strength due to muscle loss associated with Zepbound and Wegovy, while experts suggest that more muscle can help patients maintain long-term weight loss. Van Buren said that the first such treatment could launch by 2028, although regulatory challenges remain because these treatments must demonstrate additional health benefits to secure approval. "We believe quality of weight loss and lean mass preservation ... is far too important for long-term health outcomes to be ignored and that this will be figured out," Van Buren said. Some of the new drugs target the myostatin protein, which is associated with muscle growth, and are expected to see broader use due to their superior safety profile, capturing the majority of the market share, Van Buren said. Other drugs target activin, a protein with multiple biological functions. Van Buren said that activin-based drugs will be reserved for patients at higher risk of losing strength, forecasting sales of about $5 billion by 2035. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
National Weather Service confirms 7 tornadoes touched down in River Valley on June 6
WATCH ABOVE: Drone footage of the damage in Van Buren. (COURTESY: Charles Peek and the Weather Channel) TULSA, Okla. (KNWA/KFTA) — The National Weather Service confirmed June 10 that seven tornadoes touched down in Sequoyah County and Van Buren on June 6. The NWS says a line of severe thunderstorms moved across Sequoyah County and into west-central Arkansas. Damaging winds occurred along virtually the length of Sequoyah County. According to the NWS, an EF1 tornado formed near Mc Key in Sequoyah County and moved southeast before turning to the northeast and dissipating northwest of Sallisaw. Wind speeds hit 95 mph. The NWS says damage appeared to be confined to trees. An EF1 tornado hit Sallisaw with wind speeds up to 95 mph. It formed between North Wheeler Avenue and South Road 4640, north of East Road 1060. It headed east-southeast, crossing East Road 1060 near South Road 4650. The tornado traveled to South Road 4670 where it dissipated. Damage was primarily done to trees. An EF1 tornado with wind speeds of up to 90 mph formed near Liberty in Sequoyah County. It formed in the western sections of the community. The tornado traveled near and just south of East Road 1060. Minor damage was done to the roof of the community's school, and a power pole was damaged. Many trees were damaged. Some trees were uprooted. Van Buren tornado from June 6 rated EF-1, 2 other brief tornadoes reported Van Buren was hit by three tornadoes. An EF0 tornado hit the city with wind speeds of 85 mph. The tornado developed just west of the Arkansas River south of Interstate 540 in an open area and traveled across the Arkansas River to the Port of Van Buren. The tornado damaged a fabric and metal storage shelter and the roof of a nearby building. It dissipated as it left the port area. An EF1 tornado with wind speeds between 95 mph and 105 mph touched down in southeast Van Buren near South 4th Street and Wood Street. The tornado moved rapidly northeast into the area just south of the Baptist Health-Van Buren complex. A commercial building was damaged, along with multiple homes on Ozier Street, Mulberry Street and South 19th Street. Winds blew in the walls that contained windows of two homes. One home lost its entire roof and the other lost a large portion of its roof. The tornado quickly dissipated, lasting a little more than one minute. Another EF0 tornado hit Van Buren with 85 mph wind speeds. It traveled near the Union Pacific Railroad line north of Kibler Road and west of Shibley Road. The tornado damaged trees and passed over homes. The NWS says damage to structures appeared to be limited. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Yahoo
Former Van Buren detective recounts 1995 interview with Billy Jack Lincks
VAN BUREN, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Billy Jack Lincks was a father, husband, World War II veteran and airline employee, but, most notably, he's the suspect in Morgan Nick's disappearance. Lincks had a prior criminal history, being convicted of sexual solicitation of a child in 1996 and first-degree carnal abuse in 1992, which was later repealed by Arkansas Act 1738 of 2001. His 1996 conviction was met with a six-year prison sentence, serving only four of those before dying at Tucker Unit on Aug. 5, 2000 at 75 years old. Kevin Johnson, a former detective with the Van Buren Police Department and now a pastor at Home Church in Barling, said he always saw Lincks as an alcoholic, crossing paths with him for the first time when he arrested him for Driving Under the Influence in 1984. 'Chasing Fireflies': KNWA/FOX24 special takes a look back at Morgan Nick's disappearance 30 years later 'You can take the nicest person there is and give them alcohol, and they become a lunatic or a maniac or a total angry person that you don't want to be around,' Johnson said. 'When he started drinking, I think the demons, so to speak, came out and he did the things he shouldn't have done.' On Aug. 29, 1995 — two months after Nick's disappearance — Lincks drank a fifth of rum, drove from Fort Smith to a Sonic on the corner of Fifth and Broadway streets in Van Buren and attempted to lure an 11-year-old girl into his 1986 red Chevrolet truck, court documents said. An incident report from Aug. 29, 1995, stated Lincks offered four boys—three of whom were brothers and another being a friend—money to leave, while he talked to their sister on the corner of Fifth and Webster streets. While at the street corner, Lincks offered the 11-year-old money in return for sexual favors before she turned around and ran back to the Sonic screaming and crying for her brothers to call the police. Lincks sped away and hit a telephone pole in the process. Johnson said the red paint from Lincks' truck scraped off onto the pole. That clue, coupled with descriptions from the 11-year-old girl, led investigators to Lincks, Johnson said. Johnson brought Lincks in for an interview at the Van Buren Police Department Aug. 30, 1995, one day after the incident. 'He was never combative. He was never argumentative, anything like that,' Johnson said. 'It was a very casual conversation. It wasn't like there was any rub against each other.' National Center for Missing and Exploited Children uses forensic artists to help save lives However, the one thing Johnson was looking to get out of Lincks — the truth — was hard to come by. In the interview, Lincks recalled being in Fort Smith before going to the Sonic, descriptions of what the children looked like, offering the children money and hitting something when driving away, all despite claiming he was too drunk to remember what he talked about with the 11-year-old girl. 'He did remember it,' Johnson said. 'He was just withholding that because of the seriousness of the moment.' Nearly 25 years after his death, Lincks was named a suspect in Nick's disappearance by the Alma Police Department on Oct. 1, 2024, after a hair sample from his truck linked back to her DNA. Johnson has been a pastor for 26 years. He believes in the afterlife, but he's unsure of where Lincks' spirit may be. 'Hard for me to say because I'm not the judge,' Johnson said. 'Everyone who passes this life, if you're related to them, no matter what, you have hope. 'Maybe he turned his life around in prison, we don't know, but certainly, that's always the hope,' Johnson said. Police ask the public to contact them at 1-800-843-5678 if they have anything that can help further the investigation into Nick's disappearance. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
