[NYP] Brian Hutchinson’s attempt at good hygiene nearly cost him his head.
When the British taxi driver reached for a lighter left behind by a passenger who recently exited his cab, he didn’t realize his recently sanitized hands would be a fire hazard.
As he flicked the lighter, the spark ignited a "fireball" in the 42-year-old’s hands. The flame quickly spread from his hands, which were still drying from hand sanitizer, to his head, arms and legs.
Hutchinson’s horrific accident comes at a time when fire experts are warning consumers to handle alcohol-based hand sanitizers with extreme caution, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic which has seen sales — and scams — related to the hygienic product soar.
Hutchinson said he’s survived "going to hell and back" after multiple operations and skin grafts in almost two months since the incident.
"I noticed there was a dropped lighter in the back seat off my car, I had just sanitized my hands, so I rubbed the palm on my leg to dry them, but the tops of my hands were still wet," he explained.
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Black cabbies' lives matter! Abolish
That old white supremacist "knowledge!"
Replace it with learning
The basics of burning
At Kabdrivers Kemical Kollege!
Oh and if you guys are going to stick around and try and follow this conflict please be aware that if you think Indian-Pakistani propaganda is bad, or Armenian-Azerbaijani propaganda is bad, or any other kind of propaganda is bad, then you haven’t seen a single thing yet!
Basically whoever advances will likely ethnically cleanse the other. Very very dangerous war for civilians here. Both sides have killed thousands of civilians deliberately.
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Guardian: The TPLF dominated Ethiopia’s governing coalition for decades before Abiy took office in 2018 and announced sweeping political reforms. Those reforms, however, have allowed old ethnic and other grievances to surface, and led to instability. Under Abiy, who won last year’s Nobel peace prize for ending a war with neighbouring Eritrea, Tigrayan leaders have complained of being unfairly targeted in corruption prosecutions, removed from top positions and blamed for the country’s problems. One factor in the new crisis is the postponement of national elections due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
BREAKING: South Korean military officials tell reporters that one person appears to have trespassed the barbed wires at the frontline of Gangwon and moved southward. Media reports here are suggesting there is a possibility of defection, as well, although details are still thin.
[Washington Examiner] Floridians approved a ballot measure Tuesday that would gradually increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, according to the New York Times.
The state’s minimum wage is currently set at $8.56, higher than the $7.25 federal minimum wage.
The state’s Supreme Court last December approved the ballot measure, which needed at least 60% of all votes to be approved. Over 61% of voters backed the measure.
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this, first step increase is to $10/hr by 1 Oct 2021, is coming at a point in time when the hospitality sector and the brick and mortar retail sector, both of which provide a disproportionate high level of entry jobs, are suffering
outdoor maintenance and Long Term Care sectors are doing OK now and will probably be able to absorb, at the first year of increase.
Final increase to $15 isn't until 1 Oct 2026.
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@ #6 - Much like the banking industry does with the SEC, etc. (Goldman Sachs, Wachovia (Wells Fargo)) and probably how Boeing got their way with the FAA and the 737Max debacle. Surely countless examples.
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[NYP] Brian Hutchinson’s attempt at good hygiene nearly cost him his head.
