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Uzbekistan: State guarantees developing a sustainable education system

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:40:31 GMT

It is an undeniable fact that in the 21st century the success in development can only be achieved by those countries that have chosen to prioritize investment in human capital, since the accumulated knowledge and information have now become strategic resources, writes Ranokhon Tursunova.A state system of sustainable education, which consists of pre-school, general secondary and primary vocational education, higher and postgraduate education, professional development and retraining, is well-developed in Uzbekistan. However, it is necessary to point out the peculiarity of the model proposed by our state, which implies a permanent learning process, in which a person has the opportunity to gain knowledge for a long time and further improve it.As for pre-school education, the system has not been regulated from a constitutional-legal point of view so far. It is quite relevant and timely to introduce a new edition of the Constitution with regulations that the state creates conditions for t...

Hayward: Man dies in electric scooter collision

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:40:31 GMT

A 56-year-old man died on Thursday in Hayward after an accident involving his electric scooter.Officers responded to the 200 block of Benmore Drive on Thursday evening at 10:46 p.m. to find a man unconscious after crashing his scooter. The victim was transported to the hospital and later died — and authorities say alcohol may have been involved in the incident.The victim’s identity will be released once the next-of-kin is notified. It is Hayward’s third fatal collision this year.

Woman suffers life-threatening injuries in San Jose crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:40:31 GMT

(KRON) -- A pedestrian was involved in a vehicle crash on Sunday afternoon, and police are asking drivers to avoid the scene, according to the San Jose Police Department. Suspected DUI crash injures CHP officer The pedestrian was a woman and she was struck in the area of 11th Street and East Santa Clara Street. She has been taken to a local hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries, police said. Road closures are now in place in the area. Drivers are asked to use alternate routes.

Suspected DUI crash injures CHP officer on SR-242

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:40:31 GMT

(KRON) -- A suspected DUI driver is believed to be responsible for a chain reaction crash that resulted in the injury of a California Highway Patrol officer, according to the CHP Contra Costa station.  Man arrested for elder abuse, injuring officer Around 8:22 p.m., an officer with CHP Contra Costa was conducting a stop on a Chevrolet on the right shoulder of southbound State Route 242, just south of State Route 4. A Mercedes heading south veered off the road and collided with the back of the parked Chevrolet, CHP said.KRON On is streaming now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }The force of the crash was so strong that it caused the Chevrolet to strike the CHP officer. The officer was taken to a local hospital and treated for her injuries. CHP says she will make a full ...

Liverpool blows title race open after thrilling Arsenal draw

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:40:31 GMT

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Leading 2-0 at Anfield after just 28 minutes, Arsenal’s traveling fans were in dreamland.By the end, the Premier League leaders were left clinging on for a point as Liverpool blew the title race wide open.While it was the home crowd celebrating the loudest as the final whistle blew on a thrilling 2-2 draw, Manchester City feels like the biggest winner.This could prove a pivotal weekend in determining who will be crowned champions, with the gap at the top down to six points and second-place City still having a game in hand on Arsenal.With the leading pair also still to play at City’s Etihad Stadium at the end of the month, both teams can determine their own fate.On the face of it, a point at Anfield is a solid-enough result at one of the most daunting stadiums in soccer. But this felt like an opportunity missed after Arsenal had cruised into a commanding position through goals from Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus and looked on course for an eighth strai...

Haslem scores 24 in farewell, Heat top Magic 123-110

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:40:31 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Udonis Haslem scored 24 points in his final regular-season game, Duncan Robinson added 20 and the Miami Heat tuned up for the play-in tournament by topping the Orlando Magic 123-110 on Sunday.It was Haslem’s highest-scoring game since he had 28 points on Nov. 14, 2009. He checked out for the final time with 58.9 seconds left, getting the last of many ovations that rained down throughout the afternoon.He was 9 for 17 from the floor, 3 for 7 from 3-point range.“So many people have sacrificed for me and this is for them. This is their day as much as it is mine,” said Haslem, who is retiring when this season — his 20th, all with Miami — ends. “This love affair that I’ve had with this organization and this city for the last 20 years is going to continue to grow.”Victor Oladipo scored 19, Jamal Cain added 18 and Omer Yurtseven finished with 14 for Miami — which got a franchise-record 111 points off its bench.Kevon Harris scored 22 for Orlando, while Caleb Houstan ...

Pritchard’s triple-double leads Celtics past Hawks, 120-114

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:40:31 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Payton Pritchard finished with his first career triple-double with 30 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists and the Boston Celtics beat the Atlanta Hawks 120-114 on Sunday in a matchup of mostly reserves in the regular-season finale for both teams.Derrick White was the only regular starter to play for Boston. In his 82nd game and starting for the 70th time, he played five minutes, going 1 of 2 on 3-point attempts.De’Andre Hunter was the only starter to play for Atlanta, scoring 14 points.Pritchard completed his triple-double with an assist on JD Davidson’s basket with just under eight minutes left. The crowd gave him a big hand when they showed Pritchard’s stat line on the video board.Boston went 25 of 54 on 3-point attempts. Pritchard connected on 9 of 16, Mike Muscala went 4-for-7 on 3s and finished with 27 points and Sam Hauser was 8 of 14 on 3s with 26 points.Garrison Mathews and Bruno Fernando led the Hawks with 19 points apiece.Locked into the Eastern Conference’s e...

Hornets rally in fourth, beat playoff-bound Cavaliers 106-95

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:40:31 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Mark Williams had 22 points and 10 rebounds and fellow rookie Bryce McGowens scored 22 points as the Charlotte Hornets rallied in the fourth quarter Sunday for a 106-95 win over the playoff-bound Cleveland Cavaliers.Theo Maledon had 18 points, eight rebounds and six assists for Charlotte, which finished with the fourth-worst record in the NBA at 27-55 and did not advance to the postseason for the seventh year in a row. The Hornets missed their first 24 3-point attempts.All-Star Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland were not in uniform for the fourth-seeded Cavaliers, who will have home-court advantage in their first-round series with the New York Knicks. Sam Merrill scored 17 points and Danny Green and Raul Neto each had 13.Cleveland blew an 11-point lead, finished the regular season 51-31 and will be in the playoffs for the first time since reaching the 2018 NBA Finals. Evan Mobley had six points and five rebounds, and Jarrett Allen had four points and six boards for...

Grand Main Reading Room at Library of Congress opens to visitors

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:40:31 GMT

Starting this week, visitors to the Library of Congress in D.C. will get a rare opportunity to experience its grand Main Reading Room.This area of the library is usually reserved for researchers and had previously been open to visitors only on holidays and special occasions.The room, in the Thomas Jefferson Building, will be open to visitors Tuesday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and again from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the afternoon. Access will be limited to those who reserve free timed-entry passes.Also, every Thursday evening the library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and its exhibitions will be open for extended hours from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. as part of the Live at the Library experience.The library says it will also begin allowing non-flash photography, provided it does not distract researchers.Research will continue in the Main Reading Room as visitors are looking around. The LOC says it expects visitors to “maintain the respectful atmosphere.”The number of vis...

Hurkacz rallies to beat Djere in 1st round at Monte Carlo

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:40:31 GMT

MONACO (AP) — Tenth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland was two points away from defeat before rallying to beat Laslo Djere 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) in the first round of the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters on Sunday.Djere served for the match at 5-4 and led 30-15 but Hurkacz broke for 5-5. He then tied the match on his first set point in the tiebreaker and finally won after nearly 3 hours, 20 minutes against the unseeded Serb.Earlier, 15th-seeded Borna Coric lost to unseeded Chilean Nicolas Jarry 6-2, 6-3. Jarry broke the Croatian player’s serve three times and did not face a break point.In the day’s other first-round match, Jaume Munar of Spain beat Switzerland’s Marc-Andrea Huesler 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-4.Top-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia and two-time defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece have byes to the second round as they both look to win the tournament for a third time.The 22-time Grand Slam winner Djokovic, who won in 2013 and 2015, faces either American...