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☆ Beethoven’s hair reveals evidence of lead poisoning, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Beethoven’s genome was made publicly available, inviting researchers around the world to investigate lingering questions about Beethoven’s health. Meanwhile, scientists continue to figuratively go over the authenticated locks of Beethoven’s hair with a fine-tooth comb, teasing out surprising insights. But at the time the researchers did not test Beethoven’s newly authenticated hair samples for lead. Because the researchers don’t have hair samples from earlier in Beethoven’s life, it’s impossible to understand when the lead poisoning started, Meredith said. But Rifai said he saw comparable lead levels when he conducted research in two villages in Ecuador where the main trade is to glaze tiles with lead from batteries.

Persons: Ludwig van Beethoven’s, Beethoven, ”, Christian Reiter, Hiller, Thayer, Anton Halm, William Meredith, Nader Rifai, Meredith, Rifai, Paul Jannetto, he’d, Johann Adam Schmidt, Beethoven’s, “, ” Meredith, Friedrich Schiller’s, Joy, it’s Organizations: CNN —, Center of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Beethoven, Symphony, Ninth, Ninth Symphony Locations: United States, Ecuador, Vienna

☆ More people are working well past retirement age. It’s not easy
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

So last October, at the age of 80, Murray ended her retirement and got a job giving out samples at Costco. Forecasters expect that cohort of older , working Americans to double over the next decade. “More people are working at desk jobs that don’t require much physical labor,” said Gal Wettstein, a senior research economist at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. “That’s people who are changing jobs, younger workers and non-college educated workers.” Older workers tend not to change jobs, and they’re more likely to have a college degree. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) forbids age discrimination against people who are age 40 or older in the workplace.

Persons: Hope Murray, ”, Murray, she’ll, “, Murray isn’t, Gal Wettstein, Monique Morrissey, ” Morrissey, What’s, Heidi Brockway, Brockway, Morrissey, ageism, Bob Vaughn, Wettstein, Vaughn, Mary Susan, they’ve, Mary Susan’s, they’d, They’re, Diane Reiter, ” Reiter, she’s, I’d, She’s Organizations: New, New York CNN, Gas, Costco, ”, Pew Research Center, Center for Retirement Research, Boston College, Economic Policy Institute, Social, Social Security Agency, Social Security, Lawmakers, AARP, Retirement Research, Amazon, Economic, Worker, Brookings Locations: New York, Hollywood, San Diego, Los Angeles, Southeast Florida, Florida, United States, Charlotte , North Carolina, Asheville, Chicago

The San Francisco 49ers finally climbed back up the playoff mountain to return to the Super Bowl only to find a familiar foe waiting for them. When the Niners get a second shot at a Super Bowl against the Kansas City Chiefs it will be a rare title game rematch in this short of a span. Here's a look at the other times there was a Super Bowl rematch within five seasons of the first meeting. COWBOYS vs. BILLSDallas and Buffalo had the only Super Bowl rematch in consecutive seasons, meeting at the end of the 1992 and 1993 campaigns. Pittsburgh won again three years later in the first Super Bowl rematch ever to deny Dallas back-to-back championships.

Persons: Nick Bosa, Patrick Mahomes, They’re, Mahomes, Andy Reid, “, ”, Kyle Shanahan, “ They’ve, Bosa, Deebo Samuel, George Kittle, Fred Warner, Dre Greenlaw, Arik Armstead, Kyle Juszczyk, Mitch Wishnowsky, Travis Kelce, Chris Jones, Harrison Butker, Mecole Hardman, James Winchester, Nick Allegretti, Blake Bell, San Francisco, Charvarius Ward, Ross Dwelley, Richie Hames, Derrick Nnadi, Austin Reiter, Mike Pennel, PATRIOTS Eli Manning, Tom Brady, Randy Moss, Manning, David Tyree's, Plaxico, Troy Aikman, James Washington, Emmitt Smith, Lynn Swann, Dallas, Terry Bradshaw, Jackie Smith, Roger Staubach's, ___ Organizations: San Francisco 49ers, Super, Niners, Kansas City Chiefs, 49ers, Chiefs, Kansas City, GIANTS, PATRIOTS, Giants, The Patriots, Dolphins, COWBOYS, The Cowboys, STEELERS, COWBOYS The Cowboys, Steelers, Dallas, Minnesota, Rams, Steel, Pittsburgh, Super Bowl Locations: Miami, ” San Francisco, San, New York, New England, Dallas, Buffalo

☆ El Niño's 'sweet tooth' means indulgent treats could soon be even more expensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-25 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Futures contracts on orange juice , cocoa , coffee and sugar have soared in part because of extreme weather and supply concerns related to El Niño. "You can say El Niño has a sweet tooth because it sort of eats or takes away much of the sugar in the world," Carlos Mera, head of agri commodities market research at Netherlands-based Rabobank, told CNBC. "Sugar prices have probably already been passed on [to consumers] but certainly for chocolate we should expect a big increase at retail level — and El Niño is certainly something to watch." Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe effects of El Niño tend to peak during December, but the impact typically takes time to spread across the globe. It also warned that several crops could be adversely affected by El Niño early next year, while acknowledging there is the potential for some crops to benefit, citing those in the United States, southern Brazil and Argentina.

Persons: El, Carlos Mera, El Niño, Joe Raedle, Dave Reiter, Reiter, Sia Kambou Organizations: Future Publishing, Rabobank, CNBC, Getty, Reiter Capital Investments, Twitter, Workers, Afp Locations: Yichang City, China's Hubei, Netherlands, El, Orange, Miami , Florida, Southeast Asia, India, Australia, Africa, United States, Brazil, Argentina, Florida, Hermankono

☆ What orange juice futures tell us about the state of our world
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Cocoa and orange juice futures have hit multi-decade highs as climate change and harsh weather takes their toll on crops in warmer climates. Here’s the latest in the commodities market:Orange juiceOrange juice futures have soared to their highest levels since the commodity began trading in 1966. The January contract for frozen concentrated orange juice is currently sitting around $3.95, up nearly 94% so far this year. The rally has led to a rise in speculative betting, leading some analysts to call orange juice futures the new GameStop. But “the eventual crash in the price of orange juice will be one for the record books,” he quipped.

Persons: Nicole, it’s, they’re, ”, Dave Reiter, It’s, Brent, David Morrison, stoking, That’s, WeWork, Nathaniel Meyersohn, Ermengarde Jabir, Alicia Wallace, “, Ted Rossman Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, New York CNN, OJ, Sunshine State, Futures, GameStop, Reiter Capital Investments, Cocoa, West Texas Intermediate, “ Traders, Trade Nation . Energy, Wheat, Organisation for Economic Co, Federal Reserve Bank of New, New York Fed Locations: New York, Ukraine, Orange, US, Brazil, Mexico, Florida, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Ivory, Chicago, Southeast Asia, Europe, China, Russia, America, United States

The January contract of frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) hit an all-time high of $4.17 per pound during the session, before falling back to $3.83 per pound. Did anyone predict $4.00 orange juice? As a comparison, the most traded contract among the soft commodities, ICE's raw sugar, had over 435,000 lots in open interest. Ibiapaba Netto, executive director at CitrusBR, the association representing Brazilian juice producers, said that a reversal of the current tight supply situation would take time, and is not certain to happen. Brazil has a 75% share of the global orange juice trade.

Persons: Mohamed Abd El Ghany, Dave Reiter, OJ, Darin Fessler, Ibiapaba Netto, Netto, greening, Marcelo Teixeira, Nick Zieminski Organizations: REUTERS, Intercontinental Exchange, Reiter Capital Investments, CitrusBR, Thomson Locations: El Nobaria, Cairo, Egypt, New York, United States, Brazil, Mexico, U.S

☆ ‘The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball’ Review: Cheating Their Way to the World Series
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

View of the 2017 World Series trophy Photo: Shanna Lockwood/USA Today SportsWith the regular MLB season winding down and the playoffs about to start, the autumn air may soon be filled with cries of “Play ball!” “Beer here!” and “Cheaters!”—the last of these being aimed at the Houston Astros. Should things go their way, the Astros might well be en route to their fifth World Series appearance in seven years, the first of these—2017—being the source of their infamy. “They’re going to get booed in perpetuity,” says one of the many insiders whom writer-podcaster Ben Reiter interviews during “The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball,” a “Frontline” presentation that autopsies the game’s darkest episode since the Black Sox threw the series in 1919.

Persons: Shanna Lockwood, —, “ They’re, ”, podcaster Ben Reiter, “ Organizations: USA, MLB, Houston Astros, Astros, Major League Baseball, Black Sox

CNN —Fragments of a skull believed to have been that of composer Ludwig van Beethoven have been donated to a university in Austria after spending decades in the United States. Seligmann, who died in 1892, had been a physician, medical historian and anthropologist in Vienna. The skull pieces, now referred to as the Seligmann fragments, came into his possession in 1863 during a reburial of Beethoven’s bones for study purposes. Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesIn 1802, 25 years before his death, Beethoven wrote a letter to his brothers, asking that his doctor, Johann Adam Schmidt, determine and share the nature of his “illness” after his death. Christian Reiter, a Vienna-based forensic pathologist, has previously examined the skull fragments and deemed them to be credible.

Persons: Ludwig van Beethoven, Paul Kaufmann, ”, Franz Romeo Seligmann, Seligmann, Beethoven, Johann Adam Schmidt, Kaufmann, “, ’, Max Planck, Markus Müller, Christian Reiter, piecing Organizations: CNN, Medical University of Vienna, Seligmann, Max, Max Planck Institute, Beethoven Locations: Austria, United States, American, Vienna, Carmichael , California, France, Vienna’s, Germany, Leipzig

☆ Vodafone and Nestlé Created Panels to Avoid ‘Greenwashing’ Allegations
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-23 | by ( Dieter Holger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +4 min

Vodafone Group and Nestlé have set up panels of experts to double check environmental claims before they appear on products and marketing, a move by the multinationals to avoid allegations of so-called greenwashing. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is updating its environmental marketing guidelines and the EU has proposed that businesses need to offer scientific evidence. The panels at Nestlé and Vodafone are examples of how companies are stepping up their due diligence of green claims in response to mounting scrutiny, tighter regulation, shifting consumer preferences and the threat of lawsuits. So far, that hasn’t happened, Mr. Reiter said. The packaged-foods company’s panels are staffed by employees from marketing, regulatory, scientific affairs, sustainability, legal and communications.

☆ Cars crash into 7-Eleven stores every day, and the problem just cost the chain $91 million after a man tragically lost his legs
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vehicles crash into buildings with surprising frequency in the US: more than 100 times each day. On average, one of those crashes each day happens at a 7-Eleven. In all, there were 6,253 storefront crashes at 7-Elevens in that period — an average of more than one per day. The once-a-day crash at 7-Eleven is in fact dwarfed by the total number of crashes that take place at storefronts across the US, however. "If you install bollards, you pretty much solve that problem," Storefront Safety Council co-founder Rob Reiter told CBS Chicago.

CHICAGO — The city of big shoulders is going on the offensive in its endeavor to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention, with union leaders making a case that the city and state are more labor friendly than others in contention for the event. That's why it makes sense for him and the convention to come to Chicago," Bob Reiter, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, said in an interview. But Illinois officials have pushed Chicago as the place for the next convention to make sure there is Midwest representation as the 2024 presidential contest unfolds. The battleground state was technically the site of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, but the Covid pandemic scrapped most in-person events, and Biden accepted his nomination from Delaware. A group with the Democratic National Committee has visited the cities still in contention and is to make a forthcoming recommendation, likely this spring.

☆ Turning coronavirus page, Oktoberfest kicks off after two-year hiatus
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Visitors attend the official opening of the world's largest beer festival, the 187th Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, September 17, 2022. REUTERS/Andreas GebertRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterMUNICH, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The annual Oktoberfest, the world's largest beer festival, kicked off on Saturday for the first time since 2019, marking the end of a two-year hiatus as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Revellers sit at long communal tables to swig beer, eat sausages, pretzel or pork knuckle, and listen to oompah bands. Munich mayor Dieter Reiter said earlier this year that the Oktoberfest, held from Sept. 17 to Oct. 3, would take place without any COVID-19 restrictions. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Ayhan Uyanik und Christine Uyanik; Writing by Christoph Steitz; Editing by Alex RichardsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ UEFA a respins solicitarea de a ilumina în culorile curcubeului stadionului Allianz Arena. Cu ce reacție a venit primarul din Munchen
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-22 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

În acest sens, UEFA a respins cererea primarului Dieter Reiter, considerând că în fotbal nu trebuie amestecate chestiuni de natură politică. Declarația ministrului ungar de Externe a fost făcută înaintea unei reuniuni a miniștrilor de Externe din UE programată la Luxembourg. La rândul său, primarul din Munchen, Dieter Reiter, a ieșit în conferință de presă și a catalogat decizia UEFA drept „rușinoasă”. Ba din contra, au făcut, din perspectiva mea, o propunere penibilă și anume să iluminam Allianz Arena în altă zi. Întrebat de ce nu ar ilumina stadionul, indiferent de decizia UEFA, primarul Reiter a declarat că stadionul Allianz Arena nu este în proprietatea orașului Munchen.

Persons: Viktor Orban, Dieter Reiter, Reuters, Peter Szijjarto, Reiter Organizations: UEFA, Allianz Arena, Parlamentul, Olimpic, Agerpres, ungar, Externe, Federația Germană, Allianz Locations: Munchen, Germania, Ungaria, Budapesta, Ungariei, Externe, UE, Luxembourg, Bavaria

☆ Medalie de aur şi bronz la Campionatul European de Judo pentru R. Moldova
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-21 | by ( Borodin Victoria | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

Judocanul moldovean Victor Sterpu a devenit campion european printre seniori, iar judocanul Denis Vieru a cucerit medalia de bronz la Campionatul European de la Praga. În finală, Sterpu l-a învins prin ippon pe georgianul Lasha Shavdatuashvili, campion olimpic în 2012 și medaliat cu bronz la JO din 2016. Anul trecut, Victor Sterpu a devenit campion european U20, iar pe 9 noiembrie curent, Victor a câștigat aurul la Europenele U23. Judocanul Denis Vieru a cucerit medalia de bronz la Campionatul European de la Praga. În meciul pentru medalia de bronz, Denis a dispus de georgianul Vazha Margvelashvili.

Persons: moldovean Victor Sterpu, Denis Vieru, Igor Wandtke, Lukas Reiter, Nils Stump, Sterpu, Victor Sterpu, Victor, Judocanul Denis Vieru, El, Denis Organizations: U20, U23, Judocanul Locations: moldovean, Praga, ippon

☆ Виктор Стерпу стал чемпионом Европы по дзюдо
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-21 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: 1 min

Дзюдоист Виктор Стерпу стал чемпионом Европы среди взрослых спортсменов! В Праге 21-летний спортсмен одержал 5 побед в весовой категории 73 кг. В прошлом году Виктор Стерпу стал чемпионом Европы по дзюдо среди спортсменов до 20 лет, а 9 ноября 2020 года он выиграл золото и на чемпионате Европы среди спортсменов до 23 лет. Днем ранее Денис Виеру выиграл бронзовую медаль на чемпионате Европы в Праге. Он выступал в весовой категории до 66 кг.

Persons: Виктор Стерпу, Йеруна Кассе, Игорь Вандтке, Лукас Райтер, Нильс Стампа, Лаша Шавдатуашвили, Денис Виеру Locations: Европа, Прага

☆ Judocanul moldovean Victor Sterpu a cucerit medalia de aur la Campionatul European de Judo
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-21 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: 1 min

Judocanul moldovean Victor Sterpu a cucerit medalia de aur la Campionatul European de JudoJudocanul Victor Sterpu a devenit campion european printre seniori! La Praga, sportivul de 21 de ani a obținut cinci victorii în limitele categoriei de greutate 73 kg. Mai întâi, el a dispus de belgianul Jeroen Casse, germanul Igor Wandtke, austriacul Lukas Reiter și elvețianul Nils Stump. În finală, Sterpu l-a învins prin ippon pe georgianul Lasha Shavdatuashvili, campion olimpic în 2012 și medaliat cu bronz la JO din 2016. Anul trecut, Victor Sterpu a devenit campion european U20, iar pe 9 noiembrie curent, Victor a câștigat aurul la Europenele U23.

Persons: moldovean Victor Sterpu, Sterpu, Igor Wandtke, Lukas Reiter, Nils Stump, Victor Sterpu, Victor Organizations: Judo, !, U20 Locations: moldovean, Praga, ippon

☆ Victor Sterpu a devenit campion european la judo
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-21 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: 1 min

Victor Sterpu a devenit campion european la judoJudocanul Victor Sterpu a devenit campion european printre seniori! La Praga, sportivul de 21 de ani a obținut 5 victorii în limitele categoriei de greutate 73 kg, transmite IPN. Victor a dispus de belgianul Jeroen Casse, germanul Igor Wandtke, austriacul Lukas Reiter și elvețianul Nils Stump, iar în finală l-a învins prin ippon pe georgianul Lasha Shavdatuashvili, campion olimpic în 2012 și medaliat cu bronz la JO din 2016. Anul trecut, Victor Sterpu a devenit campion european U20, iar pe 9 noiembrie curent, a câștigat aurul și la Europenele U23. El a evoluat în categoria de greutate 66 kg.

Persons: Victor Sterpu, Sterpu, Victor, Igor Wandtke, Lukas Reiter, Nils Stump, Denis Vieru, El Organizations: !, U20, Europenele U23 Locations: Praga, ippon

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