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The Oscar-nominated short films are being presented in three programs: live action, animation and documentary. Each program is reviewed below by a separate critic. Live ActionWhatever your takeaways from the live action section of this year’s Oscar-nominated short films, a good laugh is unlikely to be among them. Those Danes, though! Although, bathed in the sickly spill of the morgue’s fluorescents, no one’s complexion here is exactly glowing.

Persons: Oscar, Wes Anderson, Lasse Lyskjer, “ Knight, Fortune, ” Organizations: Danes

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Critics of an Illinois program providing private school scholarships say there's no proof it improves academic achievement. Opponents say it's a drain on public education and want it ended. “They take money out of the public coffers for public education, the schools that receive this money are not accountable, some of them exclude students with special needs. It's not a good use of public dollars.”Bridget Shanahan, spokesperson for the Illinois Education Association, stood by the group's position. Nothing prevents the lawmakers from restarting the program during its spring session, but there would be a disruption in scholarships.

Persons: adjourns, Critics, John Curran, Curran, ”, Jaclyn Matthews, couldn't, Dan Montgomery, “, ” Montgomery, It's, ” Bridget Shanahan Organizations: Ill, COVID, Invest, Kids, Republican, Associated Press, Republicans, Pritzker, The Illinois, of Teachers, Illinois Education, Illinois State, of Education . Research, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Illinois Education Association Locations: SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Downers Grove, COVID

☆ Tyson Foods to lay off 228 employees near Chicago who decline move to Arkansas
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

CHICAGO, June 13 (Reuters) - Tyson Foods will lay off 228 corporate employees in Illinois who declined to relocate to the meatpacker's Arkansas headquarters, eliminating about 46% of the total staff from two offices, the company confirmed on Tuesday. Employees have resisted a decision to consolidate corporate offices, which Tyson announced in October, as the company grapples with high costs for cattle and easing demand for meat from cash-strapped consumers. Tyson will eliminate 177 employees from an office in downtown Chicago and 51 employees in suburban Downers Grove, Illinois, starting on July 31, according to the state. The company said the layoffs were due to the consolidation of corporate offices to Springdale, Arkansas. Including layoffs at another office in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, Tyson will eliminate about 490 corporate employees who opted not to relocate, out of roughly 1,000 workers.

Persons: Tyson, Tom Polansek, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Tyson Foods, Employees, Thomson Locations: Illinois, Arkansas, Chicago, Downers Grove , Illinois, Springdale , Arkansas, Dakota Dunes, South Dakota

☆ Illinois becomes first state to pass law curtailing book bans
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, signed the historic measure into law on Monday in a Chicago library. The law goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2024, the governor's office said in a statement. "Here in Illinois, we don't hide from the truth, we embrace it," Pritzker said. Under the new law, Illinois public libraries can only access state grants if they adopt the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights, which stipulates that "materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval." Other states may choose to embrace prejudice and divisive ideologies, but our state is going in a better direction," said Democratic State Representative Anne Stava-Murray, who represents Downers Grove, in support of the Illinois measure.

Persons: J.B, Pritzker, shouldn't, Laura Hois, We're, Representative Anne Stava, Murray, Maia Kobabe, Toni Morrison, Amanda Gorman, Joe Biden's, Brendan O'Brien, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Illinois, American, Association's, Republican, PEN America, American Library Association, ALA, ABC, Democratic, Representative, Downers, Thomson Locations: Illinois, United States, Chicago, U.S, Florida, Texas, Downers Grove, Utah , Missouri, Miami, Dade County

☆ Pyrex, Instant Pot maker files for bankruptcy as sales fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Instant Pot multicookers for sale at Bloomingdale's Inc. flagship department store in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Instant Brands, the maker of Pyrex glassware and Instant Pot pressure cookers, has filed for bankruptcy, saying high-interest rates, tighter credit conditions and falling consumer demand made its debt load unsustainable. Instant Brands, whose products also include Corningware, said it plans to keep operating while it restructures, and toward that end has lined up $132.5 million in financing. The Downers Grove, Illinois-based company has more than 1,800 employees, over half of whom are unionized. Entities located outside the United States and Canada are not seeking court protection.

Organizations: Bloomingdale's Inc, Instant Brands, Cornell Capital LLC Locations: New York, U.S, Houston, Downers Grove , Illinois, United States, Canada

☆ Pyrex kitchenware maker files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 12 (Reuters) - Instant Brands, the maker of Pyrex kitchenware, filed for bankruptcy on Monday, saying it had too much debt to withstand rising interest rates and tighter credit conditions. Instant Brands said it plans to keep operating while it restructures, and toward that end has lined up $132.5 million in financing. "Tightening of credit terms and higher interest rates impacted our liquidity levels and made our capital structure unsustainable," Chief Executive Ben Gadbois said in s statement. Instant Brands' portfolio also includes products such as Instant Pot pressure cookers and Corningware. The case is In re: Instant Brands Acquisition Holdings Inc, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas, No.

Persons: Pyrex kitchenware, Ben Gadbois, Davis Polk, Jonathan Stempel, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Brands, Cornell Capital LLC, Instant Brands, Federal Trade Commission, Holdings Inc, Bankruptcy, Southern District of, bk, Thomson Locations: Texas, United States, Canada, Downers Grove , Illinois, USA, China, Southern District, Southern District of Texas, New York

☆ A Navy pilot had to be rescued off the coast of Key West after ejecting from an F-5 aircraft
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Navy pilot had to be rescued from Florida waters after ejecting from an F-5 aircraft. Naval officials said Wednesday the pilot was part of the Fighter Squadron Composite VFC-111. Naval officials confirmed that a pilot assigned to Naval Air Station Key West was picked up in the waters off Key West on Wednesday morning. —NAS Key West (@NASKeyWest) May 31, 2023The aircraft, which was an F-5N plane, originally launched from Naval Air Station Key West. The Navy had to rescue the pilot from the water using an MH-60S search and rescue helicopter, the station said.

Persons: —, Sun Organizations: Navy, Naval, Wednesday, Fighter, Service, US Navy, Naval Air Station, West, NAS, Naval Air Station Key, Boca Chica, Local, Coast Guard Locations: Florida

☆ 'Truth serum' drugs do exist. Here's how medicines like sodium pentothal and scopolamine can manipulate the brain.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Numerous accounts and scientific reports suggest that you're more prone to tell the truth under the effects of truth serum drugs, but the drugs have other side effects. Furthermore, not only are truth serum drugs not all that useful, they are illegal under certain circumstances, including interrogation. A truth serum experimentTo find out if truth serum works, TV journalist Michael Mosley experienced it for himself in 2013. To investigate sodium thiopental, one of the more popular truth serum drugs, Mosley took two different doses of it. The future of truth-telling drugsThere may be a more powerful truth serum drug out there that researchers have yet to discover.

☆ Pyrex maker settles over false 'Made in USA' claims
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Jan 18 (Reuters) - The maker of Pyrex kitchenware agreed to pay a fine and change its marketing practices to settle U.S. claims that it falsely advertised its popular glass measuring cups as "Made in USA" while importing some of them from China. Instant Brands LLC did not admit or deny wrongdoing in Wednesday's settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which approved it by a 4-0 vote. Despite the shift, Instant Brands marketed the Chinese-made cups as "Made in USA" and as "American as Apple Pie" though the cups were marked "Made in China," the FTC said. Instant Brands did not immediately respond to requests for comment. In 2021, the FTC adopted a "Made in USA Labeling Rule" to protect businesses and consumers from what it called "rampant" fraud by marketers over their products' origins.

☆ Hundreds of Tyson Foods Employees Expected to Depart as Company Closes Offices
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Patrick Thomas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Tyson Foods announced that it would be closing its Chicago office, among others, as part of an effort to consolidate its corporate staff in Arkansas. Hundreds of Tyson Foods Inc. employees from two of its largest business units plan to leave the company as it consolidates its corporate offices to northwest Arkansas next year, according to people familiar with the matter. The largest U.S. meat supplier by sales said in October that it planned to close its offices in Chicago, Downers Grove, Ill., and Dakota Dunes, S.D., which currently house many of Tyson ‘s corporate employees in its prepared foods, beef and pork divisions. About 1,000 employees total work in those locations, the company has said.

☆ Toxic coworkers fall into 4 categories — here's how to deal with each one
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Jonathan Small | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

NYU psychology professor Tessa West said there are 4 common types of toxic coworkers. In her book, "Jerks at Work: Toxic Coworkers and What to Do About Them," NYU psychology professor Tessa West lays out some of the most common archetypes of toxic coworkers and then offers strategies for confronting them and taking back your peace of mind. They go to the boss' boss," West said. The gaslighterPerhaps the most sinister of toxic coworkers, the gaslighter, deceives you on a grand scale — often by creating an alternative reality. People unknowingly gaslit may perpetuate or protect their toxic coworker's dishonesty or theft at work.

☆ The School Board Election Revolt Continues
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

It hasn’t received much attention since Election Day, but local school board races across the country continue to show welcome political ferment. More parents are refusing to let unions dominate education governance without a fight. Exhibit A is Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis made a special cause of school board races. “We got involved to help candidates who were fighting the machine, fighting the lock-downers, fighting the forced-maskers, fighting the people that want to indoctrinate our kids,” he said in August.

☆ The fear of missing out can be a killer for investors. Here's how top-ranked financial advisors keep it at bay
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Michael H | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesThe fear of missing out, or FOMO, can be a powerful psychological force — and it may lead unwary investors to lose bundles of money, according to financial advisors. Financial advisor Josh Brown uses the term "animal spirits" to describe the concept of investors allowing their emotions to guide them. Problem is: Investors often only hear about the big winners, not the duds, advisors and experts said. Various hype-men and -women and social media communities helped nudge investors to buy in last year. watch nowHow advisors overcome investors' FOMOPlaying off that future regret is how top financial advisors try to dissuade investors from succumbing to FOMO.

☆ Here are tips for buying a home in a cooling market, according to top-ranked financial advisors
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Sarah O'Brien | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Add in higher mortgage rates, elevated home prices and unrelenting high inflation — i.e., the current home-buying environment — and it may feel decidedly unattainable. This means having a good handle on your current financial situation. While the purchase of a house is a single transaction, affordability is largely about monthly mortgage payments. "Look at your current credit score and see if you need to make improvements," Higgins said. Look at your current credit score and see if you need to make improvements.

☆ Leslie Jordan death in car accident is tragic loss for my autistic son and other fans
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Karin Crompton | Karin Crompton Is A Writer In Southeastern Connecticut | Where She Lives With Her Son | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

For much of 2021, my 11-year-old son and I had a bedtime ritual: brush teeth, watch Leslie Jordan videos, read. Our nightly Leslie Jordan check-ins had become more than just punchlines and stories. A gay actor and comedian, Jordan would toe the line with sexual innuendo one day (have you seen his Back Door Donuts post? With all due respect to social skills therapists, a Jordan video proved much more fun than our usual lessons about tone of voice and body language. “But is he married or is he gay?” Daniel asked, and around and around we went one night.

☆ Economic policy is full of false assumptions that benefit the wealthy and undercut average Americans — just look at how CEOs are paid
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-19 | by ( Paul Constant | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Recently, he spoke with author Tom Bergin about the problem with CEOs acting like shareholders. A 2021 study found that typical CEO compensation has risen 1,322% since 1978, while worker compensation over that same time only increased by 18%. The problem with CEOs behaving as shareholdersThe National Bureau of Economic Research reports that in 1980, stock options were rarely included in CEO compensation. When they were a part of the compensation package, average stock options rarely made up even 20% of the total direct pay for CEOs. But today, according to Lawrence Mischel from the Economic Policy Institute, "Stock-related compensation comprises around 85% of CEO compensation."

☆ 'Truth serum' drugs do exist. Here's how medicines like sodium pentothal and scopolamine manipulate the brain.
▼ + stars: | 2014-10-10 | by ( Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Numerous accounts and scientific reports suggest that you're more prone to tell the truth under the effects of truth serum drugs, but the drugs have other side effects. Furthermore, not only are truth serum drugs not all that useful, they are illegal under certain circumstances including interrogation. ScopolamineZchanguScopolamine was first promoted by Dr. Robert House as a truth serum in the early 20th century, and was the first drug to adopt the name "truth serum." A truth serum experimentThe best way to find out if truth serum works is to experience it for yourself, which is exactly what TV journalist Michael Mosley did. To investigate sodium thiopental, one of the more popular truth serum drugs, Mosley took two different doses of the drug.

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