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☆ Bill Richardson, U.S. diplomat and troubleshooter, dead at 75
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

As a congressman in 1994, Richardson visited reclusive communist-ruled North Korea to discuss a nuclear accord struck by Clinton. As Richardson was traveling to the country, North Korea shot down a U.S. military helicopter that had entered its territory, killing one pilot and capturing the other. Richardson stayed for weeks to negotiate, flying home with the dead pilot's remains while the surviving pilot was released soon thereafter. In 1996, Richardson negotiated the release of an American named Evan Hunziker, jailed on spy charges in North Korea. Richardson later attended a prep school in Massachusetts, where he became a star baseball pitcher with dreams of a professional career.

Persons: New Mexico Bill Richardson, Gus Ruelas, Bill Richardson, Richardson, Mickey Bergman, Bergman, Bill Clinton, you've, You've, Barack Obama, Obama, Danny Fenster, Clinton, Evan Hunziker, Saddam Hussein, Fidel Castro, William Blaine Richardson, Will Dunham, Lucia Mutikani, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: University of Southern California's Schwarzenegger Institute for State, Global, REUTERS, Rights, New, Richardson Center, U.S, Richardson, Democratic, U.S . House, Representatives, United Nations, Foreign Policy, Cuban, Citibank, Tufts University, State Department, Thomson Locations: New Mexico, Los Angeles , California, U.S, Chatham , Massachusetts, Mexican, American, United States, North Korea, Myanmar, Sudan, Iraq, Iran, Cuba, New Hampshire, Iowa, Korean, Kuwait, Iraqi, Miami, Pasadena , California, Mexico City, Oaxaca, Massachusetts, Washington

☆ Astronauts, ecologists, and bands are splashing out up to $100,000 on luxury custom-made globes
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Bellerby is a luxury London globemaker that counts astronauts, YouTubers, and artists among its customers. One customer even asked for a globe to be made as a urn for her father with his ashes inside. Euan Myles/Bellerby & Co GlobemakersMost of the cost comes from the labor required to make the intricate globes by hand. All Bellerby's globes are "entirely bespoke," with illustrations painted on by hand, head globemaker Eddy da Silva told Insider. They also added some illustrations, including a mastodon, a giant ground sloth, a glyptodon, and a woolly mammoth.

Persons: Marc Mitchell, Euan Myles, Bellerby, globemaker Eddy da Silva, Martin, Hugo, They've, Toby Essex, Peter Bellerby, Fenster, Reinhold Würth, he'd, globemakers, de Silva Organizations: Service, Bellerby, CliQQ, Würth Locations: London, Wall, Silicon, Peru, Cambodia, Polynesia, St, Kitts

Now, amid the recent controversies surrounding the rapper, this college professor sees value in launching another course on Ye. He taught his first two Ye-inspired courses, titled The Politics of Kanye West: Black Genius and Sonic Aesthetics, at Washington University in St. Louis starting in 2017. But unlike his previous ones, this class will be divided into three parts, “the old Kanye, the new Kanye, and the who Kanye,” and examine Ye’s recent behavior. “The course has never, ever been about Kanye,” McCune said. If the University of Rochester’s college curriculum committee approves the new Ye course, he plans to teach it during the spring or fall semester of 2023.

☆ 7 people who left California detail the bigger and better homes they were able to buy or rent in their new locations
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Jordan Pandy | Robert Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Seven people who chose to leave California told Insider about the bigger and better homes they could afford in other locations. Brittany PhillipsName: Brittany Phillips, 37Profession: Hairstylist making about $85,000 a yearHome in California: Phillips shared a three-bedroom, 1,353-square-foot house with a roommate. Home in Florida: Phillips and her 13-year-old daughter moved in with her parents in a northwest Florida hot spot, Panama City Beach. Worst part of California: Phillips felt that California is simply unaffordable. Worst part of California: Berube said Chino Hills was getting crowded and expensive.

☆ Alex Jones' billion-dollar judgement: The conspiracy theorist has turned career-ending setbacks into profit windfalls, but this could be too much to overcome
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Ashley Collman | Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

Robbie Parker was later falsely called a crisis actor, and the Parkers are among those who sued Alex Jones for defamation. Longtime informal adviser to Donald Trump, Roger Stone (right), and and Alex Jones (left) speak to reporters in December 2018. Picture showing a computer screen displaying the Twitter account of Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones taken on August 15, 2018 in Washington DC. "Alex Jones is likely to continue being Alex Jones, which means he's likely to try all kinds of shenanigans to avoid accountability," said Holt. "The money awarded in damages does not repair what Alex Jones has done to those parents' lives, but it could be a step towards dismantling the toxic empire that Alex Jones has built around his brand."

☆ Cât vor costa lucrările de termoizolare a fațadei grădiniței nr. 14 ”Spicușor” din mun. Cahul
▼ + stars: | 2020-05-31 | by ( ) ziuadeazi.md time to read: +5 min

La data de 23 ianuarie a fost publicat anunțul de organizare a Licitației deschise de achiziție a Lucrărilor de termoizolare a fațadei, grădinița nr. La etapa evaluării ofertelor, au fost analizate ofertele a 30 de agenți economici, ofertele a 2 agenți economici, care au oferit cele mai mari prețuri pentru licitație nu au ajuns a fi evaluate. Astfel, Câștigător al licitației a fost declarată întreprinderea SRL IQ Fenster, care a propus cel mai mic preț la licitație – 1 300 000,99 lei. Profilul firmei CâștigătoareSRL IQ Fenster a fost înregistrată la 6 iunie 2017, în municipiul Chișinău. Conținutul său este responsabilitatea exclusivă a proiectului „Creșterea gradului de transparență a Primăriei și a Consiliul municipal Cahul” și nu reflectă neapărat punctele de vedere ale Uniunii Europene.

Persons: MAGDA, KVM, Toma Cătălin, ., Stănescu Organizations: SRL, 5AQ, Vega, San, Uniunii Europene Locations: . Cahul, Noul, Chișinău, Republica Moldova, Cahul, . Cărpineni, Hâncești, . Pașcani, Larga Nouă

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