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☆ Opinion | Can Liberalism Save Itself?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Samuel Moyn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Yet just a few years later, Cold War liberalism emerged as a rejection of the optimism that flourished before the mid-20th century’s crises. This was a liberalism of fear, as another Cold War liberal intellectual, the Harvard professor Judith Shklar, said. In a way, fear was understandable: Liberalism had enemies. The Cold War changed all that. “We must be aware of the dangers which lie in our most generous wishes,” the Columbia professor and Cold War liberal Lionel Trilling explained.

Persons: Isaiah Berlin, Judith Shklar, Robert Oppenheimer, ” Frustratingly, Alexis de Tocqueville, John Stuart Mill, Bernie Sanders, Lionel Trilling Organizations: Communist, Oxford, Communists Locations: China, Eastern Europe, overreact, America, Soviet Union, French, Columbia

A campaign aide to Representative George Santos who impersonated Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s former chief of staff was charged with wire fraud and identity theft in a federal indictment unsealed on Wednesday. Federal prosecutors said the aide, Samuel Miele, was behind “fraudulent fund-raising” emails and phone calls that were sent and made to more than a dozen potential campaign contributors. In his solicitations, Mr. Miele, 27, claimed to be a “high-ranking aide to a member of the House with leadership responsibilities,” the indictment said. When Mr. Miele successfully obtained campaign contributions, he received a 15 percent commission. He was arraigned on Wednesday morning in federal court in Brooklyn and pleaded not guilty, according to John Marzulli, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in the Eastern District of New York.

Persons: George Santos, Kevin McCarthy’s, Samuel Miele, Miele, John Marzulli Organizations: U.S, of Locations: Brooklyn, Eastern, of New York

Aug 16 (Reuters) - A campaign aide to embattled Republican U.S. Representative George Santos was charged with identity theft and wire fraud in federal court for impersonating a top congressional staffer in fundraising appeals, court documents unsealed on Wednesday showed. Miele reached out to over a dozen contributors through the email account and phone calls, the indictment said, receiving a commission of 15% of the contributions he solicited to Santos' campaign. Miele could not be immediately reached for comment. According to the indictment, Miele admitted to Santos in August 2021 that he faked his identity "to a big donor," adding "that he was 'high risk, high reward in everything I do.'" He was indicted in May on federal charges including fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds.

Persons: Representative George Santos, Samuel Miele, Kevin McCarthy, Miele, Santos, Moira Warburton, Andy Sullivan Organizations: Republican U.S, Representative, Thomson Locations: Brooklyn , New York, Washington

U.S. Rep. George Santos leaves the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Central Islip, New York, May 10, 2023. A man who was a paid campaign fundraiser for Rep. George Santos was indicted in New York on federal criminal charges related to his allegedly impersonating a top aide to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as he solicited donations for Santos. Santos, who was first elected in 2022, represents a House district that covers parts of Queens in New York City, and Nassau County in Long Island. McCarthy, a California Republican, has defended Santos' right to continue serving in the House even as he fights his own criminal charges. "According to a federal indictment, George Santos paid someone to impersonate Kevin McCarthy's chief of staff to raise money, yet McCarthy continues to protect Santos," Goldman wrote.

Persons: George Santos, Kevin McCarthy, Santos, Samuel Miele, Miele, Dan Meyer, McCarthy, Kevin Marino, John Marzulli, Dan Goldman, Kevin McCarthy's, Goldman, CNBC's Kevin Breuninger, Brian Schwartz Organizations: Rep, Eastern, of, Santos, New York Republican, CNBC, U.S, California Republican, Democrat, Court Locations: U.S, of New York, Central Islip , New York, New York, Miele, Queens, New York City, Nassau County, Long, California, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Eastern

A criminal investigation into the former commissioner of New York City’s Buildings Department has reached its final stages and charges are expected as soon as this week, according to three people with knowledge of the inquiry. The commissioner, Eric Ulrich, resigned in November shortly after investigators with the Manhattan district attorney’s office seized his cellphone and then interviewed him the next day. The inquiry continued after his resignation, with the prosecutors focusing on crimes related to bribery that occurred when Mr. Ulrich was still in office. A spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office declined to comment. A lawyer for Mr. Ulrich, Samuel M. Braverman, said that until he knew what the indictment contained, he would not comment.

Persons: Eric Ulrich, Ulrich, Samuel M, Braverman Organizations: Buildings Department Locations: New York, Manhattan

☆ BP agrees to buy Shell's stake in Australian Browse gas project
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Samuel Mckeith | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Woodside, BP and Shell are also all stakeholders in the North West Shelf LNG plant. "BP believes development of the Browse gas resources could make a significant contribution to energy security in Australia and to the Asia Pacific region," a BP spokesperson said. The company said it supported the concept of using carbon capture for the project and processing Browse gas in the North West Shelf LNG plant. Credit Suisse analyst Saul Kavonic said it was likely "very modest" given "the risks and ongoing spend required at the Browse project". Woodside last week played down concerns over the status of Browse project and told Reuters talks had resumed with the North West Shelf LNG joint venture about a processing deal for Browse.

☆ Mississippi Town Leveled by Tornado Fights to Stay on the Map
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Rachel Wolfe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

ROLLING FORK, Miss.—As principal of the town’s only high school, Samuel Matthews Jr. is trying to take care of his students by helping them enroll in neighboring districts and making sure the seniors will still get a graduation ceremony and prom. But after a tornado blasted last weekend through the town, killing 13 people and leveling most buildings, Mr. Matthews is worried about the future of South Delta High. When he graduated in 2004, the senior class had about 100 students. This year, it was down to 36 before the storm hit.

☆ Cyclone death toll in New Zealand rises to nine as recovery continues
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

New Zealand Defence Force/Handout via REUTERSSYDNEY, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle in New Zealand rose to nine on Saturday as the clean-up continued on the battered North Island and authorities worked to find missing people. The cyclone hit the uppermost region of the North Island on Sunday and tracked down the east coast, causing widespread devastation. Police on Saturday said they were investigating a possible cyclone-related death of a person in the hard-hit Hawke's Bay region, taking the death toll to nine. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the response to the crisis was "still underway and there are people across the North Island working around the clock". Of those, almost 40,000 were in Hawke's Bay, out of a population of about 170,000.

☆ Jennifer Lopez's $42.5 million mansion has a movie theater lined with posters from her hits and Ben Affleck's movies. Take a look inside.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Robert Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Courtesy of Carolwood EstatesIt has undergone a renovation in the French Country style, according to the listing, and features Provençal touches like a stone facade and wood accents. The estate sits on more than 7 acres, a massive property for Los Angeles's Bel Air neighborhood. If it sells for the $42.5 million asking price, it will be one of the pricier transactions in Bel Air in recent years. Data from Zillow shows that there have been six homes in the neighborhood that sold for at least $40 million since 2020. A nearby 105,000-square-foot megamansion known as The One sold at auction for $141 million, including fees and commission, in 2022.

☆ Girl killed in shark attack on Australia's west coast
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Police believe the victim was with friends and jumped off a jet ski to swim with a pod of dolphins in the river when the shark attack occurred. People were being urged to take extra caution in the Swan River around Fremantle in the wake of the mauling. The last fatal shark attack in Western Australian waters was in November 2021 when a 57-year-old man was killed by a great white shark at Perth's Port Beach. A man was severely injured by a bull shark while swimming in the Swan River in January 2021. Australia ranked behind only the United States in the number of unprovoked shark bites on humans in 2021, according to the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File.

☆ Philippines: Onions so expensive they're being smuggled into the country
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The price surge comes after a spate of super typhoons hit the Philippines last year, damaging tens of billions of pesos worth of crops. Ombudsman Samuel Martires was quoted this week by CNN affiliate CNN Philippines as saying he was looking into the possibility of price manipulation. Smuggling onionsOnions have become such a hot commodity that they’re being smuggled into the country. Two days earlier, $364,000 worth of red onions from China found hidden in pastry boxes were also seized by Customs. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he hoped to find a way to sell the smuggled onions to “reduce the supply problems” the country was facing.

☆ Australia seeks to limit gas producers' profits as prices soar
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Samuel Mckeith | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The move, detailed late Friday, comes as gas producers face fierce criticism over soaring energy prices that have resulted in windfall profits from their Australian operations. The government said it would cap gas prices at A$12 per gigajoule (GJ) and coal prices for power plants at A$125 per tonne for one year in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said were "extraordinary measures" to drive down energy bills. It would not apply to gas sales on the spot market, and would remain in place until the regulator advised the government that domestic gas prices were "reflective of the underlying costs of production". "This may be taken as a declaration of war on the gas industry on the east coast," Credit Suisse analyst Saul Kavonic said. The government earlier this year forecast household gas and power prices would rise by 20% to 30% over each of the next two years.

☆ Amazon Labor Union faces next showdown in upstate New York
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The next month, that same group, the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), fell short at a smaller facility across the street. On Wednesday, workers at an Amazon facility near Albany, New York, will begin voting on whether to join the ALU and become the second unionized Amazon warehouse in the United States. It also comes as Amazon has still not formally recognized the union in Staten Island or come to the bargaining table. Chris Smalls, a leader of the Amazon Labor Union, leads a march of Starbucks and Amazon workers and their allies to the homes of their CEOs to protest union busting on Labor Day, September 5, 2022, in New York City, New York. “I think they have an uphill battle ahead,” Kochan said of the union vote at the ALB1 facility.

☆ (video) Recomandări de la Mircea, fără spoilere: cinci povești pe care să le vezi fără copii
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-15 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +9 min

(video) Recomandări de la Mircea, fără spoilere: cinci povești pe care să le vezi fără copiiChiar dacă am crescut mari și nu mai zburdăm nepăsător toată ziua prin curte, oricum merităm printre grijile și responsabilitățile pe care le avem, o poveste frumoasă înainte de culcare. În timpul nopții, ea întâlnește o zână care o duce la un faun vechi din centrul unui labirint. Este un film care pe de-o parte pare a fi o poveste, iar pe de alta – o realitate dură a sadismului militar. Sunt sigur că printre paginile digitale de mai sus veți putea găsi o poveste pe gustul vostru. O poveste despre dragoste, dezamăgire, răzbunări ale trecutului, tragedie și chiar violență din detaliile vieții de zi cu zi.

Persons: Mircea, Il, Lu cunto, Giambattista Basile, Matteo Garrone, Salma Hayek, John C . Reilly, Vincent, Toby Jones, Robert Eggers, fermierul William, William, Katherine, Caleb, Mercy, Jonas, Samuel, Ralph Ineson, Kate, Anya Taylor, Joy, Sweeney Todd, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Burton, Benjamin Barker, Johanna, Lucy, Turpin, Benjamin, Turpin ., Guillermo del Toro, Jan Svankmajer, K.J ., Adam, Eva Organizations: House, Fleet, Wild Locations: Vincent Cassel, pierzanie, New England, fermierul, Gambit, Londra, laberinto del, Spania, ceh, Otik

☆ Studiu: Perioada în care Alpii sunt înzăpeziţi s-a redus cu aproape o lună în ultimii 50 de ani
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-18 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

Acest studiu ''oferă o imagine de ansamblu asupra tendinţelor climatice asociate stratului de zăpadă'', a explicat Samuel Morin, cosemnatar şi director al Centrului Naţional de Cercetări Meteorologice (Météo France/CNRS). Reducerea observată a stratului de zăpadă în munţi este o ''tendinţă de fond, care confirmă studiile anterioare'', efectuate la nivel local sau naţional. ''Dispunem cu adevărat de o analiză globală a stratului de zăpadă la scara Alpilor în ansamblu'', a rezumat cercetătorul. Constatările lor sunt clare: stratul de zăpadă s-a redus în Alpi. Pe întreg parcursul sezonului, adâncimea medie a stratului de zăpadă de la atitudini cuprinse între 1.000 şi 2.000 de metri în nordul Alpilor s-a redus cu 2,8 centimetri pe an.

Persons: Samuel Morin Locations: Alpi, France, CNRS, munţi, Italia, Franţa, Germania, Austria, Slovenia, Elveţia

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