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☆ Now They Want a Pandemic ‘Amnesty’
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Believe it or not, American Federation of Teachers chief Randi Weingarten on Monday tacitly acknowledged that keeping schools closed during the pandemic was a mistake. Miracles happen, apparently. But she also now wants parents—especially if they’re voters next week—to forgive her and her political allies without seeking an apology or holding them accountable. Sorry, that lets them off way too easy. “I agree,” Ms. Weingarten tweeted a link to a piece in The Atlantic by Emily Oster , “Let’s Declare a Pandemic Amnesty.” The article argues that Americans should forgive experts and government leaders for their mistakes during the pandemic.

☆ Why Randi Weingarten Supports Harvard’s Discrimination
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Allysia Finley | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

You almost have to admire the chutzpah of the teachers unions. Even as they fight to keep poor minority kids trapped in failing public schools, they plead that racial preferences in college admissions are necessary to compensate for these students’ inferior K-12 education. High-achieving Asian-American and white students must be discriminated against to make up for the educational “privileges” that unions deny minorities. That’s the argument advanced by the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers in their friend-of-the-court briefs supporting Harvard and the University of North Carolina in cases the Supreme Court will hear on Monday concerning the legality of racial preferences. “Our schools, from K-12 to higher education, still struggle to provide equitable opportunities for students of color,” the NEA laments.

☆ A student-loan company involved in a major lawsuit against Biden's debt relief just got hit with a cease and desist over accusations of 'interfering with student loan borrowers' right to loan cancella
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Advocacy groups AFT and SBPC sent a cease and desist letter to student-loan company MOHELA. "Student loan giant MOHELA has grown fat on federal contracts and back-room deals with big banks. The groups also noted that MOHELA's actions could be a "potential liability" under the California Student Borrower Bill of Rights and the Consumer Financial Protection Act. The cease and desist letter noted that seeking to block debt relief and understaffing call centers could constitute such behavior. "People with student debt in California and across the country have a right to life-changing debt relief and we will not let a rogue student loan company stand in the way."

☆ Josh Harris co-founded Apollo, but his ownership of the 76ers and Devils was a distraction and a 'source of tension' for former employees.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Aaron Weinman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He stepped away from day-to-day activities at Apollo Global Management — the private-equity firm he co-founded — in May last year. Josh Harris upset Apollo insiders with the amount of time he spent on personal investments. During meetings for Apollo matters, Harris would sometimes take phone calls unrelated to the company, one person told Insider. Harris would also use Apollo employees to help on personal investments. People who worked on Harris' personal investments became "untouchable" within the organization.

☆ Video: A look into how Camilla became Queen Consort
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, assumed her new role as Queen Consort. CNN's Randi Kaye explains Camilla's complicated history with the royal family.

☆ Web3 is in chaos and metaverses are in their own walled gardens, says Randi Zuckerberg
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-18 | by ( Goh Chiew Tong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The sister of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was speaking at the Global Supertrends Conference 2022 on Wednesday. The Web3 is a hypothetical, future version of the internet based on blockchain technology — an "ideal utopia," said Zuckerberg. "In order to really unlock the potential [of Web3], we're going to need to figure out a system where there's interoperability. Going mainstreamHowever, according to Zuckerberg, that's easier said than done because no company running a metaverse right now wants to give up control or "share that ownership." She added that Web3 needs experts who have been involved in the global banking system and Web2 — the internet that we know today — to lend a "protective layer."

Wylie did not respond to messages requesting updates on Rushdie's condition on Saturday, though the New York Times reported that Rushdie had started to talk, citing Wylie. In a statement on Saturday, President Joe Biden commended the "universal ideals" that Rushdie and his work embody. Rushdie was stabbed 10 times, prosecutors said during Matar's arraignment, according to the Times. There has been no official government reaction in Iran to the attack on Rushdie, but several hardline Iranian newspapers praised his assailant. A Hezbollah official told Reuters on Saturday that the group had no additional information on the attack on Rushdie.

"Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged." Stunned attendees helped wrest the man from Rushdie, who had fallen to the floor. The Iranian government said in 1998 it would no longer back the fatwa, and Rushdie has lived relatively openly in recent years. 1/25 A general view shows UPMC Hamot Surgery Center, where novelist Salman Rushdie is receiving treatment after the attack, in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 12, 2022. "I felt like we needed to have more protection there because Salman Rushdie is not a usual writer," said Anour Rahmani, an Algerian writer and human rights activist who was in the audience.

☆ Randi Zuckerberg explains why she's laughing at the outcry over her crypto music video
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-04 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Randi Zuckerberg, sister of Mark, released a crypto music video this week that some called "cringy." Kanye West wasn't the only person who dropped a controversial music video this week. Crypto crusader Randi Zuckerberg's music video also sent social media into a frenzy with some declaring it a cringefest and others praising the singer's zeal for digital coin. Randi Zuckerberg. "A special thanks to all the crypto bros hating on my music video by retweeting and sharing it more broadly.

☆ Legătura dintre capacitatea de a vorbi a persoanelor care au suferit AVC şi proporţiile traumelor suferite
▼ + stars: | 2020-03-27 | by ( ) tvrmoldova.md time to read: +2 min

Identificarea zonelor implicate în vorbire se poate dovedi un pas către găsirea unor tratamente mai bune pentru cei care au suferit traume cerebrale. Un astfel de efort ar putea să crească eficienţa tratamentelor şi a recuperării, notează Medicalxpress. În cadrul acestui studiu au participat 65 de persoane care suferiseră recent de un AVC şi cărora le-au fost evaluate funcţiile vorbirii; acestora li s-a citit o versiune a „Cenuşăresei” şi ulterior au fost rugaţi să o repovestească. „Mulţi pacienţi aflaţi în stadiul cronic de accident vascular cerebral au leziuni cerebrale semnificativ mai grave decât pacienţii cu simptome acute şi care s-au plafonat odată cu recuperarea lor. Creierul lor nu poate fi evaluat la fel ca pacienţii cu AVC acut”, explică aceasta.

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☆ Mark Zuckerberg's dad said he could go to Harvard or have a McDonald's franchise
▼ + stars: | 2019-02-06 | by ( Sarah Berger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Mark Zuckerberg famously started Facebook in his Harvard University dorm. But before he even went to college, Zuckerberg's father Edward offered his son an alternative — a future as a McDonald's franchise owner. "I think [my parents] were like 'Okay, you probably should have taken the McDonald's franchise money if you wanted a business. A 2016 report from CNBC and Franchise Business Review pegged the average profit of food and beverage franchises at $90,388 a year. It's unclear how much Zuckerberg's father would have had to invest for a McDonald's franchise in the early 2000s, but today, according to the McDonald's website, the total investment to begin operation of a traditional McDonald's franchise ranges from $1,013,000 to $2,185,000, and that "profitability depends on many factors."

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