A woman allegedly killed by her husband with a hammer, after being released on bail pending another trial for allegedly kidnapping, strangling and assaulting, was recalled during a candlelight vigil at the Loudoun Farm Museum in Sterling on Friday, October 22. The assembled crowd remembered Regina Redman-Lollobrigido as a mother, daughter, teacher, aspiring teacher and fan of the Grateful Dead ...
Read More »57 organizations publish open letter urging EU to act on ESG
57 organizations have published an open letter calling for the European Union to act on ESG disclosure standards. They encourage the European Commission to promote a set of global benchmarks by supporting the IFRS Foundation on the launch of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). Find the full text of the letter below. This declaration is signed by 57 organizations ...
Read More »As Hong Kong’s civil society tears itself apart, a group tries to hang on
One of the confederation’s largest affiliates, the Hong Kong Professional Teachers Union, has said it will disband this year. This organization was the largest teachers’ union in the city, with more than 100,000 members, but began to disband after state media attacked him as a “malignant tumorAnd the government said it would no longer recognize the group. Militant groups have ...
Read More »San Diego Food System Alliance Aims to Develop County Culinary Culture
Encinitas – Farmers, restaurateurs and other food producers brainstormed ideas for increasing sustainability and equity in the region’s food industry at the annual meeting of the San Diego Food System Alliance, held on Friday. at Coastal Roots Farm in Encinitas. “We are here today to talk about Food Vision 2030,” said speaker Rio Holaday, referring to the organizations 10-year plan ...
Read More »US relies primarily on union guidelines for gun safety on set | News, Sports, Jobs
FILE – In this October 7, 2014 photo, Chad Stahelski, co-director of the movie “John Wick”, demonstrates proper gun handling during a training session at 87Eleven Action Design in Inglewood, California. The guns used to make movies are sometimes real guns that can fire bullets or blanks, which are charges of gunpowder that produce a flash and detonation but not ...
Read More »New alliance joins fight to save money on Main Street
A new lobby group formed with a mission to ensure that consumers can continue to use cash on the main street By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Posted: 9:50 p.m. BST, October 23, 2021 | Update: 10:15 p.m. BST, October 23, 2021 A new lobby group has been formed with the mission of ensuring that consumers can continue to ...
Read More »21,000 Kaiser workers on strike in light of wage disputes | New university
Employees at Kaiser Permanente Hospitals in Southern California and Oregon to go on strike over changes to their payment systems, after a vote organized by the Union of Health Care Professionals (UHCP) and the United Nurses Association of California (UNAC) from October 1. to October 10. 96% of the voters were in favor of the strike. Once the notice has ...
Read More »Valley Economic Alliance recommends changes to LA’s building permit process
Valley Economic Alliance Recommends Changes to LA’s Building Permit Process | San Fernando Valley Business Journal By Michael Aushenker Friday, October 22, 2021 The Valley Economic Alliance has presented 13 recommendations for licensing reform to the City of Los Angeles in an effort to streamline the current process of real estate development and construction.A subcommittee of the Van Nuys-based alliance ...
Read More »Eric Adams welcomes court decision to delay updates to New York City’s municipal retiree health benefit plan
A court ruling to temporarily block Mayor de Blasio’s controversial new retiree health benefits policy was greeted warmly on Friday by Democratic mayoral candidate Eric Adams, who vowed he would not “traumatize” city workers at retirement with regard to their health coverage. A day earlier, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lyle Frank issued an order suspending the city’s Oct. 31 deadline ...
Read More »10 ways it was an overlooked gem
2019 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order is the third game of the Ultimate Alliance series, coming out an entire decade after the second. With Team Ninja and Nintendo taking over from Activision, the series has been allowed to evolve into something new. RELATED: 5 Classic Superhero Games Overdue For A Remaster Ultimate Alliance 3 serves as a reboot ...
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