Diana Kurz is on a roll. Last April, the 89-year-old, Viennese-born New York artist had a solo show of her abstract paintings, “Diana Kurz: A Journey of Discovery,” at the Lincoln Glenn Gallery in Chelsea. Motorists on the New York State Thruway can now see “The Hudson River Downtown, Triptych,” her large landscape reproduced as... The post Is the art world finally ready to celebrate Diana Kurz? appeared first on The Forward.

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Diana Kurz is on a roll. Last April, the 89-year-old, Viennese-born New York artist had a solo show of her abstract paintings, “Diana Kurz: A Journey of Discovery,” at the Lincoln Glenn Gallery in Chelsea. Motorists on the New York State Thruway can now see “The Hudson River Downtown, Triptych,” her large landscape reproduced as... The post Is the art world finally ready to celebrate Diana Kurz? appeared first on The Forward.

(The Center Square) - Seattle’s Social Housing Developer now has the power to issue bonds, a tool it plans to use to leverage financing to purchase or build more apartments. The controversial program is funded by taxes on Seattle businesses that have employees who make more than $1 million a year. The Seattle City Council unanimously approved charges to the Social Housing Developer’s charter on June 15, a move that Councilwoman Dionne Foster, who sponsored the legislation, said would enable the authority to create more apartments. “These changes are for the developer — to address our housing crisis, and for future residents — to lower barriers to get into affordable housing and help them stay in those homes,” she said in a statement after the passage of the legislation. The organization received $116 million from the city of Seattle this year, which collects the tax, but won’t receive a new allotment of funds until 2027. The charter change indicates that the collateral for the debt would consist of existing buildings owned by the social housing developer. City taxpayers would not be asked to pay the bond debt, according to the charter changes. So far, the social housing developer has purchased only one building: the 150-unit Elara at the Market apartment building in Belltown for $54.1 million. The charter changes would also allow the Seattle Social Housing Developer to bundle retail space in buildings it acquires and sell it as condominiums to private developers. Another change would require eviction hearings before a tenant could be removed from an apartment building. Seattle voters overwhelmingly approved legislation in 2025 that taxes companies with high-earning employees. Five percent of compensation exceeding $1 million goes to the Social Housing Developer. The legislation was passed despite a massive campaign by Amazon and other Seattle tech businesses to defeat the measure. The acquisition of the social housing developer's first building has also become controversial because the developer initially chose to buy a luxury, market-rate rental building rather than build new housing with multiple affordable units. Tenants in the 150-unit luxury building, called the Elara at the Market, are being allowed to stay, so affordable units only become available as apartments become vacant. More than 10,000 applicants competed for around 15 available units earlier this month. Critics say buying existing apartment buildings won’t create new affordable housing for the poor on a larger scale. “With only a small number of new units becoming available, it will do little to address the needs of hundreds of people seeking affordable housing,” Shannon Affholter, the Co-Chair at the Runstad Department of Real Estate at the University of Washington, told the Center Square on June 8. Mike Eliason, director of design and policy for the Seattle Social Housing Developer, told the Seattle Planning Board that the commission's next steps are to construct new rental buildings. "We're currently looking at several projects around the city,” Eliason said. “Our goal is to be in every district. We don't want to be concentrated in any one neighborhood. We're going to be spread out around the city, and so we're kind of looking all over the place right now.” Over the next five years, he said, the agency plans to acquire 1,040 units and build 630 units, for a total of 1,670 housing units.

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(The Center Square) - Seattle’s Social Housing Developer now has the power to issue bonds, a tool it plans to use to leverage financing to purchase or build more apartments. The controversial program is funded by taxes on Seattle businesses that have employees who make more than $1 million a year. The Seattle City Council unanimously approved charges to the Social Housing Developer’s charter on June 15, a move that Councilwoman Dionne Foster, who sponsored the legislation, said would enable the authority to create more apartments. “These changes are for the developer — to address our housing crisis, and for future residents — to lower barriers to get into affordable housing and help them stay in those homes,” she said in a statement after the passage of the legislation. The organization received $116 million from the city of Seattle this year, which collects the tax, but won’t receive a new allotment of funds until 2027. The charter change indicates that the collateral for the debt would consist of existing buildings owned by the social housing developer. City taxpayers would not be asked to pay the bond debt, according to the charter changes. So far, the social housing developer has purchased only one building: the 150-unit Elara at the Market apartment building in Belltown for $54.1 million. The charter changes would also allow the Seattle Social Housing Developer to bundle retail space in buildings it acquires and sell it as condominiums to private developers. Another change would require eviction hearings before a tenant could be removed from an apartment building. Seattle voters overwhelmingly approved legislation in 2025 that taxes companies with high-earning employees. Five percent of compensation exceeding $1 million goes to the Social Housing Developer. The legislation was passed despite a massive campaign by Amazon and other Seattle tech businesses to defeat the measure. The acquisition of the social housing developer's first building has also become controversial because the developer initially chose to buy a luxury, market-rate rental building rather than build new housing with multiple affordable units. Tenants in the 150-unit luxury building, called the Elara at the Market, are being allowed to stay, so affordable units only become available as apartments become vacant. More than 10,000 applicants competed for around 15 available units earlier this month. Critics say buying existing apartment buildings won’t create new affordable housing for the poor on a larger scale. “With only a small number of new units becoming available, it will do little to address the needs of hundreds of people seeking affordable housing,” Shannon Affholter, the Co-Chair at the Runstad Department of Real Estate at the University of Washington, told the Center Square on June 8. Mike Eliason, director of design and policy for the Seattle Social Housing Developer, told the Seattle Planning Board that the commission's next steps are to construct new rental buildings. "We're currently looking at several projects around the city,” Eliason said. “Our goal is to be in every district. We don't want to be concentrated in any one neighborhood. We're going to be spread out around the city, and so we're kind of looking all over the place right now.” Over the next five years, he said, the agency plans to acquire 1,040 units and build 630 units, for a total of 1,670 housing units.

The Almanazo Wilder Homestead will host five members of the original cast of the TV show "Little House on the Prairie" in July

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Autoridades do Talibã estiveram em Bruxelas nesta terça-feira (23) para discutir com a União Europeia o retorno de afegãos exilados ao país de origem. Foi a primeira vez que representantes da administração talibã foram recebidos pela UE. O encontro provocou indignação entre defensores dos direitos humanos.

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Autoridades do Talibã estiveram em Bruxelas nesta terça-feira (23) para discutir com a União Europeia o retorno de afegãos exilados ao país de origem. Foi a primeira vez que representantes da administração talibã foram recebidos pela UE. O encontro provocou indignação entre defensores dos direitos humanos.

A federal judge on Monday voided pilot programs that allowed a handful of states — including Tennessee — to restrict the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to purchase soda and sugary processed foods. U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, who oversees SNAP, did not have the legal authority to approve the […]

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A federal judge on Monday voided pilot programs that allowed a handful of states — including Tennessee — to restrict the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to purchase soda and sugary processed foods. U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, who oversees SNAP, did not have the legal authority to approve the […]

حساب کاربری اجتماعی وزارت خارجه اسرائیل سه‌شنبه ۲ تیر، با انتشار تصویری در شبکه ایکس نوشت: «تصور کنید صدها میلیون دلار برای حفر این شبکه عظیم تونل در دل کوه و بسیاری دیگر در زیر زمین هزینه شده است.»

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حساب کاربری اجتماعی وزارت خارجه اسرائیل سه‌شنبه ۲ تیر، با انتشار تصویری در شبکه ایکس نوشت: «تصور کنید صدها میلیون دلار برای حفر این شبکه عظیم تونل در دل کوه و بسیاری دیگر در زیر زمین هزینه شده است.»

Instituições públicas, movimentos populares e organizações de base comunitária do Rio Janeiro participam entre os dias 22 e 24 de junho da primeira etapa do curso livre de Promoção da Saúde e Participação Social. A formação é vinculada ao projeto Territórios de Cuidado, desenvolvido pelo Programa de Saúde, Ambiente e Trabalho (PSAT) da Fiocruz Brasília, […] Fonte

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Instituições públicas, movimentos populares e organizações de base comunitária do Rio Janeiro participam entre os dias 22 e 24 de junho da primeira etapa do curso livre de Promoção da Saúde e Participação Social. A formação é vinculada ao projeto Territórios de Cuidado, desenvolvido pelo Programa de Saúde, Ambiente e Trabalho (PSAT) da Fiocruz Brasília, […] Fonte

اوین اینجی، نماینده پارلمان اروپا در میدان: پوشش رسانه‌ای و پرداختن به محدودیت‌های زنان کافی نیست باید صدای آنان رابشنویم واقدامات عملی انجام دهیم

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Malmasingo tuneletarako sarreran dagoen eraikin zaharra moldatu, eta berria eraiki du Bizkaiko Foru Aldundiak. Baliabide eta langile gehiago izango ditu, informazio gehiago kudeatu ahal izateko.

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Malmasingo tuneletarako sarreran dagoen eraikin zaharra moldatu, eta berria eraiki du Bizkaiko Foru Aldundiak. Baliabide eta langile gehiago izango ditu, informazio gehiago kudeatu ahal izateko.

Ao longo dos últimos anos, setores conservadores da política brasileira construíram uma operação conceitual e comunicacional que buscou associar valores como fé, família e pátria exclusivamente ao seu discurso. Essa percepção não foi construída a partir de entregas concretas para a população, mas da repetição sistemática de narrativas falsas, que transformaram adversários políticos, movimentos sociais, […] Fonte

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Ao longo dos últimos anos, setores conservadores da política brasileira construíram uma operação conceitual e comunicacional que buscou associar valores como fé, família e pátria exclusivamente ao seu discurso. Essa percepção não foi construída a partir de entregas concretas para a população, mas da repetição sistemática de narrativas falsas, que transformaram adversários políticos, movimentos sociais, […] Fonte

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The House unanimously passed a measure Monday that would establish a formula for a “reasonable return” on utility company investments in infrastructure and eliminate nearly $1.7 billion in taxes that electricity companies now pass along to consumers as part of their bills.

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The House unanimously passed a measure Monday that would establish a formula for a “reasonable return” on utility company investments in infrastructure and eliminate nearly $1.7 billion in taxes that electricity companies now pass along to consumers as part of their bills.

African Union envoy Jakaya Kikwete said South Sudan was prepared for elections scheduled for December The post AU envoy Kikwete satisfied with election preparedness, foreign ministry says appeared first on Radio Tamazuj.

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Tîma niştîmanî ya Norwecê piştî serkeftina 3-2 bi tîma Senegalê re serkeftina xwe bi tevgera kevenşopî ya serdema Vaykîngê pîroz dikin

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La Administración de Donald Trump plantea una subida sin precedentes de las tasas de naturalización que, según sus detractores, podría alterar el camino hacia la ciudadanía para cientos de miles de personas.

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La Administración de Donald Trump plantea una subida sin precedentes de las tasas de naturalización que, según sus detractores, podría alterar el camino hacia la ciudadanía para cientos de miles de personas.

دونالد ترامپ: جمهوری اسلامی با اجازه بازرسی‌های هسته‌ای برای بازه زمانی دراز مدت موافقت کرده است

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Prima probă a Evaluării Naționale, cea la Limba și literatura română, a adus subiecte grele la gramatică. Deși mulți dintre elevii din Iași au spus că examenul a fost ușor, profesorii atrag atenția că anul acesta notele vor fi mai mici decât cele de anul trecut.

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Prima probă a Evaluării Naționale, cea la Limba și literatura română, a adus subiecte grele la gramatică. Deși mulți dintre elevii din Iași au spus că examenul a fost ușor, profesorii atrag atenția că anul acesta notele vor fi mai mici decât cele de anul trecut.

Ekoizpenaren %100 Nafarroan egingo da, eta estanpaziorako ekoizpen lerroak behar duenaren %80 «bertakoa» izango da. KWD taldeko arduradunak eta Orkoiengo lantokiko buruzagiak Maria Txibiterekin bildu dira.

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Ekoizpenaren %100 Nafarroan egingo da, eta estanpaziorako ekoizpen lerroak behar duenaren %80 «bertakoa» izango da. KWD taldeko arduradunak eta Orkoiengo lantokiko buruzagiak Maria Txibiterekin bildu dira.

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Get to know the volunteers behind the mic on KAXE. This week we find out more from longtime "On the River" and "After Dark" host and volunteer, Dennis Elj.

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Get to know the volunteers behind the mic on KAXE. This week we find out more from longtime "On the River" and "After Dark" host and volunteer, Dennis Elj.

Latvia’s intelligence service has warned that Russia is planning “military provocations” against the Baltic states and Poland aimed at pressuring NATO into abandoning its support for Ukraine.

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Latvia’s intelligence service has warned that Russia is planning “military provocations” against the Baltic states and Poland aimed at pressuring NATO into abandoning its support for Ukraine.

साल 2009 की बात है। मध्य प्रदेश के पन्ना टाइगर रिजर्व में अवैध शिकार के कारण सभी बाघ खत्म हो गए थे। कुछ साल बाद उन्हें वहां फिर से बसाया गया और तब से उनकी आबादी फिर बढ़ रही है। वैसे, मांसाहारी जीवों को दोबारा बसाने को पारिस्थितिकी संतुलन बहाल करने की अहम रणनीति माना […] The post पन्ना टाइगर रिजर्व: क्यों सिर्फ बाघ लौटना काफी नहीं होता जंगल बचाने के लिए appeared first on Mongabay हिन्दी.

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साल 2009 की बात है। मध्य प्रदेश के पन्ना टाइगर रिजर्व में अवैध शिकार के कारण सभी बाघ खत्म हो गए थे। कुछ साल बाद उन्हें वहां फिर से बसाया गया और तब से उनकी आबादी फिर बढ़ रही है। वैसे, मांसाहारी जीवों को दोबारा बसाने को पारिस्थितिकी संतुलन बहाल करने की अहम रणनीति माना […] The post पन्ना टाइगर रिजर्व: क्यों सिर्फ बाघ लौटना काफी नहीं होता जंगल बचाने के लिए appeared first on Mongabay हिन्दी.