Iconic CBS Studio Center Up for Sale for $1.85 Bil

Iconic CBS Studio Center Up for Sale for $1.85 Bil

Freedomist Editor November 30, 2021

ViacomCBS To Sell CBS Studio Center For $1.85 Billion – Deadline

From deadline.com
2021-11-30 14:13:59
jillg366
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ViacomCBS continues to shed non-core assets, announcing Tuesday a definitive agreement to divest the CBS Studio Center and associated businesses to the partnership of Hackman Capital Partners and Square Mile Capital Management for $1.85 billion.

The company said the transaction was the result of a widely marketed sale process, which attracted interest from a number of buyers for the Los Angeles studio lot. The property sits on a 55-gross-acre site in Studio City and consists of over 1 million square feet of space, including 22 stages, production office and support buildings, third-party tenant offices, a purpose-built broadcast center and filmable backlot locations.

“This sale is part of an ongoing optimization of ViacomCBS’ real estate and operations portfolio and will allow the company to re-deploy capital to strategic growth priorities, including streaming,” said CFO Naveen Chopra.

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Ukraine in Trench Warfare Guard Mode in Face of Russian Threat

Freedomist Curator November 30, 2021

Ukraine’s soldiers wait in the trenches for Moscow’s next move | World

From www.thetimes.co.uk
2021-11-30 00:01:00

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The Ukrainian soldier stood in a muddy trench, cigarette cupped in his palm to avoid attracting the attention of Russian-backed separatist fighters less than 350 metres away.

“It’s good weather for reconnaissance scouts,” he said, warily. “No one wants to come out of their warm dugout on a night like this.” It was 9pm and the rainy Ukrainian steppe was pitch dark, shrouded in a dense fog. The sound of artillery and small arms fire could be heard all along the front.

Since fighting began in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region in 2014, a vast labyrinth of trenches has been dug across much of a front line that stretches for over 250 miles. Tensions have increased across the region in recent weeks amid fears that Russia

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France First in Europe to Unleash Autonomous Bus on Public Roads

Freedomist Editor November 30, 2021

France approves fully autonomous bus for driving on public roads in a European first

From www.euronews.com
2021-11-30 13:37:36

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A driverless bus in France has become Europe’s first vehicle authorised to operate fully autonomously on a public road.

The driverless EZ10 shuttle, which can carry up to 12 passengers, has been making test runs on a medical campus in the southwestern city of Toulouse since March.

But last week France’s Minister of Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari and Ministry of Ecological Transition approved the bus for use without a human attendant on board.

“This is an important step towards real commercialisation of autonomous driving, both on large private sites, as well as on public roads,” said Benoit Perrin, general manager of the vehicle’s developer, EasyMile.

The authorisation makes EasyMile the first driverless vehicle maker in Europe to be allowed to run an autonomous shuttle among other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists without on-board supervision on a public road, the company said.

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Officer Testifies Neighbors “Cornered” Arbery

Freedomist Curator November 9, 2021

Neighbor ‘cornered’ Ahmaud, officer testifies

From rssfeeds.usatoday.com
2021-11-08 18:38:11
USA TODAY
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BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The first police officer on the scene of Ahmaud Arbery’s killing told jurors Monday that one of three white men charged with murder “cornered” Arbery before the Black 25-year-old was fatally shot.

Ricky Minshew, a former Glynn County Police Officer, said he spoke with William “Roddie” Bryan when he arrived on the scene, who told Minshew he “blocked,” “cornered” and “cut off” Arbery five times.

“Should I have been chasing him? I don’t know,” Bryan said, according to a transcript of Minshew’s body camera video read in court.

Monday marked the beginning of the first full week of testimony in the trial of Bryan and father and son Greg and Travis McMichael. In the morning, jurors heard from an investigator who documented the crime scene and took a series of graphic photos.

Attorneys for the state and Greg and Travis McMichael gave their opening statements Friday, and prosecutors called the first witness. An attorney for Bryan was expected to give his opening…

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Now Pakistan is Ready for Peace with Taliban in Pakistan

Mark Clouse November 9, 2021

Pakistan announces 1-month cease-fire with Pakistani Taliban

From abcnews.go.com
2021-11-08 18:35:50

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Pakistani authorities Monday announced a month-long cease-fire with a key militant group behind numerous attacks on security forces and civilians over the last 14 years.

Government spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said on Twitter that the Taliban government in Afghanistan helped facilitate the cease-fire between the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP.

In a statement, TTP spokesperson Mohammad Khurasani confirmed the cease-fire beginning Nov. 9 will remain in place until Dec. 9, during which both sides will form a committee to continue talks. He said both sides will adhere to the cease-fire.

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We Found the Sperm Gene

Freedomist Editor November 8, 2021

Reproductive Sciences Experts Discover Gene Crucial to Sperm Cell Production

From scitechdaily.com
2021-11-08 18:27:47
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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Reproductive Sciences experts at Cincinnati Children’s discover that the gene Cdc42 is required to support proper alignment and function of Sertoli cells.

Scientists at Cincinnati Children’s appear to have flipped another piece in the underexplored puzzle of male infertility.

In findings published on October 26, 2021, in Cell Reports, a team led by co-first authors Anna Heinrich, BS, Bidur Bhandary, PhD, and senior author Tony De Falco, PhD, sheds new light on how sperm production…

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Ethiopia Set to Fall to Rebels

Freedomist Editor November 8, 2021

Ethiopia’s war closes in on the capital as all sides balk at calls for a ceasefire

From www.cbsnews.com
2021-11-08 18:02:31

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Johannesburg — Tens of thousands of people took part in massive rallies in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on Sunday. It was a show of support for the government as it battles an alliance of rebel forces threatening to march on the city, but there was strong anti-American sentiment at the gatherings, too.

The fighting in Ethiopia has raged for just over a year now, but what started as an isolated battle between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government and rebels in the northern Tigray region has snowballed into a fight for his political survival.

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Garland Parent Protest Letter Rebuked by 11 State School Boards and Counting

Ivo Fysic October 15, 2021

Eleven state school boards distance themselves from Garland’s parent protest letter

From www.washingtonexaminer.com
2021-10-12 15:17:45
Jerry Dunleavy
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At least 11 state-level school boards are now distancing themselves from or outright condemning a National School Boards Association letter to President Joe Biden that called upon the Justice Department to investigate allegations of threats and violence at school board meetings.

Attorney General Merrick Garland’s memo earlier this month warned of a “disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence” against schools and said the DOJ will “discourage these threats, identify them when they occur, and prosecute them when appropriate.”

The NSBA had argued in late September that “the classification of these heinous actions could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes.”

State-level school boards in Florida, Arkansas, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, and Tennessee have now joined Louisiana and Virginia in criticizing the NSBA’s letter and made it clear they had not been…

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In Wake of Biden Energy Price Spike, Coal is Coming Back

Freedomist Curator October 15, 2021

Green Energy Reality: Coal Plants Are Coming Back Online As Enegy Prices Soar 95%

From www.science20.com
2021-10-14 18:49:50
Hank Campbell
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Like organic food, alternative energy such as solar and wind are fine placebos for wealthy people – as long as things are good. When there is a shortage, we find out how poorly such alternatives work, the same way that during the early stages of the pandemic the cleaning supply aisles in stores had plenty of green alternatives while the public bought up all the Clorox, Purell, and Lysol.In energy, California asked to be allowed to ignore legal limits on emissions it wanted in place so that natural gas plants can run without worry about pollution and England is firing up its coal plants again. The reason is simple demand. Germany asked the Biden administration to end Trump blocks on a Russian pipeline because their own green energy isn’t even close to enough since they shut down their nuclear plants. Emissions concerns go by the wayside when people are about to freeze in a German winter.

Russia is using its European green activism to gain geopolitical control over the continent…

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BIden Brings US Back to UN Human Rights Council

Parker Davis October 15, 2021

U.S. Regains Seat at U.N. Human Rights Council, 3 Years After Quitting

From www.nytimes.com
2021-10-14 18:47:46

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The United States on Thursday regained a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, which the Trump administration abandoned in 2018 because of what it called the body’s hypocrisy and anti-Israel prejudice.

In seeking to rejoin the 47-member council, the Biden administration, which has taken a far more supportive stance toward the United Nations than its predecessor, argued that American interests would be better served if the United States were a member seeking change from within.

The United States won a three-year term for one of 18 open seats on the council, starting in January, in a vote by the 193-member General Assembly.

Based in Geneva, the council is regarded as the world’s most important human rights body. While it has no criminal enforcement or sanctioning powers, the council can undertake investigations that help shape the global image of countries. It can also exert influence on their behavior if they are deemed to have poor rights records.

But the council has a…