By Walter Einenkel for Daily Kos Daily Kos Staff Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 11:50:05a MDT REPUBLISHED BY: Blue Country Gazette Blog Rim Country Gazette Blog   Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert and her date were escorted out of an evening performance of the musical ' Beetlejuice ' in downtown Denver on Sunday night. The Colorado Sun obtained an incident report , which does not name Boebert, but alleges that two patrons were 'causing a disturbance.'  What kind of disturbance? There were 'multiple complaints' that the two were vaping, using their phones, singing, and generally making merry in a purely obnoxious way.

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EcoPro BM headquarters [Courtesy of EcoPro BM]Shares of EcoPro Group subsidiaries have jumped on the Kosdaq market on expectations that growing sales of electric vehicles will generate more demand for key materials that are needed in batteries.As of Monday, cathode maker EcoPro BM Co. closed at 217,000 won ($166.9), a 19.17 percent rise from a day before, making the company the largest company on Kosdaq by market capital. EcoPro Co., the cathode maker's holding company, also gained 3.34 percent, while affiliate EcoPro HN Co.

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Lenida C. Bond, 90, of Boerne and Sabinal, Texas, died peacefully at her home in Boerne on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. She is survived by her daughters, Phyllis Teague of Albuquerque NM and Rebecca Trussell-Williams and her husband Russell Williams of Boerne TX; stepdaughter Cheryl Maxwell and her husband Alan; granddaughters Shawn Parker, Shiloah Wyatt, Robin Young, and Emily Trussell; 8 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; sisters Pam Boerner, Bonnie Hennig, and Esperanza Buenteo; sister-in-law Janie Crawford; stepmother Hazel Wheeler; adopted 'granddaughter' and superhero caregiver Christy Lee and her husband Carlus; numerous friends and extended family members, whom she loved, and her two beloved cats Puddin' and Shugah.

https://www.boernestar.com/article/obituaries/lenida-c-bond

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ROANOKE, Va. - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited Blue Ridge Parkway today to highlight how President Biden's Investing in America agenda is helping to build healthy communities by restoring ecosystems and remediating abandoned mine sites. Through the Investing in America agenda, a key pillar of Bidenomics, the Department is utilizing more than $2 billion to restore our nation's lands and waters and advance the America the Beautiful initiative, the Biden-Harris administration's goal to restore and conserve 30% of lands and waters by 2030.

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GUIGUINTO, Bulacan, Philippines — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO), supported by local governments, have intensified their round-the-clock operations against overloaded trucks along Bulacan province's major highways. Henry Alcantara, head of the DPWH Bulacan First District Engineering Office, told the Inquirer on Sunday that he had fielded more teams for the 24/7 anti-overloading operations in this town and the Philippine Arena weighbridge stations in Bocaue, both along MacArthur Highway, to restrengthen the protection of the province's main highways that had been damaged by overloaded trucks, earning Bulacan the monicker 'lubakan' (potholes).

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FILE - In this photo provided by Guyana's Department of Public Information, people walk past a girl's dormitory that was engulfed by a nighttime fire, in Mahdia, Guyana, May 22, 2023. Guyana's government says it will pay $25,000 to parents of each of the 20 children burned to death in the May 21 fire at the state-run high school. (Guyana's Department of Public Information via AP Photo, File) FILE PHOTO - HIGHEST QUALITY AVAILABLE - AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO PROVIDED BY GUYANA'S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION; MANDATORY CREDIT.

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Premier League champions Liverpool and FA Cup winners Crystal Palace offered each other the ultimate show of respect ahead of their Sunday match.

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Join Othniel Ting and Daryl Ong as they delve into an album of our chosen artist of the week, running you through the stories & history of the album track by track. This week, we're celebrating the 25th anniversary of Lauryn Hill's iconic and award winning debut album, 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'.

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A review article published in the journal Foods describes a study that provides an overview of research on minimally processed vegetables (MPVs), with a specific focus on the Brazilian market. Data is presented on hygiene indicators and pathogenic microorganisms, especially Escherichia coli (the main indicator of fecal contamination), Salmonella spp., and Listeria monocytogenes, with prevalence rates ranging from 0.7% to 100%, 0.6% to 26.7%, and 0.2% to 33.3% respectively. The article also discusses outbreaks of food-borne disease (food poisoning) associated with consumption of fresh vegetables in Brazil between 2000 and 2021.

https://www.miragenews.com/ready-to-eat-salad-may-harbor-disease-causing-1074067/

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PLATINCOIN ( PLC ) traded down 14.5% against the U.S. dollar during the 1 day period ending at 17:00 PM Eastern on April 27th. PLATINCOIN has a total market capitalization of $363,873.27 and $14,506.94 worth of PLATINCOIN was traded on exchanges in the last day. One PLATINCOIN coin can currently be bought for $0.0728 or 0.00000245 BTC on exchanges. During the last seven days, PLATINCOIN has traded down 16.5% against the U.S. dollar. Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day: KILT Protocol (KILT) traded 5.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/04/27/platincoin-plc-price-hits-0-0728-on-exchanges.html

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BANGI: The government has allocated RM64.8 million to the Orang Asli Development Department (Jakoa) for the education of Orang Asli children, said Rural and Regional Development Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Ramlan Harun. "This allocation covers expenses at primary schools right up to Institutions of Higher Learning (IPT) to ensure Orang Asli children receive a proper education," he said. Among the aid given was transport assistance of RM36.9 million, pocket money of RM12 million and payments for various types of fees totalling RM638,000, he said at the Jakoa 2022 excellent students award ceremony here today.

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Windward Private Wealth Management Inc. cut its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF ( NASDAQ:SCZ – Free Report ) by 2.5% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 30,444 shares of the company's stock after selling 783 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF comprises 0.8% of Windward Private Wealth Management Inc.'s portfolio, making the stock its 23rd biggest holding. Windward Private Wealth Management Inc.'s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF were worth $1,812,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/07/08/windward-private-wealth-management-inc-has-1-81-million-position-in-ishares-msci-eafe-small-cap-etf-nasdaqscz.html

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MONTREAL-Max Verstappen won the Canadian Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday to stretch his Formula One championship lead and take Red Bull's milestone 100th victory. The Dutch 25-year-old led every lap as he took his career tally to 41 wins, stepping up alongside Brazil's late triple champion Ayrton Senna in the record books. Fernando Alonso finished second for Aston Martin at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, the Spaniard's sixth podium in eight races, with Britain's seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton third for Mercedes.

https://sports.inquirer.net/515033/f1-max-verstappen-takes-red-bulls-100th-win

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A 119 ambulance. Police said Sunday they are investigating the death of a 2-year-old girl who drowned in a children's pool at a kids café the previous day. Incheon Seobu Police Precinct said it received a report at 11:37 a.m. Saturday that a child had fallen into a swimming pool at a kids café — essentially, an indoor playground — located in Seo District, Incheon. The parents heard other children screaming and found their child had fallen into the so-called kids pool. They performed CPR on her and reported the drowning to 119 emergency respondents.

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UBS Group lowered shares of OGE Energy ( NYSE:OGE – Get Rating ) from a buy rating to a neutral rating in a research note released on Tuesday, MarketBeat reports. UBS Group currently has $39.00 price target on the utilities provider's stock, down from their previous price target of $41.00. Several other equities research analysts have also weighed in on the company. Guggenheim lowered OGE Energy from a buy rating to a neutral rating and raised their target price for the stock from $39.00 to $40.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/03/03/oge-energy-nyseoge-stock-rating-lowered-by-ubs-group.html

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In response to the ongoing volcanic activity of Mayon Volcano, Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez and Tingog Party-list have facilitated the release of P33 million worth of assistance, both in cash and in kind, to the province of Albay. The aid aims to support the residents who have been forced to evacuate from the permanent danger zone. On Sunday, Speaker Romualdez and Tingog Party-list Representatives Yedda Marie K. Romualdez and Jude Acidre announced that P1 million worth of assistance was allocated to each of Albay's three districts.

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Utrust ( UTK ) traded 4.1% higher against the US dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 15:00 PM E.T. on June 21st. During the last seven days, Utrust has traded up 0.8% against the US dollar. Utrust has a total market capitalization of $36.21 million and $1.60 million worth of Utrust was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Utrust token can now be bought for about $0.0724 or 0.00000240 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. Here's how other cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day: KILT Protocol (KILT) traded up 5.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/06/21/utrust-hits-1-day-volume-of-1-60-million-utk.html

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MANILA  -Gokongwei-backed GoTyme Bank on Thursday said it is set to hit 2 million users in the Philippines by the end of the year, citing a strong monthly growth rate and banking heavily on its more customer-centric approach which it said is lacking in other similar financial institutions. GoTyme CEO Nathaniel Clarke said their marketing strategy to focus on customer experience by making 'preferred banking' accessible to all would help attract more people to open bank accounts with them. 'We see this marketing relaunch, in many ways, to focus on the customer to accelerate that.

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TACLOBAN CITY — At least seven suspected members of the New People's Army (NPA) were killed in an encounter with government troopers in a remote village of Bobon town, Northern Samar at about 3 a.m. on Sunday, April 30. Reports from the local police station of Bobon and the 8th Infantry Division based in Catbalogan City, Samar, showed that the latest skirmish between government soldiers and communist rebels took place in Barangay Santander, a remote village located six kilometers away from the town proper of Bobon.

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