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Built on the edge of Biscayne Bay about 100 years ago, the lavish Italian renaissance-inspired Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is one of the most picturesque properties in South Florida.It's also one of the most vulnerable to storm surge and sea rise.After Hurricane Irma in 2017, Vizcaya spent months and millions of dollars to clear debris and repair the gardens - which sit about four feet above sea level - that were filled with five feet of saltwater.

It doesn't take long after announcing a data breach for companies to become targets of class-action lawsuits.One such company, Miramar-based Managed Care of North America Dental, reported on May 26 that it suffered a ransomware breach between Feb. 26 and March 7 that affected 8.9 million individuals.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott didn't exactly give California a heads-up before moving 42 migrants, including eight children, from his state to Los Angeles this week.Nevertheless, when the migrants arrived at Union Station, they found organizations ready to help them, including the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights.

The Dodgers are set to call up RHP Emmet Sheehan for the start of the series with the Giants on Friday.Sheehan is the club's number 13 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline.MLB.com's Juan Toribio was the first to report the news over night.#Dodgers are calling up Emmet Sheehan to make his major league debut tomorrow vs. Giants, sources tell https://t.co/JAgfwpSef4.Sheehan is the organization's No. 13 ranked prospect per MLB Pipeline and has really impressed in the Minors this season.-

"The nuances of preparing, prosecuting, acquiring, and maintaining patents are the craft of the patent attorney.Understanding the impact of actions along that path is something that requires true collaboration from many disciplines within an organization."As a patent practitioner and corporate strategist speaking at IPWatchdog's Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Management Masters program next week, on a panel titled "Strategic Portfolio Acquisition and Maintenance; Ensuring Business Objectives Align with Patent Strategy," I decided to gather some resources that help organize potential business objectives and questions that can be answered so that patent strategy, portfolio maintenance, and portfolio acquisition are able to be aligned with a business strategy.

Farid can count quite a notch in her belt now.There are no shortage of World Records falling at the 2023 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Classic Powerlifting Championships.In fact, it almost appears as if the contest has multiple new stars every day during the week of June 11-18.Singaporean powerlifter Farhanna Farid is the latest to throw her hat into the ring.

The HousingWire award spotlight series highlights the individuals who have been previously recognized by the HW Editors' Choice Awards.Nominations for HousingWire's Insiders award are open now through Friday, June 23, 2023.Click here to nominate an industry insider a client, colleague, boss or friend it can even be you!

Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries and into the present day, the Chicago labor movement has faced significant challenges and made remarkable strides toward fostering a more inclusive and equitable workforce.By recognizing historical struggles, we can appreciate the progress achieved while acknowledging the ongoing journey toward true diversity and social justice.

A growing number of companies are seeking out employees whose passion for their work is the driving force behind their performance, and they're investing in strategies to encourage and nurture this motivation.The research on this topic is clear - more passionate employees are more productive, innovative, and collaborative, and they demonstrate higher levels of commitment to their organizations.

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In April, Los Angeles City Councilmember Curren Price rallied with workers on the steps of City Hall to demand higher pay for hotel workers and janitors who clean Los Angeles International Airport."The living wage movement is a social justice movement," Price declared alongside union members in purple shirts, before introducing a proposal to dramatically boost wages for workers who cater to tourists.

For as long as she can remember, Martha Armenta felt invisible in the only country she knew as home.She grew up in Little Village, where her parents settled after moving to Chicago from Sinaloa, Mexico, escaping poverty and violence, she said.When she learned in high school she was in the U.S. without legal permission, she acknowledged that the dreams her parents sacrificed for were going to be harder to achieve.

Last year, Democrat Adam Frisch launched what most thought was a longshot bid for Congress against one of the nation's most famous conservative firebrands: Rep. Lauren Boebert.It ended up becoming the closest House race in the country, with the Republican incumbent squeaking through by 546 votes.Now Frisch is running again as less of a longshot and more of a certified contender, arguing the proof of concept he delivered last time will mean swing voters will be even more open to backing him in 2024.

A Russian ransomware group gained access to data from federal agencies, including the Energy Department, in an attack that exploited file transfer software to steal and sell back users' data, U.S. officials said on Thursday.Jen Easterly, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, described the breach as largely opportunistic and neither focused on specific high-valuable information nor as damaging as previous cyberattacks on U.S. government agencies.

Few teams have historically been run as poorly as the Toronto Maple Leafs.The Toronto Maple Leafs have seen many players come and go through the years.It always stings when someone they had within the organization develops well beyond expectations, only it's with another franchise.This has been the case too many times in the organization's very long history.

When a university vice president had an opening for a controller sitting just beneath her in the hierarchy, board members told her to seek an "older man" to complement her.Since she began the vice president role at age 37, board members routinely criticized her age, calling her diminishing pet names, like "kiddo" and "young lady."

Guild Mortgage announced on Thursday the appointment of Lamont Watson as the company's first vice president of diverse talent development.The goal of this role is to enhance Guild's efforts in recruiting, developing, and empowering a diverse workforce while fostering an inclusive environment for its employees, according to the company.

Microsoft announced the public preview availability of Datamarts in May 2022.When authoring this chapter, Datamarts are still in preview, so using them in production environments is not recommended.The Datamarts capability opens endless possibilities for organizations to achieve their data analytics goals on the Power BI platform.

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Brooklyn-based photographer Jon Henry has spent the last nine years in the making of his project "Stranger Fruit," a book with photos of Black mothers from every state in the country, who worry about the safety of their sons in the hands of the police.

A broad coalition of groups in Atlanta has launched a referendum to give voters a chance to say whether they want the controversial police and fire department training center known as Cop City built in a forest southeast of the city.The effort requires organizers to collect about 70,000 signatures from Atlanta registered voters in 60 days.

Clinical trials are critical in developing and approving new medical treatments and technologies.These trials generate massive data that needs to be managed efficiently and accurately to ensure patient safety and successful research outcomes.The good news is that advances in AI and automation technology, such as AI-based data extraction, virtual clinical trials, and predictive analytics, are making it easier for clinical trial managers to streamline their clinical trial Data Management processes and gain insights that can help improve patient outcomes.

Two summers ago, an insurgent group of ultraconservative Southern Baptists branded themselves as pirates, vowing to take the ship of the nation's largest Protestant denomination and steer it farther to the right on issues like sexuality and race.They were determined to halt what they saw as rising liberalism and drift from biblical truth.

Advanced Placement Psychology is the subject of the latest skirmish in the monthslong battle between the state of Florida and the College Board.The board said in a statement released on Thursday afternoon that several Florida school districts had raised concerns about the course, noting that its content may violate new state laws limiting how issues of gender and sexuality are taught.

In an unusual, wide-ranging interview with war correspondents and military bloggers, President Vladimir V. Putin on Tuesday portrayed the Russian military as standing firm against the long-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive and suggested that the conflict was fulfilling the goals he set initially.

The travel industry is highly competitive and constantly evolving.To succeed in this dynamic field, travel businesses need to adopt effective marketing tactics that capture the attention of their target audience and differentiate themselves from competitors.1. Embrace Digital Marketing
In today's digital age, having a solid online presence is crucial for travel businesses.

Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success.This article is part of a VB special issue.Read the full series here: Building the foundation for customer data quality.In today's fast-paced business landscape, where competition is fierce and customers are more demanding than ever, data has become the ultimate game-changer for enterprise leaders.

We couldn't be more excited to announce our first group of partners for ODSC Europe 2023's AI Expo and Demo Hall.These organizations are shaping the future of the AI and data science industries with their innovative products and services.Check them out below.Comprising more than 200 products and cloud services, Microsoft Azure aims to meet organizations where they are (in the cloud, in-person, or a hybrid of the two) to help develop new business solutions.

When it comes to generative artificial intelligence, should your organization opt for public or proprietary AI? First, you need to consider the main differences between these options.Public AI can have a wide knowledge base and fulfill a lot of tasks.However, public AI may feed that data back into a model's training data, which can cause security vulnerabilities to emerge.

For years, business and HR leaders pinned their hopes for better workplace learning on MOOCs, or massive open online courses.Unfortunately, the evidence continues to show that these are not enough on their own, particularly for those who most need them.Companies now have more options, thanks to better technology, innovative funding mechanisms, and old approaches reimagined to meet today's needs.

The San Francisco Giants completed their first away series sweep against the St. Louis Cardinals since 1998 with another late-inning come from behind win built on the labor of an airtight bullpen and some last minute thunder.Down to his final strike in the 9th, Mike Yastrzemski roped a 2-run no-doubter off Giovanny Gallegos that tied the game at 5 runs a piece and sent the bleacher boo-birds singing.

Most police officers and sheriff's deputies in San Francisco never end up in court.But a minority seem to crop up over and over again, costing the city millions and often keeping their jobs.Officers have been sued for using undue force, for shooting people, and for dishonesty in court.In some cases, the same officers who were successfully sued by members of the public later sue the police department themselves.

Private foundations are best known for their grantmaking.However, each year, foundations nationwide invest hundreds of billions, often with the simple goal of maximizing financial returns to fund future grants.While many foundations screen their endowment investments based on environmental, social, and governance factors, only a few optimize their investment strategies for mission impact.

It's not sexy, but it's true: the most important part of policy is implementation.It is all well and good to have bill signing ceremonies, such as when President Joe Biden the Inflation Reduction Act.But legislation only creates the opportunity for social change.Federal legislation like the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act could be game changers or duds.

As a result, rents are unaffordable for many Californians.The median rent for a two-bedroom home in San José, for example, is $3,100, according to Zillow.It's the same in Los Angeles.Ann Owens, a sociology professor at the University of Southern California specializing in social inequality and housing, believes everyone has a right to housing.

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With summer just ahead, federal safety officials are warning people about the risk of children drowning, and offering tips and precautions designed to prevent such tragedies.Summertime drowning deaths and nonfatal injuries are most common between May and August, with the majority of such deaths happening in swimming pools, according to a report released last week by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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Behind the white iron gate of her Boyle Heights home, Adriana Lorenzo's concrete courtyard is filled with half a dozen tricycles, a basketball hoop and the melodic cadences of classical music that resonate through the play area."It keeps the kids happy and calm," she says.

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A fiscal "doom loop."A transit "death spiral."The "office apocalypse."Since the traumatic disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, these pessimistic terms have been applied repeatedly to the state of our cities.Analysis of Census data from my Brookings Institution colleague William Frey found that from 2020 to 2021, during the peak of the pandemic, major metropolitan areas including New York and Los Angeles lost a significant number of residents.

LONDON Authorities worldwide are racing to rein in artificial intelligence, including in the European Union, where groundbreaking legislation is set to pass a key hurdle Wednesday.European Parliament lawmakers are due to vote on the proposal including controversial amendments on facial recognition as it heads toward passage.

Volunteers were disappointed by a lackluster city response at a meeting Monday nightto their request to enter temporary city-run shelters starting this week, following months of not being able to get inside the buildings that house nearly 10,000 migrants who have come to Chicago since August.Collaboration efforts between volunteers and city officials came to a head when the city hosted a closed meeting to respond to a letter sent by the Police Station Response Team, a network of volunteers providing support and resources to migrants sleeping on the floors of police stations as they wait for placement in shelters.

Across the street from the 1st District police station, Hildemaro Rafael Peña Gonzalez, 23, from Venezuela, fed cereal out of a plastic takeout container to his pregnant wife Racnia del Carmen León Mendoza, 19, and rubbed her swollen belly.The couple was moved from the station to a shelter in a hotel downtown about 10 days ago, but came back to the small basketball cancha, or court, to sit on a bench in the shade.

After navigating Chicago Public Schools' selective enrollment process, in which students can apply to schools outside their neighborhoods, Yuridia Alcantar was crushed.It wasn't that her daughter, Jahayra Flores, didn't get into a high-performing high school.The problem for Alcantar as a single parent was getting the eldest of her three kids to Lane Tech College Prep on the North Side every day from the family's East Side home.

Skip to content Continue reading the main story Moscow June 14, 1:42 p.m. Washington June 14, 6:42 a.m.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey in Ankara, Turkey, in June.Credit...Burak Kara/Getty Images ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey is hosting high-level talks on Wednesday aimed at bridging differences over Sweden's application to join NATO.

For almost a decade Nicola Sturgeon, as the leader of the Scottish government, was the uncontested figurehead of the push to break Scotland's centuries-old union with England.Her resignation earlier this year and now her arrest on Sunday over an investigation into her Scottish National Party's finances leaves the fate of the movement in flux.

Screenwriters around the world are organizing pickets and other actions on June 14 in support of the ongoing Writers Guide of America strike.Above, Writers Guild of America workers picket outside the Warner Brother studios, on May 2, 2023 in Burbank, Calif.Eric Thayer/Getty Images Screenwriters in 35 countries across the globe are staging a public show of support for their counterparts involved in the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike.

One of the key responsibilities of a chief technology officer (CTO) is to help define an organization's technology strategy.This includes identifying tools and services that can deliver benefits in a cost-effective manner, and help organizations remain innovative and competitive.I recently asked five CTOs to identify the technology areas that are particularly strategic or promising for their organizations.

In today's complex and interconnected technological landscape, maintaining robust and reliable infrastructure is paramount for businesses to deliver seamless digital experiences to their customers.However, as systems grow in size and complexity, issues and incidents can increase, leading to downtime, performance degradation, and frustrated users.

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The news was so jarring for professional golfers that they'll always remember where they were when they heard that the PGA Tour and LIV Golf had entered into a partnership agreement.Jon Rahm said he was home in Arizona making breakfast with his wife, Kelley, and two young sons.

The Boston Red Sox will celebrate Pride Night at Fenway Park during their matchup against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday.NESN and NESN.com strives to amplify, celebrate and share the rich stories of athletes, people, and organizations within LGBTQIA+ community as well as those who support the community through allyship and advocacy.

Q: I'm a woman in a heterosexual relationship, and my partner always seems to fall asleep faster (and stay asleep longer) than me.What's going on?Do men have an easier time sleeping than women?Trouble falling or staying asleep is common, especially as you age.And for women, research suggests, the difficulties can be even greater.

For the third time in the last four seasons, Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler sat at the postgame podium and reflected on a magical playoff run that came up just short.The 33-year-old, whose Heat lost in five games to the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals, said Monday night that he believes the Heat can still win a championship.

The Miami Heat's magical run could soon come to an end.After Friday's Game 4 loss in Miami, the Heat face a 3-1 deficit to the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals.The odds for a comeback are slim as the series heads to Denver for Monday night's Game 5, as the Heat would have to win each of the next three games to win the organization's first championship in a decade.