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Why space junk matters

On 4 May 2022, a heavy piece of unidentified metal crashed through the ceiling of a young Gympie family’s home – narrowly missing the bouncer in which their baby daughter had been lying moments earlier. Less than six months later, four pieces of space junk – which the United Nations says originated from SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience – were discovered in paddocks in and around the Snowy Mountains region.

Fortunately, no one was harmed and minimal property damage occurred as a result of these incidents. However, debris in low-earth orbit has increased by 50% in the

Last Friday, February 24, 2023, the Biden Administration issued a Proclamation on Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into the United States. You can read the full proclamation here.

The Proclamation states that, beginning on March 10, 2023, a 200% ad valorem tariff will be imposed on all aluminum articles and derivative aluminum articles produced in Russia. Additionally, on April 10, 2023, a 200% ad valorem tariff will be imposed on aluminum articles where any amount of primary aluminum or derivative aluminum articles used in the manufacture of the articles was smelted or cast in Russia.

The purpose of the Biden Administration’s

British Columbia will become the first province in Canada to systematically amend provincial laws to remove outdated gendered and binary language, better reflecting the diversity of the province and ensuring everyone can access provincial programs and services.

Brenda Bailey, Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation, has introduced new modernizing legislation to correct outdated language by amending more than 2,300 instances of outdated gendered and binary terms from 21 ministries across 210 provincial statutes.

“Words have a powerful effect, whether written or spoken, and all British Columbians deserve to see themselves reflected in BC’s programs and services,” said Bailey. “We

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Heather Ferbert’s profile has a track record.

The chief deputy city attorney launched her campaign to replace her boss, City Attorney Mara Elliott, when she’s termed out in 2024. Back in 2016, Elliott showed that “Democratic chief deputy city attorney without a history in local politics” can be a strong resume .

It’s early. Maybe former Major Kevin Faulconer will try to get

Legislation in the United States that could trigger an end to seasonal time changes in Canada is moving forward again, as Canadians get ready to wind their clocks ahead an hour before going to bed Saturday night.

Provinces have been promising for years to ditch the time change but have cited a need for consistency with US states for the delays.

Now a US bill to authorize the change that has been repeatedly thwarted is back in play.

Last week, US Senator Marco Rubio reintroduced the Sunshine Protection Act, which would allow daylight time to be made permanent.

Rubio said

NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Anchin, a premiere New York-based accounting and advisory firm, is pleased to announce that Partner Deborah L. de Vries has been named the new Co-Leader of Anchin’s Law Firm Group. Deborah, who also co-leads the Compensation & Benefits Group, is an invaluable resource for law firms seeking business and consulting services. She also actively develops continuing education and professional resources for Anchin’s Law Firm Practice.

Following several new hire announcements, Deborah’s appointment is an exciting example of continued internal advancement at Anchin. “The Professional Services Group has always included outstanding talent,

st. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Millions of extra dollars are working their way through the Minnesota Legislature to both beef up the ability of Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office to prosecute violent crime and the state’s public defender system to relieve the staffing shortages that nearly led to a last strike year.

Ellison assembled the team that got former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2021, but the Democratic attorney general had been unable for four years to persuade a divided Legislature to give him more money to hire more prosecutors. Now that Democrats control both