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Just as the green dome of Pennsylvania’s Capitol is a fixture of the Harrisburg skyline, Vince Phillips has been a fixture under that dome for years as one of the state’s top agriculture lobbyists. Phillips retired at the end of 2020, capping a 31-year career in which he helped advance rural broadband for the Pennsylvania State Grange and pushed for legislative changes that were sometimes small but nonetheless valuable to farmers. Phillips, a mustachioed resident of Mechanicsburg, bel...

Ohio Arts Council board member Susan Allan Block resigned Friday after social media comments surfaced in which she referred to the vice president-elect Kamala Harris as a "whore" and called for "no peace" during the U.S. Capitol riots on Wednesday. DeWine announced Blocks resignation early Friday afternoon without further comment. On Thursday, his spokeswoman had denounced the comments. Block, of Toledo, was first appointed to the unpaid council, which allocates state and federal money to Ohi...

Aceable Receives $50 Million Growth Investment from HGGC Share Article The EdTech platform will use the capital to expand to new verticals, giving people the opportunity to change careers and gain access to higher-paid positions AUSTIN, Texas (PRWEB) December 17, 2020 Aceable, the mobile-first education platform, today announced that it has closed a $50 million growth investment, led by private equity firm HGGC. The investment will...

Now, with another $50 million in the bank and more than $100 million in total capital raised, Aceable is looking to grow the number of certifications it offers — with a special focus on professional development. The company said that it would look to grow both organically and inorganically (which is an inelegant way of saying that it’s likely to go shopping for potential acquisitions). Re-skilling and up-skilling are set to become buzzwords again as Americans who were laid off because of th...

Council President Dana Sande sees potential deals as a big opportunity to move the city ahead. Written By: Sam Easter | × Grand Forks City Hall, 255 N. 4th St. Sam Easter / Grand Forks Herald In City Council President Dana Sande’s telling, the Grand Forks City Council took a step into the future on Monday night — offering, in a committee meeting, early 7-0 approval to tax plans for big projects that will help transform UND and downtown. City leaders describe those projects as important ...

What is said to be the first secure customer data portal in the thermoforming market has been introduced by  Brown Machine Group (BMG), Beaverton, Mich. A web- and app-based  portal, the BMG Advanced Digital Readiness (BMG ADR) platform is designed for accessing important process data in thermoforming and product-handling applications. Available both with new installations and as a retrofit for most BMG machinery from the past several decades, ADR enables operators, maintenance personnel, o...

Men? >> well, i think they went together. i think diamonds were really the manifestation of the men in her life. had there not been any men, there wouldnt have been any jewelry. i think jewelry for her was this ultimate romantic thing in her life. more so than the intrinsic value. it was the symbol of it. >> john, if i could turn to you, do did elizabeth taylor ever buy jewelry for herself, or was it given by admiring men? >> the only time she told me she ever bought jewelry for herself was at t...

Monuments of her jewelry collection. she had so many things. she had the taj mahal diamond necklace. she had rubies. she had that prince of wales broach -- she loved it. she -- you know, when we were in geneva, i was on the phone with her. and she had set up a party at her home in los angeles, invited all her friends around the pool. and in the middle of bidding on the stone she says to me, you know, shes up to $500,000 at the time, and she says, "john, by the way, how many times was the duchess...

Mesmerizing that men queue up to buy you these huge rocks. >> she was a legend like cleopatra that she played so well in the movie. she was literally on that level. >> john, obviously a very sad day today, the day elizabeth was buried. very near michael jackson. they were very close, and he bought her lots of jewelry. how would you imagine that she would like to be remembered knowing her as you did? >> i didnt know her that well, but i think she liked to be remembered for her charitable works, f...

Will bring could easily be $100 million to $150 million. i think this is a collection thats going to rival that was the duchess of windsor or jackie kennedy. certainly in terms of the publics imagination. >> some of the jewels were actually from the duchess of windsors collection, werent they? >> absolutely. several of them, the most important being the prince of wales diamond broach. >> prince dimitri, in terms of the value of some jewels, presumably they are dramatically increased depending on...