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from 1998 to 2021 attained a stellar international rep utation for leading key scientific and clinical in novations. The department grew into one of the most ethnic- and gender-diverse orthopaedic departments in the nation, preparing dozens of physicians to become leaders in ortho paedics at universities and hospitals throughout the world. Dr. Fu passed away
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Back in May, eight months after the death of 15-yearold Steven Eason Jr. at a haunted hayride in North Versailles, Autumn Perkins had an idea for her close friend and Eason’s mother, Shantel Pizaro.
STEVEN EASON JR. was killed in a shooting at a haunted hayride on Sept. 11, 2021. A year later, his family held the first Steven Eason Jr. Memorial Basketball Tournament in his honor. (Photo by Rob Taylor Jr.) by Rob Taylor
DR. MACALUS V. HOGAN Memorial Basketball Tournament held in memory of Steven Eason Jr. 15-year-old died in shooting at haunted hayride on Sept. 11, 2021 Dr. MaCalus V. Hogan named new Pitt/UPMC Chair of Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery BACK TO SCHOOL! LEGACY INTERNATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER and Legacy Community Options For All People held its fourth-annual Northside Commmunity Back to School Bash at Fowler Park, Aug. 20. Pastor of Legacy International Worship Center, Rev. Michael Day, told the New Pittsburgh Courier that more than 300 youths received free stuffed backpacks, food, uniforms, haircuts and personal care items. Kids also enjoyed face painting, bounce houses and a DJ. Pictured are, from left: Shawna James, Terrin Scott (blue shirt), Makayla Hairston, Rev. Michael Day, Shanyah James, and Elvis Bethea (green shirt). (Photo
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don’t you throw a basketball tournament for his (Eason) one year (remembrance)?’”
And that’s exactly what happened.Exactly one year after Eason’s death, the Steven Eason Jr. Memorial Bas
“The appointment of an individual to replace the ‘irreplaceable’ Dr. Freddie Fu is a decision that re quired great consideration. After a lengthy and very
deliberate selection pro cess, Dr. Hogan was clearly the preferred choice to not only build upon Dr. Fu’s legacy, but also lead the department into new terri tories for the future,” said
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The University of Pitts burgh School of Medicine and UPMC have selected MaCalus V. Hogan, M.D., MBA as the new David Silver Professor and Chair of Pitt’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Chair of Orthopaedic Sur gery at UPMC, following a thoughtful yearlong na tional search to succeed Freddie H. Fu, M.D., whose legacy as department chair
Jones”1933—“Emperor is released on this day by United Art ists. It starred social activist Paul Robe son as Brutus Jones. It was the first Holly wood film with a Black leading man and a White supporting cast.
1980—Cuban cosmonaut Arnold Ta mayo becomes the first Black person to fly on a space mission. He flew on a space craft from the then-Soviet Union.
1958—A deranged woman stabs then-rapidly emerging civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. during a book signing ceremony at a Harlem, N.Y., department store. Rumors circulated that the stabbing was part of a government conspiracy against King but no evidence was ever produced to support the theory.
“Shaw didn’t report the erroneous information when all the network an chors did,” Cafferty re called.Shaw retired from CNN after more than 20 years on Feb. 28, 2001.
1889—One of Black America’s most outstanding poets, Claude McK ay, is born. He would become a leading figure during the Black Cultural Revolution known as the Harlem Renaissance.
1830—The First National Negro Conven tion takes place in Philadelphia, Pa. Top on the agenda were the better organizing of anti-slave activities and whether or not free Blacks should return to Africa.
“He was our lead anchor for the next twenty years, from anchoring coverage of presidential elections to his iconic coverage of the First Gulf War live from Baghdad in 1991. Even af ter he left CNN, Bernie re mained a close member of our CNN family, providing our viewers with context about historical events as recently as last year. The condolences of all of us at CNN go out to his wife Lin da and his children.”
1940—Blacks are allowed for the first time to enter all branches of the U.S. mili tary when President Franklin D. Roosevelt, on this day, signs the Selective Service Act.
vis, playing on the seminal Davis records “Milestones” and “Kind of Blue” before embarking on a successful solo career.
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“When conversing with Shaw about why he was the only anchor covering the 1981 assassination at tempt on Ronald Regan to not report that James Brady was dead, Shaw said that he didn’t go on air with the information because he didn’t have confirmation with ‘anyone in the room,’” CNN analyst Jack Cafferty said during a Jan. 4, 2006, spot on the network’s “The Situation Room.”
1865—Atlanta University is founded in Atlanta, Ga. It was one of many educa tional institutions established during the Reconstruction period after the Civil War to educate former slaves.
At CNN, Shaw reported on some of his generation’s most memorable news sto ries.He anchored coverage of the infamous Tianan men Square incident in 1989, the first Gulf War in
1664—Maryland enacts the nation’s first “Anti-Amalgamation Law.” It specifically outlawed marriages between Black men and White women. Soon, several other colonies followed the Maryland example. It would not be until the 1960s that U.S. Supreme Court in the famous Loving v. Virginia case declared all such laws un-Constitutional. And even though it was not being enforced, it was not until 2000 that Alabama officially became the last state to strike from the books its law banning interracial marriages.
When John Hinckley Jr. shot President Ronald Reagan, Press Secretary James Brady also took a bullet to the head from the would-be assassin. Clam oring to break the news, anchors across the nation and on CNN rushed to pro claim Brady’s death.
1928— Gram my Award-win ning saxophon ist Julian Adderley“Cannonball”Edwin born in Tampa, Fla. Adderley
1848—The French abolish slavery in all their territories. It would take a Civil War and another 17 years before slavery is abolished in America.
1963—In one of the most heartless ter rorist attacks of the Civil Rights Move ment, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., is bombed by White supremacists and Ku Klux Klan mem bers. Four little Black girls are killed. But instead of scaring African Americans into backing away from their demands, the act actually inspired the Civil Rights Move ment.
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Shaw refused to join the misguided bandwagon.
1925— Blues great B.B. King is born Riley B. King on this day in Itta Benna, Miss. King was an American blues singer, song writer and guitar ist. He won a 1970 Grammy Award for the song “The Thrill Is Gone.” His version became a hit on both the pop and R&B charts. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. King died May 14, 2015 at the age of 89.
1850—Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Law as part of the Compromise of 1850. The Compromise was essentially a vain attempt to reconcile differences be tween the slave states of the South and the free states of the North as to wheth er Midwest states would be slave or free. The law basically required Free states to help slave states capture escaped slaves.
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Groundbreaking CNN anchor Bernard Shaw dies at 82
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1787—The United States Constitution is approved but it includes three clauses allowing for the continuation of slavery even though it was supposed to be a doc ument of freedom.
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As CNN’s first chief an chor when the network launched in 1980, Shaw immediately showed why he was the man for the job.
Shaw’s family said they would schedule a public memorial later, but they currently have plans for a private funeral.
edge that Dukakis opposed the death penalty, Shaw asked Dukakis if he would support an irrevocable death penalty for a man who hypothetically raped and murdered Dukakis’s wife.“Dukakis responded that he would not; some critics felt he framed his response too legalistically and log ically and did not address it sufficiently personally. Other critics thought the question inflammatory and unwarranted at a presiden tial debate,” researchers at the registry reported.
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1981— estimatedAn 400,000 people from various labor and civil rights organizations rally in Wash ington, D.C., to protest the domestic policies of President Ronald Reagan. His policies were viewed by the demonstrat ing groups as anti-Black and opposed to the best interests of working-class people.
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CNN ANCHOR EMERITUS BERNARD SHAW accepts the 2007 NABJ Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism, August 2007 at the National Association of Black Journalists Annual Convention and Ca reer Fair in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Baghdad in 1991, and the 2000 presidential election that featured Republican George W. Bush and Dem ocrat Al Gore.
He enjoyed a passionate interest in the print me dia, clipping articles from newspapers, often travel ing at weekends to Wash ington, DC (“Big W”).
Born in Chicago, Illinois, he attended the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1963 to 1968. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps, including stints in Hawaii and at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, NC, where in 1962, he was a “Message Center” special ist as a Corporal, E-4.
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“In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Bernard Shaw Scholarship Fund at the University of Chicago. The Shaw family requests complete privacy at this time,” the family said in their statement provided by former CNN CEO Tom Johnson.
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Jones1973—Nasir , known sim ply as Nas, was born in Queens bridge, N.Y. Nas is well known for his 1994 debut al bum Illmatic, which many consider to be one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time.
1881—Inventor Jan E. Matzeilger is born in Dutch Guyana. He came to the United States in 1878 and by 1880 had patent ed a shoe lacing ma chine.
1830—The first National Negro Con vention of Free Men meets in Philadel phia, Pa. Among a wide range of items on the agenda was a resolution encouraging free Blacks to boycott the purchase of items produced by slave labor. African Methodist Episcopal Church founder Richard Allen was elected president of the convention. Despite the fact that Allen had founded the AME Church, the name of the convention also reflected an attempt by free Blacks to reduce iden tification with Africa. At the time, most slaves and many free Blacks tended to refer to themselves as “Africans.”
1984—“The Cosby Show,” starring comedian and activist Bill Cosby, debuts on NBC Television. It becomes one of the nation’s highest rated television series and was widely praised by civil rights activists because of its generally positive portrayal of a Black middle-class family.
“CNN’s beloved anchor and colleague, Bernard Shaw, passed away yes terday at 82. Bernie was a CNN original and was our Washington Anchor when we launched on Jun. 1, 1980,” Chris Licht, CNN Chairman and CEO said in a statement Thursday.
Cole Show.” During its first two seasons, its Nielsen ratings made it the nation’s second most watched show. Wilson was most famous for creating the role of Geral dine Jones, a sassy, modern woman who had a boyfriend named Killer (who, when not in prison, was at the pool hall). Wilson popularized such catchphrases as “What you see is what you get” and “The Devil made me do it!”
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1861—Hampton Institute (now universi ty) is founded.
It has now become one of the nation’s leading predominately Black educational institutions. 1970—The “Flip Wilson Show” pre mieres on NBC tele vision. It is the first va riety show (in prime time) to star an themaleAmericanAfricansince“NatKing
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1973—Illinois becomes the first state to honor Civil Rights Movement icon Dr. Mar tin Luther King Jr. with a state holiday.
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1921—Singer Jon Hendricks born in Newark, Ohio. He is considered one of the originators of vocalese, which adds lyrics to existing instrumental songs and replaces many instruments with vocal ists. He is also considered one of the best practitioners of scat singing.
Groundbreaking and original CNN anchor Ber nard Shaw has died of pneumonia, his family con firmed on Thursday, Sept. 8.Shaw, 82, died a day earli er, the statement said.
He began his broadcast ing career as an anchor and reporter for WNUS in Chicago. According to the African American Registry, he then worked as a report er for the RegistrypalmoveHeHillforedentLatinmoved1971bureaudentHouseWashingtonChicago,BroadcastingWestinghouseCompanyinmovinglatertoastheWhitecorrespondent.HeservedasacorresponintheWashingtonofCBSNewsfromto1977.In1977,hetoABCNewsasaAmericancorresponandbureauchiefbebecomingtheCapitolSeniorCorrespondent.leftABCin1980totoCNNasitsPrinciAnchor.TheAfricanAmericannotedthatmostrememberShaw’squestiontoDemocraticU.S.presidentialcandidateMichaelDukakisathissecondPresidentialdebatewithGeorgeH.W.Bushduringthe1988election,whichShawmoderated.Armedwiththeknowl
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While there have been some Pitts burgh businesses and nonprofits that have already signed the pledge, Jack son’s group is holding a roundtable dis cussion on Wednesday, Sept. 21, from 9:30 to 11 a.m., at Emerald City (213 Smithfield Street, Downtown), to give businesses and others an opportuni ty to learn more about the pledge and campaign. Jackson told the Courier she wants local businesses and nonprofits to attend the roundtable, because pay eq uity in Pittsburgh for Black women and other women of color is paramount, even if seemingly no one’s talking about it.
“I am proud and delighted that Dr. Hogan will serve as the new chair. He is a compassionate clinician and dedicated research er who demonstrates the Pitt/UPMC shared values and vision to continuously improve the definition of excellence and leadership in orthopaedic care,” said Leslie C. Davis, President and Chief Executive Offi cer,“Dr.UPMC.Hogan’s expertise and extensive accolades demonstrate his utmost competency to lead our or thopaedic department’s ac ademic faculty, physicians and clinical teams who have already set the stan dard in delivering the best evidence-based care for our patients and commu nities. UPMC’s orthopae dic department is known around the world for its leading advanced research, innovation and training for many aspects of ortho paedic and sports medicine care,” said Joon Sup Lee, M.D., Executive Vice Pres ident, UPMC; President, UPMC Physician Services; and Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs, Pitt School of Med icine. “I am confident that Dr. Hogan’s leadership will continue the success of the department for many years toDr.come.”Hogan has been se lected as a “Best Doctor” by Best Doctors in Amer
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ica and Pittsburgh Maga zine annually since 2016. His physician executive and community efforts re sulted in his selection to DiversityMBA’s Top 100 Under 50 Executive Lead ers in 2018. Most notably, he was selected as one of Modern Healthcare’s Top 15 Up and Comers as an emerging national leader in health care in 2018.
to reviewing policies and practices to en sure compliance with The National La bor Relations Act of 1935.
Pittsburgh wants to be the most liv able city, Jackson said, but the pay wage gap for women of color is the “ugly crisis that Black women are dealing with that no one” wants to deal with.
ROCHELLE JACKSON IS FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE BLACK WOMENS POLICY CENTER.
Rochelle Jackson, founder and direc tor of the Black Womens Policy Center, has taken off the gloves and is ready to rumble with Pittsburgh business and nonprofits over pay equity for women of color.On June 30, her organization, along with the YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh and the Women & Girls Foundation, joined forces to start the “Level Up Greater Pittsburgh Pay Equity Cam paign,” pretty much a demand from area businesses that women of color and Black women are paid just like White men in the region.
Taking the fight for pay equity for Black women to Pittsburgh businesses
is needed and is necessary for our region, what more evidence do we need?” Jack son said. “Bottom line is that women in this country are not paid equally.”
musculoskeletal research made him the ideal next chair.”Dr.Hogan was recruited to Pitt and UPMC by Dr. Fu in 2013. Dr. Hogan’s focus has been serving as the Chief of Foot and An kle Surgery at UPMC, Vice Chair of Education and Residency Program Direc tor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UPMC. He is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, with secondary appoint ments in the Department of Bioengineering and the Katz School of Business. Dr. Hogan was the found er and Director of the Foot and Ankle Injury Research (F.A.I.R.) group at Pitt, within the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He serves as a foot and ankle consultant for the athletic departments at the Uni versity of Pittsburgh, Car negie Mellon University, Duquesne University, and Robert Morris University. He is the Assistant Team Physician for Point Park University, including the Conservatory of Perform ing Arts, and the Pitts burgh Ballet Theatre. Dr. Hogan also serves as the foot and ankle consultant for the Pittsburgh Steel ers and Pittsburgh Pen guins as part of the UPMC Sports Medicine Institute.
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Certified by the Ameri can Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dr. Hogan is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Orthopaedic Association, Orthopaedic Research So ciety, among other national organizations, and current ly serves on the board of directors for the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society. He is the author of over 250 manuscripts, book chapters, and abstracts and frequently presents both nationally and internation ally on his management of foot and ankle injuries, re generative bioengineering, clinical outcomes research and health care delivery transformation.“Iamhonored to take on this leadership role and look forward to tak ing UPMC and Pitt ortho paedics to the next level. There is no other option for excellent care than UPMC. What we offer lo cally, nationally and glob ally is unmatched,” said Dr. Hogan. “I am excited to get to work, amplifying and advancing this de partment and orthopaedic service line into the future through cutting-edge care andOriginallyinnovation.”from Muscle Shoals, Ala., Dr. Hogan completed his undergradu ate studies at Xavier Uni versity of Louisiana with a B.S. in biochemistry and minor in biology. He re ceived his medical degree from Howard Universi ty College of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and completed his orthopae dic surgery residency at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlot tesville, Va., which includ ed a National Institutes of Health Clinician Scien tist fellowship year with a focus in musculoskeletal tissue repair and regen eration. He completed his foot and ankle fellowship at the Hospital for Spe cial Surgery in New York, where he served as a con sultant for the New York Ballet Company, American Ballet Theatre, and several collegiate and professional sports teams. In 2018, Dr. Hogan also earned an Ex ecutive Master of Business Administration in health care at the University of Pittsburgh—Katz Gradu ate School of Business.
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What a White man makes in a year, it takes Black women almost two years to make the same pay, Jackson told the New Pittsburgh Courier in an exclusive interview, Sept. 13.
The “Level Up” campaign asks lo cal companies to take the Pay Equity Pledge, which has five pillars: Commit to supporting, promoting, and engaging in pay transparency early during the hiring process; Ensure a fair and equita ble hiring process by eliminating desired salary and salary history questions from the application process; Provide annu al company-wide diversity trainings to address, reduce, and educate about un conscious biases and associated barri ers that impact hiring, promotion, and organizational culture; Undertake an annual review of gender and race pay differences among employees perform ing comparable tasks requiring similar levels of responsibility, skills, complexity, and working conditions and consider ing levels of education, prior experience, skill, and company tenure; and Commit
“If that’s not enough to convince an or ganization or business that (pay equity)
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THE OZANAM FUTURE STARS WON THE FIRST STEVEN EASON JR. MEMORIAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, HELD, SEPT. 11, AT THE KINGSLEY ASSOCIATION. (PHOTOS BY ROB TAYLOR JR.)
Basketball Tournament held in memory of Steven Eason Jr.
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p.m. That’s when one of the men involved in the altercation pulled out a gun and shot Eason and another person. Eason died; the other person was critically injured but sur vived.Police described the sus pect as a juvenile between 15 and 17 years old, Afri can American, between 5-feet-9 and 6 feet, with a
heart and come forward, say something. We need someone to come forward and say, ‘Hey, this is what happened, this is who did this,’ in order for Steven to gain some form of jus tice. But while we are also pushing for justice for Steven, we’re also push ing to try to give a plat form to the children that we still do have here, to
slender build. Police have asked for cell phone video from those nearby of the confrontation. Police have asked for witnesses to come forward. But so far, police have been unable to make an arrest.
“Right now in the City of Pittsburgh, we have a problem with the youth just fellowshipping, com ing together, and events like this give them an op portunity to do that and also build camaraderie,” Givner said. “It’s bigger than basketball. Basket ball is just a platform we use to get the guys in the gym, but once we do that, there’s so many other av
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ketball Tournament was held on Sept. 11, 2022, at the Kingsley Association in East Liberty. Young people in mostly grades 6 to 8 played in the tour nament, playing the game that Eason loved.
TV. “Steven was an amaz ing kid, he was full of joy.” Eason was just a sopho more at Central Catholic High School when he de cided to have fun at the Haunted Hills Hayride in North Versailles on Sept. 11, 2021. According to news reports, Eason tried to help another person who was involved in an altercation around 8:15
“We put this (tourna ment) together to bring justice for Steven,” Piza ro said. “Try to pull the strings of some people’s
“He really enjoyed the game,” Pizaro told the Courier, whether it was playing or watching on
show them refuge. These are safe places; you have multiple resources,” such as the Center for Victims of violent crimes and oth er organizations in Pitts burgh.The Ozanam Future Stars won the tourna ment. Ozanam Inc., is an organization whose mis sion is to help young peo ple in the region develop into responsible young adults through athletic competition, developmen tal training, educational programming and social and cultural activities. The coach of the Oza nam Future Stars, Dame Givner, told the Courier that it was important to see all the youth come out and support each other for Eason’s tournament.
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real good kid because he literally sacrificed his life helping somebody else.”
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Cameron Clay, pastor of Petra International Ministries in East Hills, stressed how important it is for young people to know that there is a sup port system in place for them, right in their com munity. The basketball tournament is a way to honor Eason with what he loved to do, Clay said, “by showing that there’s a lot of love in the city and a lot of support, but we got ta stick Anwantogether.”Wesley, who helped put the basketball tournament together and is an assistant basketball coach for Imani Christian Academy in East Hills, said that Eason played on his team at the YMCA. That team won a cham pionship. “He was a real good kid,” Wesley recalled, “and you know he was a
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On Sept. 2, Pizaro and the law firm Robert Pierce and Associates an nounced a wrongful death lawsuit was filed against the operator of Haunted Hills Hayride in North Versailles, BB Production Company Inc. The suit said that there were no metal detectors or secu rity checks when people entered the hayride site, and there were no secu rity cameras on site. The suit is alleging two counts ofButnegligence.atthe Steven Ea son Memorial Basketball Tournament, no one was talking about the pend ing lawsuit. Pizaro and others were only focused on Eason’s love of basket ball, the care he showed for others, and Eason’s fu ture“Stevenplans.wanted to ma jor in business in school,”
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The documents will be available no later than September 12, 2022 and signed, sealed bids will be accepted until 9:00 AM on October 4, 2022 The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only be accepting physical bids dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 9:00 AM on October 4, 2022 in the lobby of 100 Ross St. Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Bids may be uploaded to the Authority’s online submission site; the link is accessible via the HACP website and within the IFB. Sealed bids may still be mailed via USPS at which time they will be Time and Date Stamped at 100 Ross Street 2nd Floor, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Parties or individuals interested in responding may download a copy of the Solicitation from the Business Opportunities page of www.HACP.org.
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The documents will be available no later than September 12, 2022 and signed, sealed bids will be accepted until 10:00 AM on October 4, 2022 The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only be accepting physical bids dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 10:00 AM on October 4, 2022 in the lobby of 100 Ross St. Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Bids may be uploaded to the Authority’s online submission site, the link is accessible via the HACP website and within the IFB. Sealed bids may still be mailed via USPS at which time they will be Time and Date Stamped at 100 Ross Street 2nd Floor, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Parties or individuals interested in responding may download a copy of the Solicitation from the Business Opportunities page of www.HACP.org.
enues and opportunities for them to excel and be a part of the community.”
A Pre-Bid Meeting is scheduled for September 16, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. (eastern standard time). Meeting location will be at the East Ken Manor – Community Building 200 Garlock Court/ Dent Drive, New Kensington, PA 15068. Attendance is not mandatory, but highly recommended. Electronic Bid Documents are available for downloading at www.wchaonline.com. Bidders are required to register online at the www.wchaonline.com to view bid documents. Plan holders proposing to bid shall also register their intent to submit a bid with Westmoreland County Housing Authority via email to lindam@wchaonline.com and eriks@wchaonline.com in accordance with the bid requirements.
Telephone: (412)402-2435, E-mail: gphillips@achsng.com.
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“If we are showing them negative attributes, they’re going to try to align with that because a lot of times, the negative is more fun,” Pizaro told the Courier. “...We just need us as adults to band together to show our chil dren better role models.” 2022.4.PC
Pizaro told the Courier. “A month before every thing happened last year, he went to a mentorship program at Slippery Rock (university). We knew he wanted to work within business.”Pizaro, standing next to Eason’s East Catholic school basketball jersey that he wore when he was in eighth grade (while a student at Sister Thea Bowman Academy, which didn’t have a basketball program), she challenged adults to do better for the sake of the children.
AGENCY CONTACT PERSON: Guy Phillips, Purchasing Manager
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A pre-submission meeting will be held via Zoom meeting; on September 22, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. Please see meeting information below:
*Thursday, November 10, 2022, 10:00 AM ET 301 Chartiers Ave, McKees Rocks, PA 15136 (The proposed costs must be entered within the aforementioned eProcurement Marketplace and the “hard copy” documentation must be received in-hand and time-stamped by the Agency by no later than 10:00 AM ET on this date).
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Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey told the assem bled crowd that walking in the parklet area in East Liberty is an educa tional“Whenexperience.kidswalk by with their moms, and ask, ‘What does this mean?’ They can go through the history of how we got here today,” the mayor said. “...I find much inspiration of ev ery time I see a name on there. Like Robert Lavelle, Nate Smith, El mer McClung, Dr. Syl vester Pace, Harvey Ad ams... as I sit here and look at this wall, I want
took the ceremony. She said PRT was proud to be part of the Spirit of King ceremony for so many years, and the agency will continue its involve ment.Dexter Hairston, execu tive director of the near by Kingsley Association in East Liberty, told the Courier that the name “Inspirational Park” arose from the Spirit of King committee want ing people to come to the parklet area (across from Target near the corner of Penn and Shady ave nues) and be “inspired” by the many civil rights heavyweights that Pitts burgh has “Althoughseen.they are de ceased, it doesn’t mean that their legacy and their work should go un
Pittsburgh Regional Transit, the Kingsley Association and New Pittsburgh Courier are sponsors of the annual Spirit of King ceremony and award, presented each January.
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As noted on sponsor Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s website, Brown dedicated 50 years of her life to public service, participating in dozens of community boards and organizations, most notably the YWCA, the Community Chest and the United Service Orga nization.Since1989, there have been others who have been posthumously hon ored with the award, such as K. Leroy Irvis, “Teenie” Harris and Ka tie Everette-Johnson. But the parklet that sits along the Dr. Mar tin Luther King Jr. East Busway in East Liberty was always named the Wilhelmina Byrd Brown Parklet. On Aug. 30, however, Pittsburgh Re gional Transit officially renamed the Wilhelmi na Byrd Brown Parklet as “Inspiration Park,” as a way to honor not only Brown, but all of the past and future recipi
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noticed,” Hairston said. The parklet is meant to be for family members of the deceased champions, too. Hairston said when family members come to the Spirit of King cer emony or what’s now known as “Inspiration Park” in East Liberty, and they see the other people who congregate at those sites, the fami ly members “really learn about the impact that their loved one made.”
In 1989, four years after her passing, Wilhelmina Byrd Brown was the first recipient of the “Spirit of King” award. The award is given annually to a Pittsburgh-area individ ual who pursues human rights and equality in the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
ents of the award. Mem bers of the Spirit of King committee and other lo cal officials unveiled the beige stone that’s firmly entrenched in the par klet as light rain fell. The words “Inspiration Park” are engraved in the stone.
REV. WALKER SAYS: The Word of God, 1John 5:7: For there are three that bear record in Heaven, the FATHER, the WORD, and the HOLY GHOST; and these three one ONE. The GODHEAD!!!
“Philip said unto Him, Lord Show us the Father, and it will satisfied us. Jesus said unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet has thou not known Me, Philip? He that has seen Me HAS SEEN THE FATHER; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? Believe thou not that I AM IN THE FATHER, AND THE FATHER IN ME? THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK UNTO YOU I SPEAK NOT OF MYSELF; but the Father that dwelleth in ME, HE does the work.”
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If the name Wilhelmi na Byrd Brown sounds familiar, well, that’s be cause she was the mother of Pittsburgh civil rights champion Byrd Brown, an attorney who also headed the Pittsburgh NAACP. Wilhelmina Byrd Brown’s husband was Homer S. Brown, the first Black judge in Pittsburgh history. Across from the parklet is a sign with the names of the rest of the Spirit of King award recipients.
-St. John 14:8-10
This past Sunday, Sept. 11, the Pittsburgh Steelers had an unlikely and unex pected victory over the Cin cinnati Bengals in overtime by the score of 23-20. This Steelers team had received a death warrant from many pundits, especially the imaginary know-it-all local yokel crew. However, the Ohio media did exhibit someAndrewcredibility.Gillis wrote the following preview for cleve land.com before the game:
“With quarterback Joe Bur row in his third season as a pro, the Steelers will have their hands full in slowing down one of the league’s most talented offenses. The Steelers are going to keep this close. Week 1 weird ness is certainly always expected, but the Steelers have a stout defense that’s going to do their best to get after Burrow and make his life difficult. Cincinnati hasn’t seen what a true No. 1 offense looks like with Trubisky under center, and that’ll take some time to figure out: In the end, Cin cinnati’s offense will make one more play than Pitts burgh’s and that’s going to be the difference. The point spread: The Bengals are fa vored by 7.”
I knew the Steelers would beat the Bengals! And Pitt let it slip away...
:01—This just in - Pitt had Tennessee beat and the late Johnny Majors knows it. But mistakes cost them the game as they let it slip through their fin gers, plucking defeat from the jaws of victory. Again. But it was a non-confer ence game so For-GetAbout-It.
on Mitch, he did an OK job, but OK is not gonna be good enough. You saw it; short passes, slow deci sions, but most important ly, he doesn’t have the “it” factor. Pickett has the “it” and they’re going to need it to ignite this offense, seem ingly from the 1950s, espe cially with T.J. Watt out.
Right now we’re unsure how long he’ll be out.
skill players. That job be came easier when Tee Hig gins left with a concussion in the first half.” Well, using that logic, didn’t the Ben gals have an easier time of it when Steelers linebacker T.J Watt was injured?
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It is even alleged that the Steelers’ defense faded. The time of possession for Pitts burgh was 26 minutes. The TOP for Cincinnati was 44 minutes. The Bengals had 32 first downs; the Steelers had only moved the chains 13 times even after the de fense handed them 5 turn overs on a Black and Gold platter. Shouldn’t the next
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:08—Back to your Pitts burgh Steelers. Here’s an other prediction for you and you can take this to the bank, but remember the banks close early... wait, what? Anyway I am telling you they’re going to pull Mitch Trubisky sooner rather than later for Ken ny Pickett. Now don’t get me wrong, I am not hating
man be able to step up? The short answer is, hell yeah, ya big dummy. But where was the next man up on offense? The Bengals ran 94 plays, the Steelers ran 61 plays. Unless you have a defense, whose only weakness is kryptonite, any average or above average defense under those abnor mal game conditions would have faded long before the end of the 5th quarter (four quarters plus overtime).
:07—One more thing while I’m here. Granted the O-Line is not their strong suit. So if that’s true, why does your offensive coor dinator keep trying to run the ball between the tack les? For goodness sake, man, run the ball outside to give Najee Harris an op portunity to use his talent, speed, agility and power. Most importantly, not get beat up like in the game against the Bengals from Sunday. Duh!!!
:04—I’ve got to add some thing nice here about the Pirates or I’ll lose my com plimentary tickets for sure. How about this for nice... Hang in there boys, this will all end real soon!
Coach “T.” In 2003, Mike Tomlin won Super Bowl XXXVII as the defensive backs coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in a game where his defensive backs recorded five intercep tions, three of which were returned for touchdowns. Let’s be real. The thought of the Bucs secondary being coached by a youthful Tom lin in a Super Bowl against the wise and experienced Raiders QB Rich Gannon was quietly considered and prophesized by a few folks to be a probable mismatch. That season, Gannon won the NFL Most Valuable Player award after a re cord-setting 2002 season.
Hey folks, let’s not wait until we get that February Black History Month nip in the air before we honor
Let us not have a repeti tion of “Groundhog Day,” when the same behavior is repeated over and over again, game after game, season after season, and
Hitting #697 Sunday, Sept. 11, at PNC Park gave him one more than steroid pos terman Alex Rodriguez to become #4 on the all-time list. No problem for me, as you know I have issues with the so-called A-Rod because he dogged my ex Jennifer “J-Lo” Lopez! (Oh, shut up, you don’t even
:02—Oh, I have to get you in on this. My co-host on S.T.C.L., Kevin Cameron, who, due to no fault of his own, missed the voices of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s which is why he doesn’t know the greatest male R&B singer of all-time is David Ruffin, lead singer of the “Mighty” Tempta
WVU game. Although it wasn’t much of a battle, they’re both retired gentle man now... who knew? Add to that the follow-up after the game. Thanks to the Perry H.S. and WVU an kle-breaker also known as Vaughn Rivers for his post game commentary. Love you legends and thank you.
inexperienced, secondary to cause difficulty and discom fort for Bengals’ third-year QB Joe Burrow? Oh, by the way, Sporting News ranks Rich Gannon’s performance in Super Bowl 37 as the third worst in Super Bowl history.Withthe stellar and stout performance of the Steel ers defense, the Pittsburgh YBS Network (Yinzers BullS—T Network) contin ues to spew comments like:
One would expect such flawed insight based upon the Bengals offense vs. a Steelers offense and de fense that had more than a few questions entering the 2022 season. But alas, haters: the game has to be played on the field, not in the press box or the local sports bar. Also, some of these scribes act as if they have been drinking a form aldehyde milkshake in a mausoleum press box wait ing for Part II of the zombie invasion to begin.
Steelers have brilliant minds leading their defense
:09—And yes, you guessed it right. Here’s where I slip in my free plug for our sports talk show if I can get this by my sports editor and best guy in the “Whole Wide World,” Rob Taylor. You may have caught it last week but Soul Take/Champions Live is back with the force of the Steelers defense. Stream ing live every Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at http:// www.pghdsn.com or call in at 412-213-8995 or 412889-8319. Listen or call in...just get in!
tions...bar none! What say you??? Text me and let me know so I can help him un derstand. Y’all know he’s from the sticks - Aliquippa. Not sure if they even get the music out there??? (Oh, just relax Suzie, just a lit tle cultural humor!) Hey, I could have said Hopewell... where Tony Dorsett is real ly from.
GET OFF ME!!! STEELERS RECEIVER CHASE CLAYPOOL eludes Bengals linebacker Germaine Pratt in Pittsburgh’s 23-20 overtime win in Cincinnati, Sept. 11. (Photo by Courier photographer Mike Patton)
Another gem of prophecy that came forth from the football Gods was echoed by Mark Madden. “They (the Steelers) won the bat tle in Cincinnati, and they lost the war.” He said that the only reason the Steelers hung in the game and even tually won it was because the defense was brilliant and made up for how bad the offense was, and in par
I am not Vegas, boys and girls! I still have the Black and Gold at 11-6 at year’s end and playoff-bound.
year after year: when Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers’ offense faltered, the blame for many of the losses was generally heaped upon the shoulders of the defense. It is a new era and please remember this invaluable nugget of info, folks: “when the going gets tough, the tough get coach ing” and the Steelers have a few brilliant defensive minds leading their soldiers into battle. They don’t have to worry about “the next coach up” because the next coach is the coach of the present.
:10—Trust me, I know what you’re thinking... There goes “Neal” again, calling the game score af ter it’s all over!?!? Not so little Jimmy, you only need to replay Soul Take/Cham pions Live Sports Talk Show on www.pghdsn.com to hear me call the predic tion a week in advance...I said that your Pittsburgh Steelers would beat the “Bungles” 24-21. Missed it by a few points but what do you want for nothing?
:03—Since we’re all talking baseball, let’s all hope that the great Albert Pujols gets at least three more home runs to put him at 700 for a career be fore he retires this season.
:05—Look, it goes with out saying I could do a book on the great Serena Williams and her “Last Dance” at the U.S. Open. But here’s this - Thank you and a maybe farewell to the greatest female tennis player of all-time, and that includes the old era, the modern era and the I.R.A.... oops, my bad, that’s a whole different fight altogether.
:00—GAME OVER.
“For the most part, the de fense should be credited for containing the Bengals’ star
“And if T.J. Watt — who had a great game (Sunday) — is out for the season, I don’t see how anyone can say the ‘next man up’ b.s. that the Steelers like to pro mulgate,” Madden said.
:06—A special shoutout and thanks to our on-air guests last week, Darnell Dinkins (Schenley High School, Pitt, New Orle ans Saints Super Bowl team) and Major Har ris (Brashear, WVU and NCAA Hall of Fame) for their locking into the show to do battle before the Pitt/
ticular, how bad the offen sive line was.
A STEELERS FAN in Cincinnati honors the late Dwayne Haskins. Haskins, a quarterback with the Steel ers, died on April 9 after being struck by a vehicle on a highway in South Florida. Haskins was 24. The Steelers are honoring Haskins all season by wearing a No. 3 decal on their helmets. (Photo by Courier photographer Mike Patton)
If Tomlin, in his early 30s, could devise a defen sive scheme to bait, switch and thrust an established NFL QB into a dark and irredeemable performance, what makes anyone think Tomlin, at age 50 with far more coaching experience, could not coax and coach his present, albeit young and
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If things are tight and you’re looking to increase your discretionary income, I en courage you to find other ways to create extra wiggle room in your budget. Look to cut back on lifestyle expenses as opposed to retirement savings.
you stop investing in this vola tile market? Answer: Absolutely NOT!! Let me ask you a question. If Apple, Mi crosoft, Costco, Harley Davidson, Polo, Whole Foods, McDonald’s, or Coach, etc., decided to mark down all of its prices on all of the products they sell, would you stop buying their products?
you sell the house. You need to balance these risks with the benefits of a 40-year loan.
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There’s evidence that long-term, 5 years or more, you have a high probability of having a positive return on your invest ments. It’s a fact that social security in and of itself isn’t sufficient to adequately provide for your needs in retirement. It’s a fact that most companies have opted out of providing pensions to their em ployees. In order to have a respectable re tirement you have to build a respectable retirement portfolio which you are in the process of doing.
If you’re thinking about entering a relationship with your desk neighbor, or even your boss, here are some things to consider.
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You mentioned that you have a respect able six-figure retirement portfolio. That tells me that you’ve been investing for a long time. You’ve already experienced several market downturns including 2008 when the stock market plummeted 48 percent as a result of a fiasco associat ed with mortgage loans granted to people with bad credit. Yet here you stand today with a respectable six-figure retirement portfolio because you stayed the course.
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With love and sex on the brain, is anyone getting any work done? The gener al stance is that canoodling is bad for business and af fects productivity. Studies have found that feelings of passion and love, espe cially in the early stages of a relationship, can neg atively impact productiv ity because our minds are elsewhere than the task at hand.Aman sits at his desk while a female colleague touches his shoulders.
Another benefit of a 40-year mortgage is that you can free up some cash. This is cash that you can use to pay off other debts, save for retirement, or invest in other areas. Because you won’t owe as much money every month, you will have more money to pay with, which can ease your financial bur dens.
I understand the mindset behind a per son contemplating wanting to stop invest ing in a bear market (falling stock prices) coupled with an inflationary economy (rising prices). On one side, inflation cre ates an environment where you have less discretionary income or money left after you pay bills and purchase necessities because of the increase in prices. When the money is tight, you look for ways to create more wiggle room in your budget. Inflation also poses an imminent threat of po tential job layoffs. The idea of being laid off from your job makes a person want to cut back and save money.
On the other hand, you need to think about the downsides of a 40-year mortgage as well. If you increase your payments
One of the top benefits of restructuring your loan to a 40-year term is that you shrink your monthly payments. By spreading out the loan over 40 years instead of 30 or 15, you don’t need to pay as much mon ey every month. If you are struggling to keep up with your payments, you can make them smaller without falling behind by going with a 40-year mortgage.
If you take a look at your mortgage options, you might find an op tion for a 40-year mort gage. Now, most lend ers do not offer this as an option, but if you find yourself struggling to keep up with your mortgage payments, the lender may offer to re structure your loan into a 40-year term. Is this a smart move, and what do you need to know about this choice?
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The stock market has averaged a 10 percent annual rate of return over the last 100 years. The stock market has made more millionaires than the lotto.
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panies represented in the stock market. We’re OK with buying and consuming the products and services they create but we’d rather pause on continuing to in vest and build equity in these companies. That, dear friend, is hustling backwards.
Should I continue to invest in this volatile market?
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You’re staring this re ality in the face while at the same time, you’re looking at the balance on your retire ment portfolio being down 10 percent, 15 percent, or even 21 perent depending on the day. The answer to increasing wiggle room within your budget, thus allowing you to save and conserve money while at the same time mitigating your losses within your retirement portfolio seems obvious—stop contributing to your retire ment plan. But is it a good idea?
Despite their prevalence, office romances are still frowned upon, and more
I had an opportunity to ask Vivian that question in person. Her response was, “No. As a matter of fact I continue to pur chase their products now even though the prices are going up.”
In the end, a 40-year mortgage is another option that could be a smart move, it is defi nitely something to consider. While this type of mortgage can help you reduce your monthly payments, it could also increase the total interest you pay while slowing the rate at which you build eq uity. You should talk to a mortgage broker pro fessional to ensure you consider all of your op tions before you decide if this is the right move for you.
Hi Damon, I’ve been looking at my 401(k) balance. I noticed it’s been down. I was wondering if I should continue to invest in this volatile market. I current ly contribute 4 percent to my 401(k) plan at work. I’ve accumulated a respectable six-figure balance. My company matches me dollar for dollar up to 6 percent. I had planned on increasing my contribution to 6 percent next year to get the full match. After watching this market volatility and observing my 401(k) taking a hit, I’m thinking I should stop investing altogeth er. Please advise?
staff member are some times confronted with gos sip and career roadblocks because of their relation ship. While some may think entering such a re lationship could help them get ahead in their career, in reality their relation ship status could hinder their progress. Research
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What’s interesting to note is although the market has an aver age rate of return of 10 percent, it’s never earned 10 percent in any one given year. The stock market is and has always been volatile. In some years the stock market has earned 20 percent or more. In some years the stock market has been down 20 percent or more. But over the course of time, the market has av eraged a positive 10 percent annual re turn. If you were to analyze any 5-year, 10-year, or 20-year rolling period, you’ll learn that in each successive rolling pe riod, the market has always earned a positive rate of return. On top of that, it’s worth mentioning that the stock market is the best performing asset class. No as set class has done better including real estate, bonds, gold, silver, art, etc.
so after the #MeToo move ment. Deciding to enter a hierarchical workplace re lationship (when one part ner is in a higher position at work than the other) is not something to be taken lightly.Lower-status partici pants who have coupled up with their boss or senior
All of the companies that I mentioned earlier in this article including Apple, Microsoft, Costco, Harley Davidson, Polo, Whole Foods, McDonald’s, and Coach are
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For better or for worse, offices are a place where like-minded people are in close proximity to each other for many hours, so it’s no surprise that many people are open to love at work.
3. Does your organiza tion allow it?
Should you stop contributing to your 401(k) plan, your employer will stop matching your contribution. That’s a 100 percent return on your money from the gate. Even with the stock market being down nearly 17 percent at the time of writing this article, that’s nothing com pared to the 100 percent return you’ll lose from your company’s match.
I responded, “My point exactly! It be fuddles me that people look for sales all day, every day. Yet the stock market is the only market where when items within that market go on sale, instead of buying more of its quality products at a discount, people contemplate stopping buying alto gether.Here’s the irony; the same products and services that we continue to purchase at inflationary prices in a volatile stock market are manufactured by the com
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companies included in the S&P 500. The S&P 500 or Standard & Poor 500 is a pool of 500 stocks composed of 500 of Amer ica’s biggest, best and brightest compa nies representative of 11 different mar ket sectors. It represents approximately 80 percent of the total stock market. The S&P 500 Index is the most commonly referenced index used amongst the me dia and financial advisors regarding the stock market. When you hear that the market is down, they’re usually referenc ing the S&P 500 Index.
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Office flirtations are com mon, but they can be a dis traction.Thisis particularly chal lenging in a professional environment, and when you may have to work alongside your lover. How ever, there are measures you can take to curb dis tractions. Minimize com munications that are not of a work-related nature, except when essential, and avoid physical touch like kissing or holding hands in the workplace.
Research shows that peo ple gravitate towards like-minded people with common personality traits, backgrounds, belief sys tems and ideas. Proximity and familiarity also influ ence attraction, something psychologists call the mere exposure effect.
to 40 years, you will pay more money in inter est overall. In addition, you will slow the rate at which you build equity, which means that you might not walk away with as much cash when
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has found that the low er-status person in a hi erarchical workplace rela tionship is less likely to be promoted or recommended for training opportunities than their colleagues who are not in such a relation ship.
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“the one” in a pub. But what about flirting by the water cooler or over Zoom? The consensual office rela tionship has been both a romance trope and a taboo forTheredecades.are many reasons someone might enter a workplace relationship.
For better or for worse, offices are a place where like-minded people are in close proximity to each other for many hours, so it’s no surprise that many people are open to love at work. A 2020 YouGov poll found that 18 percent of Brits met their current or most recent partner
In an effort to help first time homebuyers contend with rising real estate costs, the City of Pittsburgh set aside $15 million from fed eral American Rescue Plan aid for grants and deferred mortgages.TheUrban
said. “We’ve begun to staff up in preparation for launch. So we’re pretty much ready toBecausego.” funding for the program would come through the American Res cue Plan [ARP], it would have to be used by 2027.
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are natural phenomena, whether organizations like it or not. Prohibiting rela tionships is not the solution, and if anything will only lead relationships under ground.Despite this, many em ployers (mainly in the US) manage relationships by deploying “love contracts” written rules and policies which the couple agrees to, confirming that the rela tionship is consensual and voluntary. This not only de signed to protect the couple, but to protect the employer from being sued for harass ment if the relationship breaks down.
to increase access to home ownership across the city to potential homebuyers at or below 80 percent AMI.”
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love contracts are not used in the EmployersUK. have to bal ance their own business interests with their employ ee’s privacy rights. Howev er, just as there are policies and training for tackling sexual harassment, dis crimination and mental health, there is also a need to address workplace ro mances. Your employer should have accessible (and reasonable) policies and guidelines about disclosing relationships, particularly when they are hierarchical.
While no one plans for their relationship to end, things do happen and it’s best to be prepared. In a non-workplace relationship, a break-up might mean your productivity declines or you need to take a mental health day. But if you work with your now-ex partner, there are other things to consider, like if you have to interact or collaborate on a project.Where relevant, it may be possible to request a trans
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The URA currently can only provide deferred financ ing to people who are buy ing houses that are being constructed or rehabilitated through the agency’s hous ing development programs,
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In OwnPGH, homebuyers below certain income thresholds could get as much as $90,000 in assistance.
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sold within 10 years, the deferred mortgage would be fully forgiven. Kendall-Morris told the URA board that the agency has begun to increase their staffing to accommodate the expected increase in work from the new program.
The URA will accept feed back and continue to finalize the plan, and the board may vote on final approval in Oc tober. After that, a funding agreement will have to be finalized by the city in order for the ARP funds to be ac cessible.
Redevelop ment Authority [URA], the city’s economic development agency, discussed the emerg ing OwnPGH program on Thursday during its board meeting as a step toward fi nalizing the effort. The URA and the Housing Authori ty of the City of Pittsburgh [HACP] would run OwnP GH to help first time home buyers who make 80 percent or less of the area median income [AMI]. If approved, OwnPGH would provide grants of up to $50,000 and HACP would add an addi tional $40,000 in deferred mortgages.“We’rebeginning this con versation and getting the program off the ground,” said Derek Kendall-Morris, URA’s manager of consumer lending. “The overall goal is
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according to the URA staff’s report to the board. If ap proved, the program would allow the URA to give up to $50,000 to first time home buyers who make 80 per cent or below the AMI. In the Pittsburgh area, 80 per cent of the AMI for a house hold of one is $53,100, and for a household of four it’s $75,850.Under the new program, homeowners who purchase a place through OwnPGH will be required, for 30 years, to only sell to other buyers who make 80 percent of AMI orAdditionally,less. the housing authority’s deferred mort gage of up to $40,000 would require no regular payment and would have a 0 percent interest rate, according to the URA. If the house isn’t
fer to a different team or to work remotely until the dust settles. Your company may also offer workplace counseling or programs de signed to support employ ees going through tough times, including depression, grief or the aftermath of a relationship.Ultimately, how employ ers choose to manage ro mance at work depends on acknowledging that workplace relationships do happen, and understand ing that happier and more satisfied employees tend to be more productive and collaborate better in teams. It is in employers’ best in terests to support their employees’ wellbeing, even (and especially) when those employees fall in love. The Conversation (Chantal Gautier, Lecturer, Or ganizational Psychologist and Clinical Sexologist, School of So cial Sciences, University of West minster)(This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.)
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look at who is getting hired, and whether they are getting a job you might have had because you are qualified, but you didn’t know about it. Are you looking for a job or a position? Once again, are you registered to vote? Do you care who and what’s on the coming bal lot? You should. It will affect you whether you vote or don’t vote. What are the money issues that you are concerned about? Rent, food, gas prices? Which candidates
This is painful for some to admit. But truth is more critical now than an illusionary unity.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) admits that the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill is a “godsend” for his state. For that, he was bashed by Donald Trump who criticized him and other Re publicans who voted for the bill as voting “for Democrat longevity.” For Trump and the vast majority of Re publicans in the House and Senate, partisanship trumps even utterly
or issues reflect your concerns? We can’t stop the heat, fires or the floods, so do we find ways to help each other? What do you know about the local people running for office? Are you and your vote even on their radar?
of his Massa! For the sake of discussion and minds weak enough to fall for this pro-racist pablum, I offer rebuttal: • Hatred is taught—I agree completely. In my experience, Black people and people of color have learned to hate the actions and symbols which represent the hatred which White people have been taught to direct toward them. Should we be forced, or bib lically choose, to ignore the former and current brutalities suffered by people of color? Or can we acknowledge the reasons for reac tion against inhumane treatment? • Blacks believe themselves oppressed—The recognition and acknowledgement of oppression does not equate to the accep tance of oppression or victim hood. However, the denial of an obvious circumstance/condition is ignorance! Challenge, whether adversarial or conditional, is a part of life which must be met and overcome, and only shapes one’s character, not one’s self-esteem.
necessary investment in the basics of any advanced country—clean water, strong bridges and roads, storm protections, broadband and more. And partisanship enlisted ev ery Republican senator to filibuster against Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, which was focused on invest ments to address climate change as well as measures to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.
• Radical professors and the media want us divided—Admit tedly, there are elements of society that promote racial hatred and division, but ‘real’ educators and legitimate media outlets provide unfiltered information and allow their audiences to reach their own independent conclusions. Can the same be said for Fox “News” or its
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(TriceEdneyWire.com)—In swel tering heat, 150,000 residents of Jackson, Mississippi, the state’s capital and its largest city, now have no running water, after suffer ing under a “boil only” order for weeks. The last catastrophe came after extreme rainfall in Jack son swelled the Pearl River and swamped the city’s outmoded water treatment plant.
any efforts to strengthen our roads, bridges and water systems to pre pare for Mississippiit. is not alone. The American Society of Civil Engi neers give America’s storm water protections the grade of D on their infrastructure report card. Think about that.
We should not forget the bravery of the pas sengers of United Airlines Flight 93, who forced down their airplane hijacked by al-Qaida terror ists before it could be used as a weapon against the nation’s capital. The first three planes were directed at symbols of the nation’s economic power and military might.
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Yet every Republican member of the Mississippi delegation to Congress, except one, voted against that infrastructure bill. And of course, Republicans have for years scorned even the existence of global warming, while opposing
Jackson water crisis reflects vicious neglect
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A Republican controlled state legislative committee blocked a 2021 bill that would have allowed issuance of a bond to help pay for infrastructure improvements. The Republican governor, Tate Reeves, instead called for the city to do a better job collecting water bill payments.Intheemergency, Mississippi will get immediate help from the federal government. And the state will get significant funding from the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law by President Joe Biden that allocates about $429 million to fund water system improvements in the entire state of Mississippi.
Now, of course, the politicians in Mississippi and Arkansas and Kentucky who railed against the infrastructure bill will scurry to be at the front of the line to take credit for the ribbon-cutting events when repairs and renovations are begun.But,as Nina Simone once sang, “everybody knows about Mississip pi, [expletive deleted]. This country needs a major drive to modern ize its infrastructure to secure it against the intensifying storms, floods, droughts, and winds that are already hitting us. To do that, we need leaders who will lead, or get out of the way.
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imitators? • CRT teaches us to divide— CRT is history. It challenges us to analyze and evaluate the struc tural and systemic limitations imposed by institutional rac ism. Can the purpose or impact of slavery, Jim-Crowism, school and cultural segregation, neighbor hood red-lining, or Trumpism be denied? The rejection of CRT re quires historic revisionism of the greatest proportion. The TRUTH of history is undeniable and cannot be imagined, legislated, or regulated out of existence.
The coming November Mid term Election must be on all our radars. Our quality of life for the next two years of our immediate future will depend on what we do or don’t do.
And for a brief moment, the nation united to fight a common foe.
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The fourth plane was directed at the heart of U.S. democracy. But the passengers of Flight 93 courageously fought back and attempted to take back control and the plane crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
On Sept. 11, 2001, 19 hijackers used com mercial planes as missiles and crashed into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a Pennsylvania field. The terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people and toppled the trade center’s twin towers.
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No. He is calling out those Americans who only believe in their country if their side wins and are willing to use political violence to achieve their goals.
The reality is that we’ve been shortchanging investment in our basic infrastructure for years. And now aging, decrepit and outmoded systems face the new challenge posed by extreme weather result ing from climate change. Contin ued inaction and neglect will cost much more—in lives lost, property destroyed, hopes lost.
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The water crisis in Jackson, Mis sissippi, like that in Flint, Mich igan, reflects the vicious neglect that predominantly Black and poor communities suffer at the hands of callous politicians and their race bait politics. The suffering of large ly White poor and working people in Kentucky and in Arkansas re flects the folly of anti-government and partisan sentiment so extreme that it impedes even the most basic investments in our country.
While America is caught in the crises of the pandemic, fires, floods, heat and drought, much of this is just an add-on for so many of us who were already suffer ing from the efforts of surviving homelessness, new homelessness, rent, food, lack of healthcare and too little income for the daily struggle.Thisisa time to remember that each of us represents a link to survival from the beginning of time, even though we might not know where we came from. We can do much today to determine where we go from here. Since politics is about who gets fed, we must make sure that we are at the table. We can only do that by participating in the process, at whatever level we find ourselves. If it’s a matter of jobs, then let’s
On this anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on America, the greatest threat to our nation is from within.
He was wrong.
The country is now at a crossroads. Will this multiracial democracy go forward toward a more perfect union, or descend to an author itarian state?
Sunday we marked the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States.Weshould never forget the deadliest attack on American soil in U.S. history.
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“MAGA Republicans do not respect the Con stitution, they do not believe in the rule of law, they do not recognize the will of the people,” Biden said at Independence Hall, where both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were debated and adopted by America’s Founding Fathers.
In Arkansas, floods in 2021 wiped out bridges and roads, took out power lines, and buried homes and cities in mud and debris. Again, the federal government stepped in to help fund needed repairs. Arkansas now is slated to receive $96 million for 19 flood control projects across the state from the infrastructure bill. Again, every single Republican in the state’s congressional dele gation voted against the money for flood control.
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We should remember the resilience of the fire fighters and other first responders who rushed to the scene.
• Racial division in this country is just a figment of someone’s sick imagination—Let the evidence prevail! Denying the realities of racial division in this country is antithetical to the realities identified by the aforementioned Dr. Woodson and the recorded experiences of America. Denial is tantamount to proclaiming an individual with a temperature of 104 degrees cured orThedisease-free.referenced email is repre sented as sent from a person of color. There have always been opportunists who seek acceptance from Whites to the detriment of those with whom they are most closely identified. While racism persists, there is no glory in as suaging the guilt and shame of an oppressor.Thefinal appeal of the refer enced email was a request for money—the real motive behind this inflammatory garbage.
Standing in front of Independence Hall, Presi dent Joe Biden gave a primetime address to the nation where he warned of an existential threat to democracy from Trump and his allies.
This was a disaster waiting to happen. Why wasn’t the system rebuilt years ago? In deep red Mis sissippi, every statewide elected official is a conservative Republi can, and while Jackson is the state capital, it is also a poor, majori ty-Black city that Republican office holders find easy to short-change. Republican state lawmakers blocked the city’s efforts to raise money for its infrastructure with a sales tax hike, while passing tax cuts—skewed to the wealthy—at the state level.
We should remember that Osama bin Lad en, the leader of al-Qaeda, was emboldened to launch the attack in part because he naively be lieved the United States was a “paper tiger,” ac cording to Abu Walid al-Masri, an Egyptian who was a bin Laden associate in Afghanistan in the 1980s and 90s. The terrorist leader thought the U.S. was weak because of the U.S. departure from Lebanon after a 1983 bombing killed 241 American servicemen in Beirut, the withdraw al of American forces from Somalia in 1993 following the deaths of 18 U.S. servicemen in Mogadishu and the American pullout from Viet nam in the 1970s.
In Kentucky, fierce floods—caused again by unprecedented rains that result from catastrophic climate change—took the lives of 37 people (and counting) and devastated entire communities. Much of south east Kentucky remains under “boil water” orders because of over whelmed water systems.
On the anniversary of Sept. 11, the greatest threat is from within
Today, the nation is deeply divided and there have been increasing acts of domestic vio lence, an insurrection to stop the certification of a presidential election and a veiled threat by a U.S. senator of “riots in the streets” if former President Donald Trump is indicted for mishan dling classified documents.
This is a courageous act, given that more than 74 million people voted for Trump in 2020. Biden campaigned on unifying the nation. He tried for months to not even mention Trump’s name.Critics say Biden is disparaging Americans and is dividing the country.
The latest development is that BLM grassroots (local chapters) have sued an executive of BLM Global Network Foun dation (The fundraisers) for stealing $10 million of donation money and defraud ing the local chapters. BLM Global Net work Foundation denied the charges and scolded BLM grassroots: For taking the same steps as our White oppressors and utilizing the criminal legal system which is propped up by White supremacy to solve disputes within the movement.
“As the President was praising his nominee, professionally, my right hand was copying down every word. But my mind was thinking, ‘Clement
A financial expert said that BLM’s structure makes it difficult to disprove allegations of impropriety, financial mis management and deviation from their expressed mission.
Since BLM is one umbrella organiza tion with a condensed agenda borrowed from a militant group not affiliated with the traditional Civil Rights Movement, it’s easy to see that BLM was never “the
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The tragic irony is that the millions of dollars donated to help “end the war on Black people” prompted the war within BLM.
In our system of government, there are many people with roles to play in de fending our democracy. Congress can use its oversight power to reveal the corrup tion within the White House. The Justice Department can prosecute criminals like those who attacked the Capitol Police— and those who broke other laws as they tried desperately to keep the defeated Trump in power. Judges can hold public officials accountable for violating the Constitution.Andwethe voters can defend democ racy by electing local, state, and national officials who are committed to the demo cratic process—and rejecting those who seek power for the purpose of interfering with our elections and our ability to hold powerful people accountable.
It was no surprise during the 2020 George Floyd riots that corporations do nated millions of dollars to BLM. Since George Floyd was an unarmed Black man killed by a White police officer, the corporate money was supposed to help BLM accomplish their main objective, to “end the war on Black people.”
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Judge Mathew ruled that a county commissioner who participated in the attack on the U.S. Capitol can no longer hold public office. The ruling was based on a section of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which was passed after the Civil War. It forbids anyone from holding public office if they had taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the country.Thejudge found that Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin helped lead the mob that used violence to try to prevent Congress from affirming Joe Biden’s win in the presidential election. Griffin later bragged about his role and suggested that there might be another insurrection coming.
“I know, as a human being, that he did that—one, because I was Black, and because of the emphasis that night,” Shaw said. “Just a small thing.” Hisstatus as the only Black reporter in the room took a colder turn when President Richard Nixon unexpected ly announced his nomination of Clem ent Haynsworth, who had previously ruled to uphold racial segregation, to the Supreme Court.
(Ben Jealous serves as president of People For the American Way and Professor of the Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.)
“Looking back over my career when I think about all the things that I did, but all the things that I missed within my family because I was out doing—I don’t think it was worth it,” he said. His advice to the next generation was, “Pursue your dreams, but know that it will cost you.”
The principle that no person is above the law—that powerful people have to obey the laws like everyone else—is essential to a democratic society. If this principle is not enforced, corrupt leaders will undermine the rule of law and democracy itself.
Nevertheless, opinion writers made the bold claim that BLM was the new Civil Rights Movement. But which Civil Rights Movement? The Civil Rights Movement is divided between two eras, the MLK-Era and the Post-MLK Era.
(TriceEdneyWire.com)—“The quali ties that made him our anchor —our rock: a manner and a voice that makes every word believable; the coolest demeanor in the hottest situations; the cut-to-the-quick interviewing style; and, at his core, a powerful combina tion of journalistic integrity and pure instinct.”—Judy RepresentationWoodruff inmedia matters. It can shape not only how people perceive one another, but how people perceive themselves.
It was Shaw who alerted CNN’s headquarters when the first bombs fell on Baghdad.
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As a result, President Biden rightfully exposed MAGA Republicans as a true threat. But his speech was not meant to correct Republicans who embrace the redefining of history and patriotism. That would be a lost cause for most people. It was meant to remind us that individuals like Dr. Sim one Gold and Rep. Louise Gohmert exist while be ing dangerous. It was directed to all of those who not only understand how we got to this point, but will look past our differences in seeing the urgen cy of using the vote as a weapon to contain the real threat. As individuals, we have to ask our selves what is more important, current democra cy or future fascism.
Members and staff of the committee have spent countless hours digging through emails and other public records and interviewing former Trump admin istration officials and lawyers, members of Congress, and far-right activists who promoted Trump’s lies about election fraud. They are still at it. Among the people they hope to interview this fall are former Vice President Mike Pence, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich,
The MLK-Era is the time period between the 1954 Supreme Court school desegregation decision and the pas sage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The MLK-era or the traditional Civil Rights Movement also consisted of multiple organizations working simultaneously to achieve similar objectives.
“He had the microphone first, the in stinct to broadcast, to be there,” fellow CNN correspondent Peter Arnett said. “He didn’t hesitate. He scooped the world.” Likehis idols Murrow and Cronkite, Shaw brought some of the most con sequential moments in history into America’s living rooms—the attempt ed assassination of President Ronald Regan in 1981, the 1989 demonstra tions in China’s Tiananmen Square, the 1995 terrorist bombing in Oklaho ma City. But when he retired in 2001, he expressed regret.
The 2022 midterm election is a pivotal moment which is why former President Barack Obama is not only appearing publicly with congressio nal and gubernatorial candidates, but will also campaign in secretary of state races in key bat tleground states. When President Biden gave his “battle for the soul of the nation” address in prime-time, it was long overdue. During his critical speech, not only did the president make clear that equality and democracy are under as sault, he clearly identified Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans as the ones representing an extremism that threatens the very foundations of ourTherepublic.speech was an all-hands-on-deck call for re-engagement and the need to vote. “I am an American president—not the president of red America or blue America, but of all America.” Biden said. He continued, “And I believe it is my duty—my duty to level with you, to tell the truth no matter how difficult, no matter how painful. And here, in my view, is what is true: MAGA Re publicans do not respect the Constitution. They do not believe in the rule of law. They do not rec ognize the will of the people. They refuse to accept the results of a free election. And they’re working right now, as I speak, in state after state to give power to decide elections in America to partisans and cronies, empowering election deniers to un dermine democracy itself. They look at the mob that stormed the United States Capitol on Jan uary 6th—brutally attacking law enforcement— not as insurrectionist who placed a dagger to the throats of our democracy, but they look at them asBidenpatriots.”called for Democrats, independents and mainstream Republicans to unite behind the sin gle purpose of defending our democracy regard less of ideology. Getting persuadable Republicans to vote for Democrats in congressional, guberna torial and secretary of state races for the sake of saving democracy will not be easy in every race. The same is true with Black voters. And while Black women are the most loyal and dependable block of Democratic voters, will Black men join this critical coalition in sufficient numbers? Geor gia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said, “If Black men vote for me, I will win Georgia.”Themost recent Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll shows that Abrams has significant ground to make up among Black voters, particularly Black men. Incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, currently has a 5-point lead over Abrams. Key metrics are showing Abrams with 90 percent of the Black female vote but just 80 percent of the Black male vote, with another 10 percent unde cided. While Republicans typically receive about 10 percent of the Black vote, experts say Demo cratic candidates cannot afford to slip far below 90 percent of the Black vote overall and still expect to win. With Black men voting for Donald Trump in double digits in 2020, it shows that Black peo ple are not monolithic. During past elections, a Republican may have specific reasons why they could not vote for a Democrat. The same is true about a male voter having reasons for not sup porting a female candidate or a white voter not supporting a Black candidate. Regardless of their reasons, these are not normal times.
That’s why the remarkable career of television journalist Bernard Shaw, who passed away this week at the age of 82, was so significant. When the brand-new 24-hour cable news network CNN launched in June of 1980, America saw a Black man in the prime-time anchor chair. He was only the second Black anchor of a network evening news program; Max Robinson had been named co-anchor of ABC News’s World News Tonight in 1978 just two years earlier.
Dr. Simone Gold is founder of America’s Front line Doctors, a group that is known for touting unproven claims, disinformation and conspiracy theories during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bernard Shaw inspired Black journalists
The committee’s efforts to get a full pic ture of the illegal scheming to overturn the election is essential. So is punish ing wrongdoers and preventing future attempts to subvert our elections.
The committee’s public hearings this summer gave the American people a powerful dose of truth-telling about the lies and deceptions of President Trump, members of his legal team, and his polit ical allies. The committee’s investigation is continuing, and we can look forward to more public hearings this fall.
Shaw downplayed the role of race in his career but said, “There were times when my color did play a role in perceptions, or people’s reactions to me.” He recalled a moment as a pool reporter covering a reception for Pres ident Lyndon Johnson “sumptuous ballroom” at the Plaza Hotel in New York. Among the guests were National Urban League President Whitney M. Young. “It was clear that this night had a very strong civil rights theme.” Just before making his entrance, President Johnson reached out to Shaw and touched him on the head and said, “It’s good to see you.”
Haynsworth? Supreme Court jus tice?’” And though Shaw was standing just a few feet away, “ The President never once looked at me. I know what was in the President’s mind—I could not prove it—but I knew it, instinc tively.” Inaddition to breaking racial bar riers, Shaw played a key role in the transformation of CNN into a media powerhouse during the 1991 Gulf War. His riveting reporting from under a desk at the Al-Rashid Hotel in Bagh dad, as cruise missiles flew past his window, defined both the coverage of the war, and Shaw’s personal courage and skill as a journalist.
(David W. Marshall is the founder of the faith-based orga nization, TRB: The Reconciled Body, and author of the book God Bless Our Divided America. He can be reached at www.
Then BLM released six core demands. Their first demand was “end the war on Black people.” The rest was a condensed version of the 1966 Ten Point Program written by the founders of the Black Panther Party. In other words, it was high-minded idealism that no one could implement with the best of inten tions. That made BLM an organization that “imagined a better society” without any serious plans to make it one.
The Associated Press reported that of the $90 million BLM received in donations amid racial justice protests in 2020, $32 million was invested into stocks. A BLM organizer told the AP the investment is expected to become an endowment to ensure that BLM’s “work” continues in the future. The AP reported BLM spent $6 million on a Los-Angeles area compound, which includes a home with six bedrooms and bathrooms, a swimming pool, a sound stage and office space, which is intended as a campus for a Black artists fellowship.
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There are plenty of wrongdoers who need to be held accountable, punished, and prevented from using powerful government positions to undermine democracy and the rule of law. And that includes former President Trump, whose lies about a “stolen” election fueled the insurrectionists’ anger.
(TriceEdneyWire.com)—Currently, the Archi tect of the Capitol fulfills on average more than 100,000 flag requests from lawmakers annually. Therefore, it is not unusual for a member of Con gress to request a flag that had flown over the U.S. Capitol and have it presented to constituents in honor of special occasions, patriotic service or me morials.However, it is hard to fathom how a person who was arrested for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan uary 6 and then sentenced to 60 days in prison be worthy of receiving a commemorative flag flown from the very building they previously attacked.
Therefore, the opinion writers must have meant BLM was “the new” PostMLK Civil Rights Movement. Post-MLK was the era of Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton. Jackson and Sharpton targeted specific corporations, accused them of discriminatory deeds, and threatened nation-wide boycotts unless the corporations donated to Jackson or Sharpton’s non-profit organizations that supposedly helped minorities.
In 1961, when Walter Cronkite, also of CBS, arrived to report a story on Oahu where Shaw was stationed as a
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Judge Francis Mathew upheld a little-known provision of the U.S. Con stitution and removed a public official for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. I hope other judges have the courage to follow his lead.
Accountability: An insurrectionist removed
Marine, Shaw seized his chance. “I called the hotel 34 times and left 34 messages,” Shaw said. He waited two hours for Cronkite in the hotel’s lobby. “Hewas the most persistent guy I’ve ever met in my life,” Cronkite said. “I was going to give him five begrudging minutes and ended up talking to him for a half hour. He was just deter mined to be a journalist.”
Black Lives Matter captured national attention when civil unrest sparked in Ferguson, MO, after an unarmed Black teenager was fatally shot by a White police officer in 2014. A host of opinion writers immediately supported the slo gan “Black Lives Matter”, but admitted they didn’t know what the umbrella organization was about.
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other judges considering legal efforts to hold state legislators and others accountable for trying to undermine democracy.Anotherimportant effort to hold pow erful people accountable for the insur rection is being conducted by the House Select Committee that is investigating the insurrection and the schemes that led up to it.
While Shaw’s award-winning career may have inspired an entire gen eration of young Black journalists, Shaw himself had no role models of color. But he knew what he wanted to be from the time he was a teenager growing up in Chicago. CBS News correspondent Edward R. Murrow “was my idol,” Shaw said. “He was the kind of journalist, the kind of interviewer, the kind of anchorman I wanted to be.”
The day before the January 6 attack, Gold spoke at a “Stop the Steal” rally where she further pro moted vaccine misinformation. The next day, she was part of a group of rioters who breached the U.S. Capitol where she later spoke through a megaphone to fellow rioters gathered in Statu ary Hall. Yet, upon her release from federal pris on Republican Rep. Louise Gohmert presented Gold with an honorary American flag recently flown above the U.S. Capitol. Gohmert claimed that Gold was “a political prisoner”, a term used by many supporters of former President Donald Trump to inaccurately describe the prosecution and incarceration of January 6 defendants. Dr. Simone Gold is an insurrectionist, and she is also a MAGA Republican. Gohmert is a MAGA Repub lican lawmaker who is more than happy to rally to the defense of those charged in connection with the insurrection. As we recognize the 21st anni versary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on our nation, we do so with the facts and truth about the Jan uary 6 domestic attack being whitewashed before our very eyes. According to an August NBC poll, “threats to democracy” has overtaken the cost of living, jobs and crime as the main issue facing American voters.
The targeted corporations complied to avoid bad publicity and costly lawsuits. Jackson and Sharpton didn’t carry the torch of the traditional Civil Rights Movement, they torched their legacy in order to enrich themselves, and BLM followed Jackson and Sharpton’s lead.
But it wasn’t long until major media outlets ran stories about questionable purchases of million-dollar properties by a BLM founder.
(TriceEdneyWire.com)—A New Mexico judge has done the country a big favor.
Judge Mathew’s ruling is a milestone in the effort to hold public officials ac countable for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It should provide a road map—and some moral courage—to
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and far-right activist Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.Truthis a first step toward account ability. But it cannot be the only step.
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Articles of Conversion & Incorporation have been filed on: 09/02/2022 And has been delivered to the Secretary of State for filing.
Certification Analyst Performs analysis and investigative work in the certification process. This includes the desk and field audits that verify businesses meet the criteria set forth in the certification process regulations; Creates certification reports; Uses due diligence to make certification recommendations; Reviews business documentation and performs size analysis for continued certification eligibility; Attends and hosts meetings, workshops, counseling sessions and outreach events; Performs other duties as necessary.
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Duolingo, Inc. has multiple openings for Software Engineer, Mobile Applications in Pittsburgh, PA to perform the following duties: (i) under supervision, triage/resolve violations of mobile application distribution service guidelines; (ii) monitor mobile application platform release notes to find backward compatibility issues or new opportunities for features or improvements; (iii) implement user interfaces that adapt to a variety of mobile devices; (iv) manage mobile application release process; (v) analyze software application requirements to determine the feasibility of design within time & cost constraints; (vi) design test plans, scenarios, scripts, &/or procedures & run A/B testing on new/changed application features, & analyze data structures; (vii) identify, analyze, & document software application defects, changes, & implementations; (viii) write & present summaries of data analysis of features to team; (ix) submit code to be reviewed by superiors, & review coding of peers & contractors; & (x) submit finished projects to quality assurance team. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science or related field. Must have knowledge of (i) Algorithms; (ii) Data Structure; (iii) Programming languages (Python & Java); (iv) Linear Algebra; (v) Probability; and (vi) PSPACE. Email resume to: jobs@duolingo.com with Job No. SoftEngMobile2022 and title “Software Engineer, Mobile Applications” in subject line.
Applicants must possess and maintain a valid Pennsylvania Driver’s License throughout employment.
Due to the COVID-19 protective guidelines set forth by federal, state, and local governments, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh’s Board of Commissioners will hold its monthly meeting for September on September 22, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. on a remote basis. The meeting will be held remotely, with public access to be provided online. HACP will provide a direct link to a livestream of the meeting, and instruction on how to make a public comment. Details will be made available on http://www.hacp.org, in advance of the meeting.
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Pittsburgh Regional Transit is seeking a Recruiter – Maintenance to coordinate all facets of the maintenance job bidding, picking and bumping system; coordinate the dissemination and proper communication of all information from the system; ensure the application of data, policies and procedures is consistently applied. Administer employment and recruitment activities for assigned positions.
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FAYETTE TWP. SCHOOL DISTRICT is seeking the following positions: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION LEARNING SUPPORT TEACHER Deadline 4:00 PM, September 20, 2022 Complete job description and directions on how to apply are available at: SOUTHwww.southfayette.orgFAYETTETWP.SCHOOLDISTRICT is seeking the following positions: CLASSROOM PARAEDUCATOR PERSONAL CARE PARAEDUCATOR Applications must be received by 4:00 PM September 20, 2022 Complete job descriptions and directions on how to apply are available at: SOUTHwww.southfayette.orgFAYETTETWP.SCHOOLDISTRICT is seeking SUBSTITUTE DeadlinePERMANENTINTERMEDIATETEACHERS:SCHOOLSUBSTITUTETEACHER-GRADE4,4:00PM,September23,2022HIGHSCHOOLMATHSUBSTITUTETEACHERDeadline4:00PM,September22,2022 Complete job description and directions on how to apply are available at: FOODSOUTHwww.southfayette.orgFAYETTETWP.SCHOOLDISTRICTSERVICEPOSITIONS Complete job descriptions and directions on how to apply are available at: www.southfayette.org Applications must be received by 4:00 PM September 23, 2022, or until positions are filled
Estate of DEBORAH J. PROBST, Deceased, of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Estate No. 02-22-05737, Carol Steele, Administrator, 103 Longmount Drive, PIttsburgh, PA 15214 or to AUBREY H. GLOVER, Atty; BRENLOVE & FULLER, LLC. 401 Washington Avenue, Bridgeville, PA 15017
Experience must include: (i) financial and quantitative modeling experience, including experience with SQL queries using techniques to include RANK/ ROW functions and sub queries; (ii) experience developing financial data analytics and management reporting. Experience must also include MS Excel functions specific to pivot tables, VLOOKUP/HLOOKUPS, and conditional formatting; (iii) experience with analyzing large data sets involving millions of records of Financial data, including financial time series data cleanup, advanced time series regression analysis, back testing, sensitivity analysis and scenario testing; and (iv) experience to convert programming coding, involving SQL, into documentation that an outsider can understand. 40 hours/week, 8:00am-5:00pm. Interested individuals apply online at www. pnc.com using keyword R102411. PNC provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other categories protected by law.
Estate of MS. SARAH DAWSON ZOLFAGHARI, Deceased, of 2410 Stratford Avenue, Apt. #1, Coraopolis, PA 15108. Estate No. 02-22-05352, Mr. Farzan Zolfaghari, Administrator, c/o Max C. Feldman, Esquire and the Law Office of Max C. Feldman, 1322 Fifth Avenue, Coraopolis, PA 15108
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The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. seeks a Business Analytics Consultant Senior in Pittsburgh, PA, with the ability to telecommute with appropriate telecommuting systems for up to three days per week, with a minimum of two days per week in the office, to be responsible for: (i) consulting with clients on tool and strategy implementation and monitoring, statistical scoring, business intelligence, data quality, and analytical product/solution development; (ii) monitoring and analyzing changes to critical components set/used by the PNC’s Financial models; (iii) providing business and technical expertise for the analytics process, tools and useful applications across multiple functions or business units to identify problem areas and develop data-driven solutions and mathematical models; (iv) determining the optimal analytic approach and performing regular validation, testing, and reformulation of the program and development; (v) optimizing analytical risk management solutions for executive management to enable data-driven decision making; (vi) analyzing mathematical model results and making recommendations for key business partners and senior management or communicate conclusions from complex statistical and analytical solutions; and (viii) building and maintaining reports.
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LYNN ANN LABUN, deceased, of Aspinwall, PA. No. 05419 of 2022, Allegheny County. Lance C. Labun, Extr, 1342 E. Louis Way, Tempe, AZ 85284 or to Judith A. Lehnowsky, Esq., 102 Penbryn Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Master’s degree in Finance, Financial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Business Analytics or Economics plus 3 years of experience in a finance or corporate treasury position in the financial services industry is required.
• Utilizes PeopleSoft HRMS to do the following:
Duolingo, Inc. has multiple openings for Software Engineer in Pittsburgh, PA to perform software engineering tasks on Duolingo’s language education software. Duties: (i) under supervision, research, design, & develop software in conjunction w/language educ. product design; (ii) collaborate on full-stack software projects; (iii) analyze & plan implementation of specs from design team to change/ add features of mobile application; (iv) work within a team to determine deadlines & time frames; (v) apply principles & techniques of comp. sci., eng., & mathematical analysis to analyze software application requirements to determine feasibility of design within time/cost constraints; (vi) design test plans, scenarios, scripts, &/or procedures & run A/B testing on new/changed features of application, & use statistical analysis/ techniques to analyze test data; (vii) identify, analyze, & document software application defects, changes, & implementations; (viii) write & present summaries of statistical analysis of features to team; (ix) submit code to be reviewed by superiors, & review coding of peers & contractors; & (x) submit finished projects to quality assurance team. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science or related field. Must have knowledge of (i) Java or Python; (ii) full-stack engineering; & (iii) statistical modeling. Email resume to: jobs@duolingo.com with Job No. SoftEng2022 and title “Software Engineer” in subject line.
In the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny, Orphan’s Court Division, Estate of LUCILLE ROBINSON, deceased, Case No. 5990 of 2017: Notice is hereby given that on August 1, 2022 a Petition was filed by Peggie P. Smith to terminate the interests of the heirs and devisees of Lucille Robinson in the real estate located at 5442 Rosetta Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 and determine that fee simple title is vested in Peggie P. Smith. Attorney Peter B. Lewis, 928 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, (412) 586-6153.
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Aurora Innovation, Inc. seeks Staff Security Engineer in Pittsburgh, PA to architect cloud security and onboard Autonomous Vehicle intrusion detection. Employer allows telecommuting for this position. Email resume to jobs@aurora.tech
HACP conducts business in accordance with all federal, state, and local civil rights laws, including but not limited to Title VII, the Fair Housing Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, The PA Human Relations Act, etc. and does not discriminate against any individuals protected by these statutes.
Office Clerk Greeting clients; Answers the telephone, responds to inquiries, or routes phone calls and takes messages for office staff; Operates office machines such as photocopies and scanners; Performs data entry; Scans documents into document control system; Completes other administrative tasks as necessary. Must be proficient in Microsoft Windows and Office Suite.
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The Contract Compliance Specialist will monitor contracts to ensure that MWDBEs are provided the maximum opportunity to obtain and perform on county contracts while in compliance with Allegheny County’s goals. The specialist will also provide outreach and technical assistance to the business community. In addition, the Contract Compliance Specialist will review and vet prime contractors’ MWDBE inclusion plans for various types of contracts (i.e., construction, services, supplies, etc.) . The specialist will monitor MWDBE commitments and utilization through contract completion, address, and monitor MWDBE concerns and assist in conflict resolution if necessary.
• BS/BA degree in Human Resources Management, Industrial Relations, Business Administration or related field from an accredited school. Related experience may be substituted for the education on a year-for-year •basis.Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in Human Resources interviewing, recruitment, and employment process and familiarity with union contractual matters.
The initial registered office of the corporation is located at:1419 Macon Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15218 Allegheny County
In the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny, Orphan’s Court Division, Estate of WILLIAM O. GIST deceased, Case No. 4993 of 2022: Notice is hereby given that on August 1, 2022 a Petition was filed by Debra L. Gist to terminate the interests of the heirs and devisees of William O. Gist in the real estate located at 2450 North Charles Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15214 and determine that fee simple title is vested in Debra L. Gist. Attorney Peter B. Lewis, 928 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, (412) 586-6153.
QA Engineer (AQE22): SQL,JSON, RESTful, Junit, and MailSOAP.resume with job ID # to HR: 201 Penn Center Blvd., Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15235. Unanticipated work site locations throughout U.S. Foreign equiv. accepted.
Please see career page for further information and eligibility requirements at: www.alleghenycounty.us/careers
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The Minority, Women, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (MWDBE) Program provides maximum opportunities for Minority, Women, and Disadvantaged business enterprises (MBEs, WBEs and DBEs) to participate in county contracts. The department certifies business enterpris es as disadvantaged (per Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 49: Parts 23 & 26) and provide services and resources to help them grow their business.
Master’s+1yr exp/equiv.: Software Developer (ASD22): Rest API, React.js, Kibana, JavaScript, Gin and exp/equiv.:Master’sJenkins.+2yrs/Bachelor’s+5yrs
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HEAD VARSITY GIRLS LACROSSE COACH Complete job description and directions on how to apply are available at: www.southfayette.org Applications must be received by 4:00 PM September 21, 2022
BUSINESS ANALYTICS CONSULTANT SENIOR
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Estate of EMMA LORRAINE WHITEHOUSE, Deceased of Brentwood Borough, Pennsylvania, No.: 02-22-05720 , Lee Ann Whitehouse, Executrix or to Ryan W. Brode, Atty, 6 Clairton Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
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In the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny, Orphan’s Court Division, Estate of Doris Louise Worthy, deceased, Case No. 4994 of 2022: Notice is hereby given that on August 1, 2022 a Petition was filed by Michelle R. Worthy to terminate the interests of the heirs and devisees of Lucille Robinson in the real estate located at 1311 Grotto Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15206and determine that fee simple title is vested in Michelle R. Worthy . Attorney Peter B. Lewis, 928 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, (412) 586-6153.
• Track job offers and maintain appropriate documentation.
• Effective and professional communication and organizational •skills.Demonstrated ability in the use of Windows and Microsoft Word.
• Prepares, coordinates and administers the annual maintenance system pick and quarterly pick. Coordinates the printing/sorting/numbering of job advertisements and job vacancy notices, bump notices and award sheets. Conducts pick, verifies education and experience, and determines if employee is qualified for the position. Awards maintenance jobs based on qualifications and seniority. Coordinates with managers, assistant managers, or supervisor of maintenance employee(s) who are to be drug tested due to safety sensitive position awarded. Updates and maintains maintenance database records and prepares various reports. Distributes the final award reports to Benefits and Compensation Services and Accounting to update PeopleSoft and to all maintenance locations. Conducts classroom instruction and practical applications training to newly hired maintenance employees; demonstrates proper procedures for bidding, bumping and picking jobs within the maintenance section.
Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprise will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.
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HACP has revised their website. As part of those revisions, vendors must now register and log-in, in order to view and download IFB/RFPs
Once a bidder’s request has been received, provided it is complete, the CM will provide access for the bidder to access and download the bid documents through Building Connected, a web-based bid management platform.
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The specifications in contract form and bid forms may be obtained from the Borough Secretary listed at the above address or e-mail (thornburg.secretary@gmail.com) or by leaving a message on the Borough answering machine (412-921-3713).
No bidder may withdraw a submitted Proposal for a period of 75 days after the scheduled time for opening of the sealed bids. Pre-Bid Conference will be held via tele-conference on each of the above items at 10:00 am September 22, 2022, as well as through your web browser via Microsoft Teams video conference.
The documents will be available no later than September 6, 2022 and signed, sealed proposals will be accepted until: 10:00 A.M. on September 27, 2022. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only be accepting physical proposals dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 10:00 AM on September 27, 2022 in the lobby of 100 Ross St. Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Proposals may be uploaded to the Authority’s online submission site, the link is accessible via the HACP website and within the RFP. Sealed proposals may still be mailed via USPS at which time they will be Time and Date Stamped at 100 Ross Street 2nd Floor, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA Parties15219. or individuals interested in responding may download a copy of the Solicitation from the Business Opportunities page of www.HACP.org. Questions or inquiries should be directed to:
The Airport Authority reserves the right to reject any and all bids or waive any informalities in the bidding.
Parties or individuals interested in responding may download a copy of the Solicitation from the Business Opportunities page of www.HACP.org. Questions or inquiries should be di rected to:
Any/all questions related to this project must be made in writing to the CM. RFIs are to be sent to the CM via email to TMPBids@flypittsburgh.com
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The proposals sought request alternate bids of 1, 2 and 3 years and must remain firm for sixty days. The bids must be accompanied by a certified check or bid bond in the amount of ten (10%) percent of the bid, made payable to the Borough of Thornburg. Thornburg Borough Council reserves the right to reject any or all proposals.
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PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY D/B/A/ PITTSBURGH REGIONAL TRANSIT (PRT)
Attention is called to the fact that not less than the minimum salaries and wages as determined by the General Wage Determinations issued under the Davis-Bacon and related Acts must be paid on these projects.
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The Board of Port Authority of Allegheny County d/b/a/ Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
ALL BIDDERS shall be required to provide a completed formal Bid Document Request application in order to acquire bidding documents for any/all of the above listed Project Numbers.
The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) hereby request proposals from qualified Firms or Individuals capable of providing the following service(s):
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Proposals must be made on the Authority’s forms and in accordance with the Plans and Specifications and the “Instructions to Bidders”’
Electronic Proposals will be received online at the Port Authority of Allegheny County d/b/a/ Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) Ebusiness website (http://ebusiness.rideprt.org).
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The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) hereby request proposals from qualified Firms or Individuals capable of providing the following service(s):
Bids will be publicly opened at 9:00 A.M. EST on October 3, 2022 in the Community Building, 545 Hamilton Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15205.
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Proposals/bid submittals will be due 11:00 AM on October 12, 2022 and will be read at 11:15 AM., the same day, at Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s Heinz location (345 Sixth Avenue, Third Floor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2527) as well as through your web browser via Microsoft Teams video conferencing, for the following:
HACP conducts business in accordance with all federal, state, and local civil rights laws, including but not limited to Title VII, the Fair Housing Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, The PA Human Relations Act, etc. and does not discriminate against any individuals protected by these statutes.
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Contractor is responsible for expenses related to acquiring a performance bond and insurance where applicable. All items are to be FOB delivered unless otherwise specified. Costs for delivery, bond, and insurance shall be included in bidder’s proposal pricing.
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The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh strongly encourages cer tified minority business enterprises and women business enterprises to respond to this solicitation.
Due to the COVID precautions, the ACAA is modifying its typical bid opening process; the formal bid opening procedure will be conducted virtually – any/ all firms submitting a Bid to the ACAA will be given special access to view the opening event. Once bidding is closed, any/all firms submitting a bid will be issued an Invitation (via email) to access the formal bid opening event via a live webcast. Bidders will also be notified of the results via an email within (24) hours of the Bid Opening event.
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The meeting will be a Microsoft Teams Meeting. To join the meeting the following number can be called (877) 286-5733 - United States (Toll-Free) – Conference ID 416 724 910#. Please email TMPBids@flypittsburgh.com to receive the link to join by computer. A site visit will be conducted. Details regarding the site visit will be provided at the Pre-Bid meeting. Note that no questions can be asked during this Prebid Meeting. Any/all questions must be issued to the CM as an “RFI”.
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BoroughSecretary/TreasurerFalkofThornburg NOTICE TO PROPOSERS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS – PHONE SYSTEM REPLACEMENT AT THE DAVID L. LAWRENCE CONVENTION CENTER The Sports & Exhibition Authority will receive proposals for a replacement Phone System (PBX) for the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. The contract will be with the Sports & Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. Inquiries regarding the RFPs should be made to the Steve Morrison, Director of Information Systems E-mail: smorrison@pgh-sea.com, Phone 412-201-7396. The RFP may be obtained from Mr. Morrison. This Advertisement applies to the following requests for proposals: Project: DLCC Phone System Replacement (PBX) Proposals Available: September 16, 2022 Pre-proposal Meeting: 11:00 AM, SeptemberWednesday,21,2022(non-mandatory/virtual) Proposals Due: 12:00 PM, Thursday, September 29, 2022
A pre-submission meeting will be held via Zoom meeting; on September 15, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. Please see meeting information below:
Sealed proposals will be received by the Borough of Thornburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in c/o Borough Secretary, 545 Hamilton Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 until 9:00 A.M EST on Monday, October 3, 2022 for the collection and removal of garbage, rubbish, and recyclables from the Borough commencing January 1, 2023.
This project has DBE participation goals; DBE firms must be certified with the Pennsylvania Unified Certification Program) (PAUCP). Firms must be certified prior to award of contract. A searchable database of DBE firms can be found on the PAUCP web site: https://paucp.dbesystem.com/
A pre-submission meeting will be held via Zoom meeting; on September 15, 2022 at 9:00 A.M. Please see meeting information below: Join Zoom
Electronic Proposal - Ebusiness website (http://ebusiness.rideprt.org) Number Bid Name B22-08-64 Wi-Fi and B22-09-76 Diesel Engine Oil
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To join by Microsoft Teams call-in number: 412-927-0245 United State, Pittsburgh (Toll) Conference ID: 717 565 074#
4 B22-09-78A Maintenance, Inspection, Testing and Certification of Fire Protection Systems
Attendance at this meeting is not mandatory, but is strongly encouraged. Questions regarding any of the above bids will not be entertained by Pittsburgh Regional Transit within five (5) business days of the scheduled bid opening. These contracts may be subject to a financial assistance contract between Port Authority of Allegheny County d/b/a/ Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) and the United States Department of Transportation. The Contractor will be required to comply with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations.
Due to Covid precautions, ACAA will not be accepting any hard copy bids for this Project. Accordingly, Electronic Bids are the only form that the ACAA will accept. While the Instructions to Bidders will provide more details, for an Electronic Bid to be accepted in must be sent through Building Connected and it must be received by no later than the established Bid Date and time deadline.
Electronic Bids will be received by the Allegheny County Airport Authority until 1:00 P.M. prevailing local time, October 26, 2022
The documents will be available no later than September 6, 2022 and signed, sealed proposals will be accepted until: 9:00 A.M. on September 27, 2022. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only be accepting physical proposals dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 9:00 AM on September 27, 2022 in the lobby of 100 Ross St. Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Proposals may be uploaded to the Authority’s online submission site, the link is accessible via the HACP website and within the RFP. Sealed proposals may still be mailed via USPS at which time they will be Time and Date Stamped at 100 Ross Street 2nd Floor, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA Parties15219. or individuals interested in responding may download a copy of the Solicitation from the Business Opportunities page of www.HACP.org. Questions or inquiries should be directed to:
Mr. James Harris Housing Authority of the City of ProcurementPittsburghDepartment 100 Ross Street 2nd Floor, Suite 200 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-643-2832
The documents will be available no later than September 6, 2022 and signed, sealed proposals will be accepted until: 11:00 A.M. on September 27, 2022. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only be accepting physical proposals dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 11:00 AM on September 27, 2022 in the lobby of 100 Ross St. Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Proposals may be uploaded to the Authority’s online submission site, the link is accessible via the HACP website and within the RFP. Sealed proposals may still be mailed via USPS at which time they will be Time and Date Stamped at 100 Ross Street 2nd Floor, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.
No bidding documents will be issued prior to the Authority’s Construction Manager having a copy of a fully completed Request Application. Bid Document Request Applications can be obtained by sending a Request to the following email address:
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The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh strongly encourages certified minority business enterprises and women business enterprises to respond to this solicitation. HACP has revised their website. As part of those revisions, vendors must now register and log-in, in order to view and download IFB/ RFPs
3 B22-09-77 LRV Batteries
The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) hereby request proposals from qualified Firms or Individuals capable of providing the following service(s):
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6 B22-09-80A Fire Alarm System Testing and Certification Service
A pre-submission meeting will be held via Zoom meeting; on September 15, 2022 at 11:00 A.M. Please see meeting information below:
No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of one hundred twenty [120] days after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids. To view a complete advertisement, which is also included in the bidding documents visit www.flypittsburgh.com under “Business Opportunities”.
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR DENTAL INSURANCE FOR HACP EMPLOYEES