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"About our oath to the constitution. John dome in WTO P news. DuPont circle residents tell NBC four that a Google Maps listing is bringing people to their condo building to buy marijuana, but the listing appears to be fake. There's one of our downstairs residents had had some people over, had her lights on and people were inside and all of a sudden, a couple of people walk in, she thought they were friends of somebody else's and no, they were looking for the up puff weed dispensary. People living in the building have posted polite signs to let those looking for up buff weed dispensary knows that the business is not at their address. They've also asked Google to remove the listing, but it's unclear if that will happen, or if any laws were broken. It's ten 43. If you celebrate lent, you probably know you aren't supposed to eat meat on Fridays during the religious period. This year's Saint Patrick's Day falls on the third Friday of lent, meaning many Irish Catholics won't be able to feast on corn beef or sausages during the holiday. But if you live within the archdiocese of Washington, there's no need to worry, cardinal will and Gregory has granted an exception for the festive day recognizing the importance of Saint Patrick's Day for many Catholic Americans. In a statement, cardinal Gregory encouraged those who decide to eat meat on Saint Patrick's Day to abstain from it on some other day during lent. Coming up on WTF, average home buyer down payment in D.C., now $75,000. I'm Jeff label. It's ten 43. How a busy baker beat back foot pain. Meet sanja, brownies, cupcakes, cookies. I love to bake. There have been times
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"DuPont circle right now is 46 in Germantown and 40 in annandale, Lowe's tonight in the 30s. It's 6 41. A major political development in Israel protests erupted today as Benjamin Netanyahu was once again sworn in as prime minister. This time, he's leading a far right nationalist government that's already promising to make highly controversial changes. Protesters blew horns and waved pride flags outside the Knesset denouncing what they said was an anti LGBTQ and racist government inside Netanyahu walked up to the podium to an eruption of applause. He taunted the opposition. I hear the constant cries of the opposition about the end of the country and democracy. Opposition members to lose an election is not the end of democracy. This is the essence of democracy. The opposition heckled him with chance of weak, Netanyahu's allies are pushing for dramatic changes that could alienate large swathes of the Israeli public. I'm Karen Chammas, Israel, Palestinian territories correspondent for The Washington Post Shira Rubin joined WTO earlier. She says this new government is composed of parties that were once considered fringe. They were parties that speak openly about annexing the West Bank, the area that Palestinians see as their future state and which is in a bit of a limbo state right now. And also they speak very openly about anti Arab views, anti gay views, like many of these new politicians in the government are describing themselves as proud homophobes as proud opponents to Arab citizens of Israel. That's The Washington Post's Shira Rubin. Sometimes improving safety in a community comes down to how things look and now Maryland is looking to improve neighborhoods across the state with millions of dollars and some of those neighborhoods are
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"Phil coming in at 60, 57 in Fredericksburg in Easton, 61 as we head to near 70. WTO ten 41. Big crowds turned out in DuPont circle last night for the 35th annual high heel race along two blocks of 17th street, but crowd between P and R streets laughed and cheered and leaned in with cell phones to take pictures of willing subjects the costumed drag queens. I mean, I'm here to have photographs taken. Also just enjoy myself. The men wore glamorous gowns and Buffon wigs, and platform shoes with heels 8 inches and higher. My boyfriend here, it's the first time wearing heels, and he was like, why do people find these comfortable? And I said, oh honey, they don't. The crowds loved it as the men in high heels sprinted two blocks. A tradition that's grown to even include a small parade in the neighborhood. In DuPont circle, particularly on WTO P news. While his 2013 role as Smokey Robinson and Motown the musical earned him a Tony nod. And on Sunday he brings smokey in me to the Weinberg center in Frederick Maryland. The celebration of smoky songs that he not only performed himself with the miracles, but also songs that he wrote for other people like the temptations. Charles Brown says the first half of the show chronicles smoky career. I do shop around. You really gotta hold on me. My girl, oh baby baby. Tracks in my tears and tears of a clown. The second half of the show, chronicles his own personal journey. I walked into my audition room, there sits the director Charles Randolph Wright and mister Berry Gordy himself, I put on my smoky voice and say, hey, my name is Charles Brown. And Barry Gordon took one look at me. He's like, boy, I sure do hope you can sing. I sang you really gotta hold on me and I've been involved in the show ever since that moment. Here are full channel my podcast beyond the fame. Jason fraile WTO be news. Kia, recalling more than 70,002 1008 and 2009 model year, sportage vehicles. They had been previously been recalled in 2016 for fire risks. The company now advising owners to park those cars outside until repairs are done. Kia says the recall is currently the fix is currently under development, but that a fire could occur while the car is parked or while driving. There have been 8 vehicle fires and 15 melting and damage incidents since 2017. The company expects to notify owners by mail of the recall later this year. Stick around for sports, headed your way next ten 43. Everything I know about marijuana. I learned back when me and my Friends had mullets. Yeah, I guess I got some catching up to do. And I'm curious about medical marijuana. It's legal in my state. I think, but is it right for me? Where can I get reliable professional answers to my questions? The answer to that
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"DuPont circle, 70° in Germantown, 64° in Ann and Dale. It's one 41 are highly unusual, economic economy rather continues with punishing inflation, but also plenty of jobs. Jane Oates is president of working nation, a nonprofit media organization that focuses on the nation's labor force and works to help you find the right position. So to ask her about the quiet quitting trend and whether they are ways to improve your experience at work before you finally decide to leave. I wouldn't take a leap from a job that I have if it's paying enough for me to live the life I want until I was really sure that I had to leave. So very specifically if your manager isn't giving you access to the professional development or the opportunities that you really feel that you need to have or you'd like to have, I would go to HR and I would say I'm very happy here. I love this company or I love this agency if it's a federal job or a city job. But I really like to learn more and do more. What kinds of things can I do to improve my skills to increase my skills and if that HR person can't get you information, then you know it may be time to leave. And by the way, in saying HR, I know that some people work in companies that are smaller. So it may be talking to the people that work with you about what opportunities they've been given that you maybe haven't been offered. And then go back to your manager with a very specific assay. You know, I understand that bob has learned how to do some project management software and development. I'm really like an opportunity to learn that as well. What do you see by way of labor unions really becoming prominent again in our society? I saw one survey that says 70% of Americans support them again. That is quite a change from even a few years ago. I think people really learned during COVID that they wanted to have voice that the workers over the past several decades. You know, in direct relationship to the demise of private sector unions have lost the ability to tell their employer what's important to them. Yes, it's always salary is always important. But flexibility is becoming more and more important. And I think labor management partnerships like organized labor can really help you feel like you have a say in what your present and what your future is with your current company. I am so encouraged when I see the young people becoming active in organizing. I think the American workforce remains the most vibrant, exciting workforce in the world. We take real dignity from our work and pride in what we do, whether it's white collar or blue collar or no collar. And when I see those young people pushing to organize, I just think it's another validation of the fact that we are an incredible workforce. Jay notes, president of working nation, coming up on the commanders lose to the lions and the WNBA crowns its champion. It's one 44. Look at sports coming up. What's for dinner, burgers? After last week, no thanks. Avoiding foods due to fear of diarrhea, gas floating stomach pain or loose oily stools? It may not be just stomach issues. It could be EPI or exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. API can cause uncomfortable symptoms because it's a condition where the pancreas doesn't release enough digestive enzymes to break
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"Circle So most of the number streets between about 14th and 21st street are going to be off limit off limits but I think 16th streets is going to under Scott circle 16th street will probably stay open absorbing more traffic But that one will get you north and south between downtown and you straight Otherwise a lot of street closures including portions of Massachusetts avenue Between Scott circle and DuPont circle Freeway traffic moderately heavy in the district nothing abnormal for a Saturday afternoon three 95 through Southwest D.C. two 95 to and from northeast Beltway heavy on the outer loop New Hampshire to Georgia avenue remains of a crash on the right shoulder outer loop across the Wilson bridge still slow in the through lanes remains of a burned truck on the far right side near national harbor Interloop slow from one 23 and two 67 toward the American legion bridge typical of a Saturday afternoon on the interloop And volume delays on 95 heavy northbound in waves Dale City towards Springfield southbound near the onca kwon and it stretches out of Quantico past garrisonville incidents mostly confined to shoulders Woodbridge serious crash telegraph road closed between minville and katon that hill wrote for the investigation 66 westbound after 29 center field with a brief delay three lanes getting by a weekend work zone Maryland southbound route 5 letter town road beyond Brian town road one lane to the left getting by a crash according to a caller For all of your residential and commercial cooling needs this year trust the 5 star cooling experts at crop Metcalfe one 800 go crop or visit crop Metcalfe dot com Home of the 5 star technician Dave dildine WTO pay traffic Storm team four meteorologists clay Anderson showers will continue to diminish throughout the afternoon giving us cloudy skies temperatures will be in the mid 70s with.
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"Meteorologist makes Jennifer It is sunny in 75 in Germantown up to 83 now in DuPont circle and annandale temperatures will be in the mid 80s today It's 1241 Where did COVID-19 originate It's an issue scientists are still debating The World Health Organization's head last year that it was extremely unlikely COVID-19 was caused by a lab accident but now an expert group put together by that organization says further investigation is needed and key pieces of data are still missing No studies have been provided by China to assess the possibility and they say much more research is necessary That's CBS's cami McCormick The deadly bird flu has been spreading among millions of wild and domestic birds across the country and now we're learning the virus that causes it has been detected in some of the ducks that are paddling around the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool The National Park Service has the virus that causes highly pathogenic avian influenza has been found in mallard ducklings It's the first time the virus has been found in the district but its previously been detected in domestic and wild birds in Maryland and Virginia The virus is contagious among birds but the Centers for Disease Control says it poses a low risk to the general public Visitors to the Lincoln Memorial are asked to avoid handling live or dead birds and avoid coming into contact with their droppings Particularly on a WTO news Maryland state police say it was a former trooper who's responsible for producing and distributing vulgar challenge coins among troopers earlier this year A challenge coin is a medallion collected by members of the military and police officers the coins in question have a graphic drawing of female anatomy on it along with insults the agency says the former trooper who was not identified by name left the state police force in 2012 In fairfax county detectives are now searching for clues in a double murder suicide at an apartment complex in oakton When police arrived to conduct a welfare check another roommate let them in the apartment didn't see any foul play but when officers tried to enter a back bedroom the door was blocked they got in and that's where they found 26 year old Angelica Macintosh in 31 year old Ann Lawler an adult man and an adult man dead of gunshot wounds to the upper body detectives found evidence to indicate Macintosh Lawler and the man made a suicide pact detectives believe the man shot Macintosh and Lawler prior to shooting himself no arrests so far It's 1244 Tired.
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"Meteorologists some are a Theodore 69° DuPont circle 62 in Germantown 60° in annandale at 1140 New on WTO D.C.'s Department of Health is confirming the first positive orthopox case in a D.C. resident It's virus in the same family as smallpox spread through direct or indirect contact with skin or respiratory droplets The person is also being tested for the monkey pox virus This person recently traveled to Europe and is currently isolating the health department is monitoring close contacts and the D.C. public health lab awaiting test results from the CDC for confirmation The number of Virginia drug overdose deaths rose again in 2021 setting a record for a second year in a row That's according to a report from the Virginia Department of Health the Virginia pilot reports that overdose deaths increased 15% last year from the previous year to 2656 powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl was the driving force causing or contributing to more than 76% of all overdose deaths last year Well D.C. police are searching for the person who stole an ambulance Saturday while the team was responding to a call It happened just before 9 in the morning near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. drive in Chicago street in southeast D.C. fire and EMS workers responding to reports of a man down so when they got to the scene they encountered a suspect with a gun Police said the man put his hands on a gun in his waistband and threatened the workers They then left the ambulance and the suspect took off in it The ambulance was later found and no one was injured in the carjacking Head to WTO P dot com to see photos of the suspect A bill to restructure the districts on accredited crime lab is headed to a D.C. council committee as lab tries to regain the ability to process evidence WTO's Meghan clarity spoke with council member Charles Allen who says he can't wait any longer to make change In his bill to overhaul the department of forensic sciences chair of the committee on public safety Charles Allen says an important aspect is restoring its internal oversight arm the scientific advisory board If the director can control what information does and does not get to the SAB they're not able to do their jobs And so this completely overhauls the way the SAP can work The lab stopped processing crime scene evidence last year when it lost accreditation And while no timeline is set for when some of its labs could become whole Allen says he aims to get this legislation passed in the next 6 months When re accreditation happens then we keep it In DFS is in a stronger position to provide that type of credible trusted independent analysis Meghan cloher a WTO news After over half century the Theodore Roosevelt bridge.
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"DuPont circle 69 in Germantown and 70 and annandale It's four 40 The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a Texas law that aimed to keep social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from censoring users based on their viewpoints The court voted 5 to four today to put the Texas law and hold while a lawsuit filed by tech companies plays out in lower courts Yesterday or I should say yesterday yeah yesterday Washington Post Supreme Court reporter Robert Barnes spoke to WTO he noted the similarities between the Texas law and a Florida law struck down by a federal appeals court on Monday The appeals court for that region of the country said that much of Florida's law appeared to be unconstitutional The 5th circuit which is the one that was reviewing the Texas law has not put forth a detailed opinion yet And so we don't know exactly what it's going to say about Texas's law Conservative supporters of these laws have sought to portray social media companies as liberal and hostile to other viewpoints especially from the political right Fairfax county's top attorney promises to never prosecute women if the Supreme Court overturns roe V wade and he made his decision very public In a New York Times op-ed fairfax county Commonwealth's attorney Steve descano says even if roe is overturned in Virginia passes a new law he will never prosecute a woman for having an abortion or being suspected of inducing one Because we are the last line of defense when it comes to criminalizing women for making their own healthcare decisions The scanner says police could potentially go through a woman's trash to see if drugs are alcohol or there And friends and partners could be called in to testify about a woman's sexual history All of these things are an orwellian nightmare A spokeswoman for governor youngkin declined comment Neil can stain double TLP news It's four 42 Are you ready to come back to the office Nearly half the federal worker surveyed are dissatisfied with their agency's plans to get them out of the house and back out on the roads Telework could be reduced in the months ahead for federal employees who've grown accustomed to working from home during COVID In a federal news network survey about 49% disagreed or strongly disagreed that they are satisfied with how their agency is conducting return to office plans Nearly 44% say their managers are not listening to their questions or concerns about return to work What most worries federal employees about going back to the office.
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"Tyson 57 in DuPont circle at 1240 President Biden's approval rating up to 42% in a new Washington Post ABC News poll which also shows Republicans losing ground when it comes to which party voters see themselves casting ballots for in November but Democrats don't get to jump up and down too much yet The poll shows Republicans are trusted to do better with the economy and inflation than President Biden Ken Walsh White House and political analyst for U.S. news and World Report join WTO's Dimitri sodas to discuss whether some Americans who feel the economy shaky could take their feelings out on Democrats in November I think this new poll now from The Washington Post and ABC suggests that there is room for movement now in the electorate that's the Democrats perhaps And President Biden perhaps we're not doing as badly as they had been As you mentioned the polling has some positives for the Democrats in the sense that Biden's approval rating has gotten a little bit better And people like how he's handled the coronavirus and a couple of other issues But on the fundamental issues facing the country the Democrats still have a long way to go to recover the strong position they had a couple of years ago On inflation which is of course getting worse Biden's rating is really bad on that It's 68% of Americans disapprove of his handling of this And that affects the Democratic Party So in some I'd say that this poll basically has some hope for the Democrats but they still have a long way to go and time is ticking with the midterms coming up in November The president heads to Alabama Tuesday to visit a Lockheed Martin facility that makes weapons used by the Ukrainians to defend themselves against Russia In purely political terms how would such a visit help President Biden I wrote a book about presidential leadership in crisis to come out of a little while ago And basically what the country wants from presidents and this Ukraine crisis with the Russian invasion is part of this whole picture They want bold action They want to see the president moving and doing something and taking action and being positive proactive And that's what I think Biden is doing Actually in this poll we've been talking about Biden does well in assessing his handling of the Russian invasion of Ukraine So people like what he's doing So I think you're going to see more of that in his travel this week and in his comments The other thing I wanted to mention real quick is that there's a lot of signs that he is going to be tougher in criticizing the Republicans as time goes on now as we get closer to the midterms He's been trying to be sort of above the fray in some ways but there are signs that he's going to change that And he's going to get much tougher And you see sort of a sense of a Harry Truman here I give him hell approach I think you might see President Biden move that way And you might see some of that when he goes and talks about the Ukraine war saying that the Republicans perhaps have been supporting him with their silence but to have not been really rallying around the president that's been part of our history through crises for many years That is Ken Walsh White House and political analyst for U.S. news and World Report Just to have the Nats bats get red hot in San Francisco rob woodwork with the happy details Next it's 1243.
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"44 It DuPont circle 33 still in Germantown and outside our studio windows now 39° It's 7 41 Russia unleashed a series of attacks on Ukraine yesterday and UN officials are calling for an investigation into war crimes with us live on Skype as WTO national security correspondent JJ green So Russia continues pounding Ukraine but there is new evidence that the push to take eastern Ukraine is running into trouble What have you learned about that Yeah British intelligence this morning said something that is very interesting A lot of people had suspected this and we've been hearing some drips and drabs about this the last few days but they said the battle of Donbass is still Russia's main focus in order to achieve its stated goal of controlling Donetsk and Luhansk But what they've said is that the fighting has been particularly heavy and several of those areas and their attempting to advance south as well But due to this really strong Ukrainian resistance and this resistance is now being buttressed by the weapons it's getting from the west and renewed confidence in themselves and realizing that they can actually beat the Russians The British intelligence is saying Russian territorial gains have been limited and that's because they've achieved significant losses to Ukrainian forces because of what they're trying to do So it suggested Russia is really not going to be able to do this at this time JJ it looks like Russia may be getting hit in its own territory by Ukraine Is this war expanding now into Russia Yeah it is Shootings erupted overnight at two checkpoints on the border between Ukraine and Russia and regional authorities say that this is evidence that this war is starting to spill over into Russian territory And again this is another piece of that evidence that I was just talking about about Ukrainian confidence and the ability to go after Russia And one of the things that's interesting about this in another place a little bit down the road from where this first attack took place they came under significant mortar fire inside of Russia Ukraine's officials are not acknowledging any of this They're simply saying this kind of thing is a quote absolutely natural process But they've been hit 11 times since February 24th inside Russia And most people think Ukraine is behind it They think they're going to be more of these to tax as well Okay That was double TLP national security correspondent JJ green thanks so much Up ahead Maryland congressman steny Hoyer throws his support behind one of the candidates in the states governors race It's 7 43 You like a company that.
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"The 8s here's Mary DuPont and the traffic center All right thanks Liz not watching too many things on an early Sunday morning but here's what we are we did Watch them pick up the cones on the interlude passing river road to get toward the two 70 spur they were along the left backing up very quickly They should be complete and the beltway remains at speed right now both in Virginia and in Maryland Now in Maryland the big story is a race happening on three 55 with rolling closures from Rockville to Bethesda both sides of the pike and the intersecting roadways to the pike would be under police direction temporary stop So unless you're part of the pike's peak ten K or a spectator you may want to avoid you have lots of options on an early Sunday morning to include two 70 kinetic and avenue of Georgia avenue Now we have a crash working in gays it's on snuffer school road to the west of one 24 near Mallory place We believe you're under direction there Also in southern Maryland and White Plains Middletown road just north of two 27 Marshall's corner the crash near head rail Indian head rail trail Again watch for police direction In Virginia same interstate travel doing well George Washington Parkway closed from old town through Mount Vernon in both directions for the Parkway classic Long fence is giving 20% off savings on offensive stacks and pavers financing is available to qualify buyers go to long fence dot com and schedule your free estimate today Mary de Pompidou traffic Here's storm team fours Ryan Miller Mild weather here through the morning hours and are dry sunny morning across our D.C. Sunday and temperatures this afternoon while they're going to climb even warmer than yesterday highs will be into the middle to.
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"Like you. Matt was trying to figure it. Faina image of the so-called cult house you know and he's tough there because there are. I saw a report from a guy who lived in the area and this was around six years ago so this probably change but he said he had worked at the sun and coach shop down the road on fifty two. I think and that he worked on all these people's cars so he knew there real people they owned a lot of money and he said yes. There is a mansion in the woods. That's the quote unquote cult house. There's an old coupled lives there They just wanna be alone. They just want to be rich in alone at. I could see how you'll reminds me a little bit of A lot of these stories you know. They're descended from earlier story. So it reminds me of the old tales of like the creepy creepy old woman who lives on the edge of town or the creepy old man is at the edge of the woods is a warlock is she a witch surely should definitely why does she get up to when the moon is included. How come no one ever sees her in a wolf in the same field at the same time you know what i mean like that kind of stuff is of reasons why people probably for a for a beat believed the blair witch project was a documentary. 'cause i mean the woods really do conjure these types of images they really do kind of conjure these types of feelings of isolation and And terror. I mean there can be beautiful but they can also be very you know other worldly and When you start getting this kind of lower in there really makes the mind go places. Yeah i agree no then when you were speaking of that story did you say the gore over. What did you say. Where did that person work son cope so they don't go okay. I'm so. I'm looking at the colt house that i found. I don't know if that's what it is but it is. A mansion is a large large house. I don't have the address here but it's by a small laker upon do and it does look pretty irri and the road does go right by it. So i'm you know i'm thinking that might be it and if it is i can see why that place might be considered a bit creepy because of its a general appearance on. Google maps I google maps is. It's funny we're talking about google maps after We also didn't earlier piece on facial recognition. The surveillance state israel. Very much so So i would say that in that case is folks can't be that well off because they're not able to get the big g of the internet g daddy to erase their Like at least pixelated their location right. Yeah no i could see that maybe it is maybe it's an offshoot of the du pont family because they owned so much land. Oh so much if you go on. Just keep saying if you go on any maps. It doesn't matter whichever digital map service if you go on one of those map services you can find all of the dupont company and families lots of land and buildings and they are everywhere around this area and by the way just we could go down such a rabbit hole with with the family departs episode. Let's do it you remember fox catcher right. Yeah yeah well. I i think i would. I've been thinking about this as well. I would love to do as series odd the modern american aristocracy which is very very much about the law If you guys are down then we'll do that. And if you're listening along their home cynicism suggestions of some lesser known. Us aristocrats that. You think need a spotlight on also. Tell us if you've been to colt house. Tell us if you're the are you the couple living in courthouse us really podcast as this. Has this. been the surprise. Twist of your day. Do we just accidentally shamlan. You can come hang with you and do stuff. Whatever it is called. I love a good cult. It's like a barbecue. You know if you go in for the intro meeting. The secret is to know when they'll leave. You know what i mean. If if you have an invite you'd like to send us to join your cult You can direct that to us Via the internet ganci. That's right you can find all over the place on twitter and facebook and youtube. We are conspiracy stuff on instagram. We are conspiracy stuff show. If you'd like to leave us a special message with your mouth you can give us a call. That's right you can dial us up directly any time at one eight. Three three s. t. Dwi t k three minutes. You'll hear a voice tells you you're in the right place and then those three minutes are yours. Tell us what's on your mind. Give yourself cool. Nickname like cult boys or Or do positron isn't that they're not all gonna land and and then tell us what's on your mind. Tell us what you think about. What we've discussed with sean. Ronin cody today. Hold on you might be saying. I do have a very creepy.
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"He's a guy with a newspaper team is always the best. I love i love. I think it's i think him tarantino does who else does as a director does every morning like face pops in at some point is giving king and maximum overdrive. I just watch the trailer trailer. Every when i need motivation cocaine like everyone makes mistakes you know and they power through it. Those trucks were terrifying. When i was a kid short stories. Great the surest. He was all about sentient machines. you know like dumb ones frame of microwaves in Evil the mangla which is about like a haunted gendre machine to the way it happens is really anyway. I liked the short stories I love more the cameos. But i don't know man. I love more about directors who cameo in hitchcock i think its appearance thumbs as well Is there i mean. There's like a cult like kind of mayo s- behind this area and it looks at. It feels very true detective to me. There's some sort of elite you know child. Murdering cult like has rituals out in the woods. It's just feels like those kinds of woods. And when you throw dupont in the mix big money you know old money. Start the mind. Wanders. ma'am i would. I would say. I can see what you're saying. From my view outside of these websites that are specifically talking about how creepy it is now. There's a colt involved in all that stuff going on. The area looks very safe and happy. And you're just kind of in the middle of the woods in this area of pennsylvania and maybe maybe security. You know linda in those broncos but also yeah there's so much stuff is stewart around about it like the idea that like people aren't agreeing on what's going on some people are saying it called without a ton of specifics and then other people are saying no. It's the ku klux klan. This summer saying that yes again. There are rumors all over the place with all kinds of different concepts of. What's going on here. This is one of the major things. I will say about the road because it is single lane and because those trees are like just weird formation at certain points and there are other places in there where you're just there's so much tree cover you're in the middle of the woods right but you've got a one lane highway going through kenner like going through some of the mountain areas of georgia that i'm thinking of going through where it just feels like. You're you're stuck and you're you're lost in the woods. Thank goodness you've got lights especially if you're in the dark and i'm imagining if you are on this lane highway going through winding through these trees and you do encounter another vehicle that is. Let's say coming in the opposite direction. That's not just a quiet passing of another vehicle like you would. On any other road that becomes an occasion. It becomes a moment. Reagan's a word problem and a man. Thank yes distance right in the maneuvering around where you can actually get off where the shoulder exists yet attacks. It yeah. I think i am. This is me. And i don't have any proof to back this up other than what i know slightly of psychology that tension. That would be in anyone who is driving along that road if it's already got these legends surrounding it and you're just worried that even even the worry that another car is coming while thinking about these other legends. I think those two could combine to create a general level of fear and anxiety and maybe Fighter flight that's going on just by being on the road especially at night. I don't know that that's my. That's my thinking they're so then. Everything that occurs becomes heightened. And i can just imagine something normal that you may see or hear could be much scarier especially if you're unfamiliar with the area. The floor of the florida I i totally see this. I tend to agree. I would say. Yeah you guys are you. Guys are pretty on the money but one thing that we also need to consider is the. Us is big. There are a lot of rural areas and there are a lot of creepy things that happen in those areas where population density is low. Where there's not a a huge like the. Us is a land filled with secrets. That is true. There is a great part of the country. That is is invisible culturally and i. I love hearing about this. Cody cody your letter has made my day. I would love to go there. Love love love to go there. Who's down for road trip. We're going me me. let's go. Let's stay. Because i wanna learn more about the true story and legend surrounding that true story of the bruce alfred johnston senior gang known by a lot of different things. But this this was a gang that existed in the nineteen seventies. That's when they were pulling most of their heists nineteen sixties as well but in the nineteen seventies when they became notable a whole group of people that were operating all along this area not necessarily in on that road or anything to do with that particular place but all in this area. They were using crowbars all blowtorches ropes. Like old school. Kind of stuff to pull off. Major heists where in the seventies they're stealing like thirty thousand dollars worth of stuff or twenty five thousand dollars worth of stuff or a bunch of tractors and they were pretty notorious for the things they did. They're also notorious for as things went bad killing off their own including family members and close loved ones of family members in order to protect their secrets. There's a whole huge story. There would this gang and what they did in the way. It culminates in the reason why is connected back to that. Road is because a group of them that were that were caught. Allegedly were led to a field directly off of that concert road where they were made to dig their own graves and they were shot and killed and put into those graves and that was allegedly done by the gang members themselves so you can imagine if the place is supposedly haunted that could really that could be an actual thing that could be. I don't know if you're gonna do some ghost hunting. Let's try that one out i i. Yeah yeah. that's what we're seeing here is what we're seeing. Here's what i would call. Folklore live right. We're seeing these. This kind of free form jazz of things get mixed together. I.
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"In Clarksburg. 82 degrees in DuPont Circle in D. C at 12 21 brought to you by new look home design right now Save 50% on all roofing materials. Man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a woman in Loudon County yesterday, the Latin county Sheriff's Office says 23 year old stone Colburn is accused of killing the woman inside a home on Stoneleigh drive in the Round Hill area around 10 in the morning. A baby in an older adult were taken from the home and taken to the hospital as a precaution. Both had minor injuries. Colburn is being held on no bond. What does it feel like to be handed a check for the forced labor of your ancestors? It's really not even describe. Linda Johnson Thomas is the granddaughter of John Samuel Thomas, who worked on the grounds of Virginia Theological Seminary during a time of segregation and Jim Crow BTS has decided to pay reparations to descendants of those unfairly treated. There's a wrong that's being made right in some sort of way. Her grandfather became a Baptist minister, a path she also followed, and she's been invited to study for her doctoral at the seminary. My grandfather I was not able to study 70 some plus years ago, and here I am on the grounds studying in the library there at Virginia Theological Seminary. As for the check, she's banking it to help fund the education of her future descendants. Michelle Morello w T. O P News, an update on the man who was rescued from a collapsed building in northwest D. C on Thursday. We told you about this, according to his family, 27 year old Leonardo or Ato is paralyzed and unable to walk on a go fund Me page family says he had Extensive spine surgery at Medstar Washington Hospital after he was rescued from the collapse after an hour and a half inside the building that pancaked on itself. When that storm came through. On Thursday, Barreto is expected to be transferred to a rehabilitation clinic for what his family is saying will be a long way to recovery. Summer storm season is here and with it. You need to make sure you're doing all you can to keep storm water out of your home. Start by looking at the downspouts. Many times were gallant spouts. Don't have that. Divert er on the bottom and water is essentially coming right down by the foundation. You don't want that says held admirable with Compass Realty. He also says, Make sure that the grading in your yard is sending the storm water in the right direction after away from the house. If you're a wave for a long time, or your home is vacant and the storm hits. It's important to have someone who can keep an eye on it and go check on it so that storm hits they will go into your house and have a look. Make sure There were no issues with your basement. Also, he says, If you have a sump pump, make sure it has a battery backup in case the power goes out. It is 12 23 at w T o P. Are you up on your fourth of July? Trivia. We'll get here. Here you go. Here's a trivia quiz for you Ready? The nation's oldest Fourth of July Parade takes place in No, Not there. It's Rhode Island. 17 85. What city witnessed the very 1st 4th of July fireworks.
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How dirt bikes and STEM ignite ingenuity in Baltimore | Brittany Young [TEST]
"Hi it's bryce dallas howard guest hosting today on ted talks daily. Here's a talk from an incredible ted fellow and the stem educator brittany young a community leader tackling national issues by turning passions into opportunities for stem education and career development. Hey ted talks daily listeners. I'm adam grant. I hosted another podcast. From the ted audio collective called work life and it's about the science of making work not suck next time the number of protests targeting firms. Today it's on the order of sixty times. The numbers that you would see and early tens employees activism is on the rise. But how can we use our voices effectively. And how can leaders manage all those voices find. Work life on apple podcasts. Spotify or wherever you listen. I show people all around. Dc antiquites my guests engaged. I liked sprinkle in a fun factor to net. Stop dupont circle. Also here's a lifestyle tip for you. Try apple pay. You can now just tap with your phone or watch to get on the bus or train all over the dc area at your smart trip to the apple wallet then just have to ride apple. Pay on iphone now. Arriving on metro. Support for ted talks daily comes from odu odors suite of business. Apps has been you need to run a company. Think of your smartphone with all your apps right at your fingertips odu is just like that for business but instead of an app to order takeout or tell you the weather you have sales inventory accounting and more union the department we've got it covered and they're all connected joined the six million users who stopped wasting time and started getting stuff done go to odu dot com slash ted to start a free trial. That's od co dot com slash. Ted i want you to take this journey with me. Let's set the stage. Is a sunday in baltimore in a park. We endure a hill watching dirt bike. Riders go pash do tricks. Willies do stunts zipping. He hit the engines revving. Smell the gasoline. You could see the join excitement. Netface someone's probably learning how to fix the dirt bike way too expensive to buy. Then they can go to school. They can get a pop quiz or a test teacher. You'll account we all heard. And we've all hated train as leaving new york to cleveland. But they're here in baltimore. How does this relate. They don't get it. They fail the test and now they can hate then now. World can turned upside down. They can get on facebook instagram. Get a call or text. They can watch as their friend can become a hashtag. A kid in the wrong place wrong time lost to the streets loss of the system lost a gun violence or kick that could be arrested for dirt bike. Because of my city it can be a misdemeanor. Possession of dirk like this can be elected story for black kids across the country. And he's like miami. Cleveland atlanta philly. Whatever please had the dirt bike task force now. Acts yourself if the thing you used to relieve your stress if it was demonized would you still do it if it was criminal us. The answer is yes. That's the reality black people across the us right now. They've watched as we made room in. Cities escape borders bicycles in any other sport. They can watch tv in seattle games olympics on. Espn the style and stain ad campaigns and films but in baltimore would they have looked forward to would do. Right is get from all of it. No space no outlet just typical narrative. Like i said this is a communist story. I was a kid in the park. I wanted to be just like the big crowd is but i hate the fall. Instead i became like bill nye the science guy i was doing all kinds of experiments blown out burrows off glowing people to the chair and i may or may not have made stink bombs at school. They would describe me as a bad kid. Where they didn't see was all my jeans. My talent my voice was not hurt. Then i became that black girl from west baltimore working stem my first position. I was confused for the secretary was pissed but liquefying soon get more people in industry and it's one eight hundred. That's what i start doing. Working small groups for kids students teach them some activities then and twenty fourteen. I lost my little brother to the prison system. In twenty fifteen. I lost all faith. In system period. The world watched following a freddie gray uprising as possible burn. I wondered people go and listen. Where would it solutions. And where was investment into my community and twenty sixteen. I broke the system and became the founder and ceo of beat through sixty carbonell. I went back to my experience in park. I thought about the kids bikes those scales. People use to pay the bills just like mechanics mechanical news. We lane in system s sights the sign's behind popping best willie playing in dirt bike. It's home o'clock is busy quesion technology. The technology needed to get the best radio tires. So you don't have the channel asphalt engineering. The engineers needed to fix peg dirt bike. But the also get the best mac mac. 'em mathematics the math needed for the guests to oriole ratio. So you dirt. Bike does not explode then also gonna step further. I thought about the rights new only way to have programming solutions was ahead of them at because the people closest to the problem onto solution i thought about. Mike says he was six. He's rendered by geez when he seventeen graduating high school. He didn't know what you wanted to do but he knew he loved everything about their bikes and started working with us and beat through sixty. He's helped us. Educate kids trained by gratis and x twenty one. He's our lead instructor. He's created mates showed them across the country and he really represents the best to be three sixty at the corvallis. Work is constantly thinking about what people like. Like one for mike. He was a space. Basically work of students on our curriculum space. Keep training more. Riders and growing a skill sets a space where he no longer has skating but he has something his own city for him with your support and it's of more cities we can make this reality since two thousand seventeen. We've saved the city of baltimore about two hundred thirty three million dollars by dorm programming over seven thousand students. We saved the city of baltimore. One million dollars by growing workforce opportunities for people. Just like mike. That's less people that could possibly go to jail. Less money spent on dollars and cents of incarceration and more money going and saw black communities our leaders our culture and our voices. We don't need to black squares. We don't need your campaigns but will we do need as your dollars and cents behind us to make roach. We need more people like you and cities to believe in invest in our model of growing the people. What will you choose to be an ally being impact be the revolution be three sixty. Thank you hello there. I'm chris anderson. The guy lucky enough to run. Ted now has a podcast called the ted interview and this week on the show. I took someone really special name me. The woman married to jacqueline nova 'grats. She's been that he is learning how to use the tools of business to tackle global poverty got drawn into capitalism raised to the rank of religion. And now we have an opportunity to have a very different conversation. Find the ted interview. Wherever you listen to podcasts.
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The death of the universe -- and what it means for life | Katie Mack [TEST]
"Hi neil degrasse. Tyson here guest hosting today on ted talks daily. Here's a talk from a ted fellow and fellow. Astrophysicist katie mac. She's a thought leader. Who's trying to make sense out of the complicated and theoretical issues related to the future of the universe. Wait wait actually. Her specialty is the end of the universe. That's where she's coming from or at least that's where she's going or that's where she's going to take us. Check it out. hello then. i'm chris hansen. The guy lucky enough to run ted now host a podcast called the ted interview and this on the show. I talked to someone really special name. The woman i'm married to jacqueline nova grads. She's been thirty years. Learning how to use the tools of business to tackle global poverty. We got drawn into capitalism raised to the rank of religion. And now we have an opportunity to have a very different conversation. Find the tudent. Few wherever you listen to costs. I showed people all around dc antiquites. My guests engaged. I liked his sprinkle in a fun. Factor to next off dupont circle. Also here's a lifestyle tip for you. Try apple pay. You can now just tap with your phone or watch to get on the bus or train all over the dc area at your smart trip to the apple wallet than just tap to ride apple. Pay on iphone now. Arriving on metro. Support for ted talks. Daily comes from odu dues suite of business. Apps has everything you need to run a company. Think of your smartphone with all your apps right at your fingertips odu is just like that for business but instead of an app to order takeout or tell you the weather you have sales inventory accounting and more union the department we've got it covered and they're all connected joined the six million users who stopped wasting time and started getting stuff done go to odu dot com slash ted to start a free trial that's od show dot com slash ted. I the universe. The vastness the mystery the astonishing beauty of the stars. I love everything about it. And i devoted my life to studying it from adam's two galaxies from beginning to end but lately i've gotten stuck on that last bit the fact that the universe is dying. I know this may come as a shock. I mean it's the universe it's everything it's supposed to be eternal right but it isn't. We know the universe had a beginning and everything that begins and the start of the story is familiar one. In the beginning there was light. We know that because we can see it. Directly the cosmos today is filled with low energy background radiation leftover from a time when the whole universe was an all encompassing inferno in its first three hundred and eighty thousand years space or dark. it was thick. With a churning humming plasma it was hot and dense it was loud but it was also expanding over time the fire dissipated and space cooled clouds of gas pulled together by their own gravity form stars and galaxies and planets and us and one day astronomers using a microwave receiver detected a bit of static coming from every direction the sky the leftover radiation from that promote. He'll fire we can know map out the cosmos to the farthest reaches of the observable universe. We can see distant galaxies whose light has taken billions of years to reach us so by looking at them. We're looking deep into the past. We can watch how the expansion of the universe has slowed down since that hot early phase. Thirteen point eight billion years ago we can see collisions of entire galaxies. And watch the star formation the result from the sudden conflagration of all that cosmic hydrogen and we can see that these collisions are happening. Less and less. The expansion of the universe isn't slowing down anymore. A few billion years ago. It started speeding up. Distant galaxies are getting farther apart faster and faster star formation has slowed in fact we can calculate exactly how much and when we do we find something shocking of all the stars that have ever been born or that ever will be around ninety percent have already come into being from now until the end of time the universes were he'll just that last ten percent the end of the universe is coming. There are few ways that could happen but the most likely is called the heat death and in agonizing slow languishing of the cosmos stars. Burn out leaves smoldering ash. Galaxies become increasingly isolated in their own dimples of light particles decay even black holes evaporate into the void. Of course we still have some time. The heat is so far in the future. We hardly have words to describe it long. Past a billion years when the sun expands and boils off the oceans of the earth long past one hundred billion years we lose the ability to see distant galaxies and that faint trace of big bang light long after we are left alone in the darkness watching the milky way. Fade it's okay to be sad about it even if it is trillions of years in the future. No one wants to think about something. They love coming to an end as disconnected as it may be us here now. It is somehow more profound than personal death. We have strategies for accepting the ability of that. After all we tell ourselves something of us will live on. Maybe it will be our great works. Maybe it will be our children carrying on our genetic material or perhaps our basic outlook on life. Maybe it will be some idea worth spreading humanity might venture out into the stars and evolve and change but something of us will survive but the universe ends at some point. We have no legacy. There will come a time when in a very real sense our existence will not have mattered. The slate will be wiped clean completely. Why should we spend our lives seeking answers to the ultimate question of reality. If eventually there will be no one left to tell. Why build a sandcastle when you can see that the tide is coming in. I've asked a dozen other cosmologists. And they all had different answers to some. The death of the cosmos seems right. It's freeing to know that we are temporary. I very much like our glibness one told me to others. The question itself motivates the search for some alternative theory. There must be some way to carry on the slow fade to black. Just cannot be our story ends. One found comfort in the possibility of the multi vers. It's not all about us. He said personally. I feel lucky our cosmos existed for billions of years before us and it will carry on long after. We are gone
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Former Delaware Governor Pierre 'Pete' Du Pont IV Dies
"Governor Pierre DuPont has died. If yours, Joel Rose reports DuPont sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1988. Pierre Dupont was born to wealth and status. But he gave up a comfortable career it his family's chemical business to go into politics here, is announcing his long shot bid for the presidency in 1986. I was born with Well known name. Genuine opportunity. I hope I've lived up to both. DuPont served three terms in Congress and two is the governor of Delaware. He was known as a fiscal conservative who helped to shore up the state's finances and turn it into a banking powerhouse. DuPont died Saturday in Wilmington after a long illness, according to his former chief of staff. He was 86 years old. Joel
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"dupont" Discussed on OC Talk Radio
"Chapter with charlie hedges as he explores turning the page on his life. And your hey charlie. Hey paul today. We have a very important social issue. In our culture that receives little press or really any kind of attention at all except for those people in the middle of it and that issue is the care for our aging population especially those that require medical professional or just more personal care on today. Show we have gerontologist and dedicated advocate of societies disenfranchised. Dr jackie dupont. Jackie is so uniquely gifted. She demonstrates that also rare combination of superior intelligence with an overwhelming heart of compassion. On this episode of the next chapter with charlie. Jackie guides me through the critical issues of dementia and other disabilities common to the people in those closing chapters of aging and she offers insights in how adult children can manage tissues. The first thing. Jackie suggest is to find in our hearts to recognize both the humanity and the dignity of all human beings are podcast today. One of the most insightful show. I feel that we've ever done so. Let's bring on after jackie. jackie dupont. Welcome to the next chapter with charlie charlie. Thanks for having me on was great to have you here. I'm so excited heavy on the show today. Jackie among other things that i want to talk about. I do want to talk about your new. Phd dissertation. on the growing issue of ageism in america and ageism is a problem that is going to become even more prevalent. I think in our society. But i wanna come back to that and and since we're going to focus on before we even before we even get into our conversation. Jackie i i think our listeners would like to know a bit. I would like to hear even a bit more from you about your professional history. Your i'm calling. An entrepreneurial gerontologist you like that oh that's great that really kind of kinda defines you though you think. I mean defines that part of you doesn't define you defines that part of your of your portfolio your philanthropist and you're just a contributor on so many boards of schools and charitable organizations you you serve the community so well so so so. Tell me jacky when you meet someone. How do you describe what you do to that person. No not what you do to that person. How do you describe to that person but you do. Oh goodness well you know. It's so funny on the east coast when you go to dinner. What do you do for a living on the west coast. How're you doing. It's so funny to see the different perspective. But i've been spending a lot of time on the east coast. And i do get asked. It often usually. I'll say gerontologist because that's really what my professional background in but then also of course. I'll expand that i have been in the senior care industry for over twenty five years and that encompasses home health and home care and memory care and assisted living. How much of your time. Now do you spend with the elderly. I mean i. I look at your schedule and and it and you've got you've got so many things going. So what would you say is the time that you spend in We're not as much as i liked to. I miss them so as a group. I miss him so much so Probably less now. Just because i donated my company irvine to just that was the Chain of memory care facilities to alzheimer's orange county and we had a smooth transition during covert unfortunately and that was in July so i stayed on a little bit helping on giving advice and counsel and but i had so much fun last week because i did get to go out and do an assessment with an older adult a really fascinating Named alex course. They can't tell his real name but he escaped auschwitz at two years. Seven months ran under the doug. Gate mom kind of pointed him down in with no clothes on not even three years old dug under the gate and ran and they shot at him and missed and he grew up in like six different orphanages and never knew his name. Because you know he only knew his first name but his story was so fascinating. And i miss those stories you know. There's just no replacing it. There's no movie no book that can replace an older adults wisdom for history you know. His history was fascinating and he was carrying first wife with alzheimer's and so intrinsically motivated to get her the best care. I think it came from his hardship. Now as i listened to him he had such a different perspective as a caregiver caring for her home than most. And that's why would perspective be jackie. That was different. It was just different. It was He said you know. I am gonna miss her more than she is going to miss me if i place her. And i don't think i've ever heard a spouse say that. They're usually at their wits and and they are so tired. Been up all night. For how many weeks usually and there's been a change or they wouldn't be looking for placement classes assisted living or memory care. There's been usually an issue. That's come up or decline or i just can't do it anymore. It's such a hard job. But in his case it was no. I love the job. I love caring for her. I love taking her to the bathroom. I love showering. I love doll that she might be missing out on. You know other stimulation activates memory care art stuff. She loved art. And i said well have you tried bringing that he said i don't know if i could take people in my hopes are all these different dynamic going on but he had this really interesting perspective on him being lonely without her so fast forward. I checked on him last week. And said i heard you placed your wife. How do you feel he goes. I'm devastated she's not doing great but i'm devastated. I think i might have to bring her home. And i should have listened to you because you said to. I try a caregiver at home and then try the transition. You know so. I get used to it. But you're the only one who told me it's gonna be harder on meet and it's actually harder on me. I think i might bring her home. And i said well. Why don't you give it another week. You know it's been hard through kobe with these families. It's just so hard So he gave it another week at call them today and he said you know what i'm going to keep her there and just visit like you said at the same time and maybe help with eating You know bringing her some snacks or help. You know camping outside on.
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"dupont" Discussed on Charlotte Readers Podcast
"You talked to a lot of people's you said who are now no longer children but who grew up children of employees of department and It's almost like sometimes when you're in a beautiful setting You don't notice what's around you and some of these kids talk later about the fact that i didn't really know how well they had it but they had this playground That was right behind and they just thought whether dad worked at dupont. They didn't realize not. Everybody had all these waterfalls and fun places to play that's right and one woman Said talked about getting dropped off at eight thirty morning at the lake and getting picked up again at five all some so. This is not a common chill child's experienced even if you do grow up in the country s great well. The book is his full of pictures for history. It's also got some information about the trails that you can hike It's a it's an easier aging pick it up and flip through it and take and put it in your knapsack when you're actually out there hiking but let's shift just a minute danny and talk a little bit about the writing life. We do this on the show. With a little time we got left You're a hiker You carry a notebook with you on the trail to jot down notes. I suddenly do. I like to just jot down names. I take pictures. Thank goodness for a camera. Phones of Trails in of signs salon easy to do would wipe their than to say. Oh what was that again. And when i come home i put them in my computer right away with. I'm going to use them or not. So when did this. Your obsession with hiking began at an early age. When did you sort of become obsessed with the idea of recording the sights and sounds around you on these trails and then head of progressed to writing about them..
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Duck Duck Goose Coming to Washington, DC
"Locations this summer Duck Duck Goose is opening a DC location in DuPont Circle. We've been fortunate to survive the pandemic in the Maryland locations, a lot of landlords they were willing to let out. Their current tenants provided they were able to find a replacement for the chef Ashish Alfred will take over 2100 P Street Northwest, formerly vintage 78. We're not trying to reinvent the wheel from a culinary perspectives. We served two hits Plan on seeing Patty on the menu plan on seeing some great cheese is on the menu. He'll serve both classic French wines and alcohol free drinks. I learned very quickly in my own sobriety that for me, there weren't really a lot of options, so we started coming up with our own zero proof cocktails. The French brasserie aims to open in June Jason friendly Deputy Open is coming up in money news product shortages that are causing
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Washington DC native creates chain of successful bed and breakfast inns
"A D. C native and an award winning entrepreneur who has built her empire, One bed and breakfast at a time. W GOP continues our coverage of women's history month by highlighting the voices who are making a difference in our community. Monique Greenwood is the owner and chief enjoyment officer of Aquatic, a bed and breakfast inns. The key to running a successful bed and breakfast is really having a love for people and wanting to make sure that they have a great experience. Akwaaba Ins has five locations, including one on DuPont Circle in northwest Washington. But the crown jewels of her properties is one in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains. Once a Woolworth estate like Grandmother who lived to be 100 and one also a native Washingtonian. Last thing she said to me before she passed was I can remember when I couldn't sit at the counter at war. Worse, and now my baby girl is all up in their mansion. Stephanie Gaines Bryant w T o P. News
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Washington, D.C.'s Newest Mural Depicts Poet Amanda Gorman
"We've learned that a new mural is going up in Northwest D C neighborhood featuring the young poet Amanda Gorman. It shows her as she looked reading the poem at the inauguration of President Biden, the moment that catapulted her to fame. That mural is being painted by Khalid Crosby, who's also painted several other well known murals across the city. This one is on 17th Street Northwest, not far from DuPont Circle. It should be completed later this month.
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Alexander Mikaberidze takes us through the history of the Napoleonic era
"Let's start by setting up the hoof the two main characters that we see throughout the movie are gabrielle. Farrow and our montebourg who are both lieutenants in napoleon's army. Were they real people. Kind of the story of you're a ridley scott chose direct a screenplay drafted from ninety seven availa from the famous author joseph conrad but away the noble a was published as dual in britain. But it was kind of the point. Honorary night it stays and you can still find the first edition of in used. Bookstores and condo story was supposedly inspired by this real duels olga. He clearly to liberties facts and the story was about the duel between two officers of napoleonic army. The historical individuals of peer won't The town and francois leotard lavazza. Who became ill baer and finkel in the movie and both of them are very collar for the interesting individuals. Do point was born in chaban as in shock and in western france in seventeen sixty five like many of his generation. He first saw action I military action. During the french revolutionary. Wars in fact he fought that battle. Volney really important. Battled all of the then. He served in the rhineland and by seventeen ninety seven. He's already a general so he would have been all league thirty two years old and a general widely respected for his Martial abilities He supported napoleon in seventeen ninety nine when that general sees power to our and then he couponing pollyanna campaigns. All is distinguishing himself. I mean he. This guy was quite successful in quite capable. Man fought at morongo for that Allback where he he did. Do really remarkable defense with barely five thousand man. He was able to stop and australia. That was five times larger and then he earned accolades for he's exported. Ooh macron's rheinland in the sauna zone and with such a stellar record. He had much to expect from the future of maybe even marshal's baton right as new polian savings says every soldier right in. My army carries marshals. Donen in these anyone could carry. It probably will Dupont was one of them but it all changing in eighteen eight. Napoleon sent dupont you. Spain with motley crue of a of the provisional battalions new new recruits swiss troops. That wayne pressed into service. No one over. Dick league cited fighting and he's tasked was to secure the southern region of of spain and initial successes. He found himself surrounded by the largest army and in the remarkable decision affected. He's entire life. Dupont decided to surrender with some eighteen thousand men at violin in the news of this french. Defeat him in the worse than they surrender right but shock europe. Napoleon is range. Dupont is sent to court martial deprived of his rank and his title kashir and then sent to a military installation into to be imprisoned there for the rest of the only any wars
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Washington DC Metro to replace 130 escalators at more than 30 stations
"Completed an eight year long project that replaced Ah 145 escalators and rehabilitated about 153 of them. Then started repairing 89 escalators throughout the system will now we've learned Metro is going to begin replacing more than 100 escalators and dozens more station soon. The transit agency will spend $179 million over the next seven years on the new project, it will replace 130 escalators in 32 metro rail stations beginning in May. Escalators at the Roslin Dupont Circle and Tenley Town stations are being replaced. Those are among the longest escalators in the system. The new s The leaders have to be made specifically for Metro Christopher Cruz. W T o P News
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What does it mean when water is traded as a commodity?
"I'm jordan heath rawlings. This is the big story. Diane dupont is a professor in the economics department at brock university. She is the co author of through our fingers how handed fails to capture the value of its top asset. Hello professor dupont hydrogen. How are you. i'm doing well. Can you start. Maybe for people to whom this came as kind of a shock when the news broke a little while ago. How did we end up with water. Futures trading on stock market so as you mentioned Water futures started trading on the chicago mercantile exchange in the us in early january and Just let me explain. What if auto futures contract is of. It's this visit a an agreement to buy or sell an asset at a specified future date at a pre specified price and typically. What happens with future contracts. Not water contracts will come back to that set. What would typically happen with. Enormous futures contract is at the future date. The exchange takes place the seller pays the price to the buyer and the buyer hands over the asset typically physical asset to the cellar with water futures. This isn't what happens. Water is not physically transacted on this water futures exchange rather water futures contracts are settled financially in other words dollars exchange at the end of the period so no actual physical transfer water from buyer to a seller takes place. And i think it's important that people understand the distinction between this water futures market where these contracts which are essentially contracts in prices and how prices are going to change in the future Take place so distinction between trading in futures contracts and trading in actual water. And they're different. Yeah i'd love to know how it works. And when the headlines say you know water is now being traded in futures on the what water are we talking about. So we're not talking about any water. We're talking about dollars. Well we are talking about riots. We are talking about what so. Let me let me explain there in fact if you will. This is a simplification in fact to kind of markets. Exchanges that are taking place on the one hand. There is the real physical trading in water. Which has been by the way taking place in california for over thirty years so so water actually traits physically in california and this is in fact the the underlying physical market that is being reflected in the the water futures contracts that we just spoke about so for over thirty years. We've had water trading taking place in california and what we do that it's because there's a lot of variability in water availability over the season often mismatch between what is needed and win at wear and so what has happened is that we have in the us california sellers who are willing to essentially transfer a physical quantity of the water over which they have rights to fire. Essentially there are groups of people in california who've had water rights or essentially entitlements to use water pre nineteen fourteen so these are very special kinds of water rights and they basically give the owner the right to take water on on their land now there are other types of water rights in california call. Ripe -tarian rights and these are rights to use the flow of water. That passes over your land so if your land is adjacent to a stream to a river to lake quite often people have these so called ripe perry and writes in california recognizes seats so these two kinds of rights essentially that people have to effectively sell water so their water sellers there are water buyers and as i said for over thirty years. We've actually had trades that have been taking place between buyers and sellers now the volume actual trading is pretty small. It's about four percent of all of the water that's used in the state so and most of the trading that takes place is within the same county or region so th water isn't going very far away from where it
Mornings on the Mall with Brian Wilson
Hundreds flock to Smithsonian Castle for snowball fight on Washington, DC's National Mall
"Of of 100 100 people people out out near near the the Smithsonian Smithsonian Castle Castle for for what's what's become become a a DC DC tradition tradition of of massive massive snowball snowball fight. fight. The The event, event, which which in in the the past past was was held held in in DuPont DuPont Circle Circle was was moved moved to to the the mall mall to to allow allow for for more more social social distancing, distancing, an organizer say most to took part were wearing masks. Calls for Capitol Hill to be open to sledding went on answered. The only people with access behind the fencing were members of the National Guard. Virginia State
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Trump Rule Allows Natural Gas Transport By Rail In Dense Areas
"The us produces so much shale gas it needs to find new markets overseas. The trump administration has approved moving a liquefied form of the gas by rail. But some say that is too dangerous. Susan phillips of member station. whyy reports on a route. That would be one of the longest in the country. The guests will go first to a new plant in northeast. pennsylvania where refrigeration units will chill it too negative two hundred and sixty degrees fahrenheit. That's how it goes from a guest to a liquid. The part of the plan that scares a lot of people is the transport two hundred miles by truck or rail through some of the most densely populated areas of the east coast to a planned export terminal in new jersey. Vanessa keegan lives nearby with her family including three year old. Theo thank you want to take a picture. Okay you gotta get mommy ipad. We take another picture right. Era go railcars. Full of highly flammable liquefied natural gas or lng would roll about a block and a half away from keegan's home a daycare center sits right at the company gate so they want special permits to transport them right there. That train track. You could skip on down to in about a minute and a half and that terrifies me. This project is part of a larger push to export natural gas last summer. The trump administration changed long-standing federal policy to allow rail transport of ellen g anywhere in the country fifteen states including pennsylvania and new jersey challenged the move saying it puts people's lives at risk in this rust belt reason of new jersey. The export project does have support from building trade unions and powerful state lawmakers including assemblyman. John bursa kelly. He says grandfather worked at a former dupont plant on the site of the planned export terminal. That's will create jobs as it once did contribute to tax base as wants to be an important economic driver for people to make a living in fear families. I says safety issues should be raised and addressed but he says railcars carry much more hazardous materials through the region every day. Ray mentzer is a chemical engineer at purdue university who spent his career on ellen g projects for exxon mobil he says specially designed containers have a good safety record but he says transporting the guests through densely populated areas increases the risk if there's a leak. It's not flammable until it's vaporized but it's going to bait rise pretty damn quickly and then it's going to seek an ignition source. Believe me it will find an ignition source. Pretty darn readily mentor says. A vapor cloud would definitely catch fire. If i was at a town meeting and i lived there i would want to know. Just what routes are you going to us right now. The exact roots are unclear. Multiple attempts to reach the developers of the project. New fortress energy went on answered if the overseas export terminal gets built. None of the guests will go to power new jersey homes instead the state is planning a large coastal wind farm off atlantic city to help new jersey reach the goal of all clean energy by twenty fifty
All Things Considered
Big Oil Evaded Regulation And Plastic Pellets Kept Spilling
"Plastic pellets have been spilling into oceans and rivers. The world over where birds and fish eat them. They are the building blocks of all plastic melts 350 of them. You get a yogurt cup 1000 gets you a water bottle. But an NPR and PBS frontline investigation found the oil and plastic industry has long known there an environmental problem. NPR's Laura Sullivan brings us this story about how the oil in plastic industry evaded regulation. Despite decades of spills. You probably haven't spent a lot of time standing on train tracks looking at your feet. We're looking at the edge of a highway outside of plastic manufacturer. If you did, there's a good chance you'll see them little plastic pellets. This is Kocsis Creek, and we're looking at fresh pellets. It has fallen out of the Terps. Ronnie hammering is standing on state Road 35 in Southeast Texas, rising four square miles. Behind him is the petrochemical plant, Formosa Plastics. And they're not just here. There over there. They're important Lakha. You're gonna find him down the road Hand looks not an anti plastic environmentalist. He's a former supervisor who worked to Formosa for 25 years, And while he worked there, he says he was told to cover up spills of classic pallets. I want you to put down a certain number. You know what I'm saying? They want to keep it love. So So you line so would you like That's my job. That's my bread and butter, so I got to do what they think. I got a family. What's striking about standing outside Formosa and finding pellets? 100 yards from the plant's edge is that last year for most agreed to pay $50 million to settle a lawsuit in which it agreed to zero discharge of pellets. And yet, here they are and down in the creek, where the plant drains thousands more. Ah federal judge called Formosa, a serial offender for most of says it's working to improve its containment systems. But Formosa is just one of thousands of companies that either make or use plastic pellets in the United States. The oil and plastic industry says it doesn't have a problem, Officials told me for most of it was simply a quote bad actor, while leading companies like Exxon and Chevron recently told shareholders that at their dozens of facilities worldwide Either lose, not a single pellet or just two sandwich bags full. And here's how they say they've done it. Thanks again for signing on the operation Clean Sweep Operation Clean Sweep is a voluntary program the industry came up with in 1991. Companies that joined watch videos and promised to keep pellets from spilling from plant truck ships and rail cars. There's no data required. No numbers, nothing public. The operation Clean sweep is truly making a difference. Together, we can achieve zero pellet flake and proud of us. The industry says it's been a success. Pellet containment is incredibly important to our members. Steve Russell was until recently the vice president of plastics for the American Chemistry Council, which jointly runs the program, Nobody wants plastic in the environment. And if it still happens, and if we're gonna assume it's an accidental release, then it will be reported and remediation steps could be taken. Formosa is an operation Clean sweep member. So I asked to former workers and Ronnie Hamrick about it. I have no idea what you're even talking about. I've never heard it. There's evidence the industry does, in fact, have a pellet problem. Recent spills on beaches in Louisiana in South Carolina and studies show pellets are contaminating oceans, killing birds and fish and carrying toxins through rivers. There's also evidence the industry has known about this problem all along. In 2005, the industry participated in a study of 10 pellet plants. It found pellets washed away in heavy rain at every single facility and called Operation Clean sweep. Inadequate. But even long before that, there's a memo buried inside thousands of documents left over from old industry lawsuits. It was written in March. 1991 Thean Mysteries Trade Association warns top executives from Exxon, Chevron, Dow DuPont and others. But the EPA have recently found pellets to be quote ubiquitous in the environment. Regulation and permits are likely coming, the memo says. Unless they act quickly, it may still be possible to institute voluntary programs to address the pellet issue, it says. Unless this occurs, it is likely EPA will act independently. Then, just four months later, we developed a program that was called Operation Clean Sweep. Lou Freeman was a vice president at the time for the trade association, then called the Society of the Plastics industry. I don't recall any discussions. But quantitatively measuring the success of the program. It was being measured really about who is participating that what the results were, so it was a voluntary program without any metrics. Yeah, I would like to think that they were also doing it because it was the right thing to do. But I'd also be naive if I didn't think that much of the motivation was was governed by, you know. Keeping the regulators off our back today. The EPA doesn't regulate pellets and in the almost 30 years since, the agency told NPR it has brought just 10 Clean Water Act enforcement cases against facilities accused of spilling pellets. How would anyone really know if pellets were leaking? If you head down to the Gulf of Mexico pellet manufacturers like Chevron Phillips say they're not. I can tell you that. It's not a problem here at Chevron Phillips, we have almost no Let's leaving our sights. Jim Bakker is the
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Big Oil Evaded Regulation And Plastic Pellets Kept Spilling
"Of tiny plastic pellets have been spilling into oceans and rivers the world over where birds and fish eat them. They are the building blocks of all plastic melts. Three hundred fifty of them. You get a yogurt cup thousand. Get you a water bottle. But an npr pbs frontline investigation found. The oil and plastic industry has long known there an environmental problem. Npr's laura sullivan brings us this story. About how the oil and plastic industry evaded regulation despite decades spills. You probably haven't spent a lot of time standing on train tracks looking at your feet or looking at the edge of a highway outside a plastic manufacturer. But if you did. There's a good chance you'll see them little plastic pellets. This is kocsis creek. In looking at fresh pellets that has fallen out of the turks. Ronnie hammer is standing on state road. Thirty five in southeast texas rising four square miles behind him as the petrochemical plant formosa plastics. There're not just here. They're over there. They're in portable alaka. You're gonna find them down the road not an anti plastic environmentalist. He's a former supervisor. Who worked at formosa for twenty five years. And while he worked there he says he was told to cover up spills of plastic pellets. I won't do to put down the phone number. You know what i'm saying. They want to keep it low. So so you lie. That's my job. This britain butter so i got to do what they say. You got a family. What's striking about standing outside formosa and finding pellets. A hundred yards from the plants edge. Is that last year. Formosa agreed to pay fifty million dollars to settle a lawsuit in which it agreed to zero discharge of pellets. And yet here they are and down in the creek where the plant drains thousands more a federal judge called formosa a serial offender. Formosa says it's working to improve its containment systems but formosa is just one of thousands of companies that either make or use plastic pellets in the united states. The oil and plastic industry says it doesn't have a problem. Officials told me formosa was simply a quote bad actor while leading companies like exxon and chevron recently told shareholders that their dozens of facilities worldwide the either lose not a single pellet or just to sandwich bags full. And here's how they say they've done thanks again for signing onto operation operation. Clean sweep is a voluntary program. The industry came up with in nineteen ninety-one companies that join watch videos and promised to keep pellets from spilling plants trucks ships and railcars. There's no data required no numbers nothing public. The operation clean sweep is truly making a difference together. We can achieve zero pellet flake and powder the industry says it's been a success. Pellet containment is incredibly important to our members. Steve russell was until recently the vice president of plastics. For the american chemistry council jointly runs the program. Nobody wants plastic in the environment. And if a spill happens and if we're gonna assume it's an accidental release then it will be reported and remediation steps can be taken for most. Isn't clean sweep member. So i asked to former workers an ronnie hammer about it. I have no idea what jeevan talking about. I've never heard of. There's evidence the industry does in fact have appellate problem recent spills on beaches in louisiana and south carolina and studies show pellets are contaminating killing birds and fish and carrying toxins through rivers. There's no evidence. The industry has known about this problem. All along in two thousand five industry participated in a study of ten pellet plance it found pellet washed away in heavy rain at every single facility and called operation clean sweep inadequate but even long before that there's a memo buried inside thousands of documents. Leftover from old industry lawsuits. It was written in march. Nineteen ninety-one the industry's trade association warns top executives from chevron dow dupont and others that the epa had recently found pellets to be quote ubiquitous in the environment regulation. Permits are likely coming. The memo says unless act quickly it may still be possible to institute voluntary programs to address the pellet issue it says unless this occurs. It is likely. Epa will act independently then just four months later. We developed a program that was called operation. Clean sweep lou. Freeman was a vice president at the time for the trade association then called the society of the plastics industry. I don't recall any discussions about quantitatively measuring the success of the program. It was being measured really about who is participating not what the results were. So is a voluntary program. Yes without any metrics. Yeah i would like to think that they were also doing it because it was the right thing to do. But it also be naive. If i didn't think that much of the motivation was was governed by keeping the regulators offer back today the epa doesn't regulate pellets and in the almost thirty years since the agency told npr. It has brought just ten clean water act enforcement cases against facilities accused of spilling pellets. But how would anyone really know if pellets wurley if you head down to the gulf of mexico pellet manufacturers like chevron phillips say they're not I can tell you that it's not a problem here. At chevron phillips we have almost no kellett's leaving our sites. Jim becker is the vice president of sustainability for chevron phillips he met me in a warehouse after plant officials showed me ponds and drains. They said catch all the pellets. You've heard a little bit about operation. Clean sweep we've been practicing that Since the company was formed having no that that you had almost no hell it's leaving your site. I feel i feel confident. We have multiple layers of protection to prevent that without any data. It's hard to know. But then you could go look hacksaw some and if you're gonna hunt pellets a mile up texas bite. You're gonna wanna bring diane wilson the woman who tracked formosa's leaking pellets for five years.
Afternoon News with Tom Glasgow and Elisa Jaffe
Blood Donor Day asks for help
"Our area answered a need for emergency blood donations when an Amtrak train derailed in DuPont and now blood work's Northwest is calling on people to give again on blood donor day. The governor named the day to recognize those who gave blood that went to people hurt in that derailment. John Kowtow with Blood Work's Northwest says donating is one small way to help in case there's another another emergency. emergency. This This has has been been a a lot lot of of people's people's first first volunteer volunteer activity activity is is to to come come out out and and support support the the community community by by donating donating blood. blood. So So it it has has been been a a incredibly incredibly state state activity. activity. And And we we really really emphasized that to blood donors and people who donate today received a special pin that commemorates the day. Making appointments. He just got a blood work's Northwest daughter work. Microsoft
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Explosion at chemical plant in West Virginia near Washington, DC
"One person died following an explosion and fire at a chemical plant in West Virginia. The AP is Julie Walker has details. It happened at the chemist's plant, which was once a DuPont plant in cannot county about 10 miles from Charleston. There are reports the explosion involved chlorinated Try Bleach and methanol County manager Jennifer Harold says the plant will be releasing information on the chemicals involved believe there have been multiple things involved. On
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West Virginia chemical plant blast spurs stay-inside order
"An explosion at a West Virginia chemical plant last night causes a fire any injuries it happened at the cameras plant which was once a dupont plant in Kanawha county about ten miles from Charleston our reports the explosion involved chlorinated dry bleach and methanol county manager Jennifer Herald says the plant will be releasing information on the chemicals involved I believe there should have been multiple things involved and it will be up to the plant to release information a two mile stay at home order had been issued but was later lifted Herald says residents felt the explosion there were several that Senate shook their homes I'm Julie Walker
Mornings on the Mall with Brian Wilson
Washington, DC Tea Shop Owner Says He Was Profiled, Pepper-Sprayed by Man Yelling About COVID-19
"Police were investigating an attack inside a Chinese tea shop on DuPont Circle earlier this week is a possible hate crime. The owner of Valley Brook T. On P Street, says a man came in yelling the words Chinese and covert 19 and then spray painted the owner with pepper spray before leaving Eun Han Tang says it's the second attack he's endured since he opened a shop last winter. No arrests have been made
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Attack at Washington, DC Chinese tea shop being investigated as hate crime
"A shop owner near DuPont Circle, says a man attacked him with pepper spray, and he claims the man yelled at him about the Corona virus because he's Asian American NBC force Mark Seagraves talk to the victim about the attack, which was captured on security camera video. It's being investigated as a hate crime coming up on news for this evening. You'll hear from the shopkeeper and you will see the surveillance video when the man comes into the shop, screaming at the owner of the store and then begins to pepper spray him yelling at him about the Corona