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LinkedIn has apologized for deleting a post by a conservative Air Force veteran extolling the virtues of hard work and refusing to take responsibility for others' student debt, as the Biden administration considers wide-scale loan forgiveness.Gretchen Smith, 49, shared a post across her social media accounts Thursday featuring a photo of herself in uniform alongside a more recent shot.'I am not responsible for your student debt. I grew up in poverty in the mountains of NC. Ate from a garden, name was on community Angel tree for Christmas, bought clothes from yard sales & if I was lucky, on a rare occasion Sky City,' she wrote, referring to a defunct chain of discount stores.'I joined the Air Force then went to college. I made it happen.' The Microsoft-owned social network restricted her account and removed the post the same day, citing a violation of its 'policy on hate speech,' according to screenshots shared by Smith on Twitter.Smith, a Tennessee resident who runs the nonprofit Code of Vets to help veterans in times of crisis, immediately appealed the decision. On Sunday, the site apologized for the 'mistake' and reinstated her account.The incident highlighted the battle over the $1.7 trillion in outstanding student loan…

Shruti Raja, MD, MHS, assistant professor of neurology in the Duke University School of Medicine, has been named Faculty Director of the Duke Early Phase Research Unit (DEPRU).  As part of the Duke Office of Clinical Research, the DEPRU team partners with pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, government agencies, foundations, and academic centers to conduct a broad range of early phase studies. Dr. Raja has served as interim Faculty Director of DEPRU since February. A board certified neurologist with subspecialty fellowship training in neuromuscular disease, electromyography, and neurology clinical drug development, Raja’s clinical research interests focus on development of new therapeutics and outcome measures for serious and rare diseases and early phase clinical research. She has served as protocol and site principal investigator for numerous phase 1 and proof-of-concept clinical trials.  Raja has served as the DEPRU Medical Director since 2019 and Medical Co-Director of the Duke Clinical Research at our Pickett Road facility since 2020. In these roles, she has developed and led complex collaborations across Duke for implementation of clinical trials and new contracts in multiple therapeutic areas. “I look forward to expanding the DEPRU’s role across campus so that DEPRU is not only a place for clinicians to…

The next time you receive a message on a social media site such as LinkedIn from someone promoting a product or service, take a close look at the sender’s profile picture. Is there anything odd about it?A missing earring, teeth off-centre, or their eyes bang in the middle of the image?The face you are looking at may not belong to a real human but could be a type of “deepfake”, one of thousands of profile pictures across social media generated by artificial intelligence to act as robotic salesmen and women.Researchers at the Stanford Internet Observatory identified more than 1,000 such accounts on LinkedIn, the social media site for professional networking.These faces do not belong to any real person, living or dead.

April 10, 2022 15:14  Follow @PortlandPolice On Sunday, April 10, 2022, at 10:15 a.m., officers from the Central Precinct were dispatched to a report of a shooting near Southwest Clay Street and Southwest 12th Avenue. When officers arrived they located an adult female who was suffering from a gunshot wound. Officers attempted life saving measures at the scene but the victim later died at an area hospital. Another female victim was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Additionally, a person has been taken into custody as part of the investigation. The Portland Police Homicide Unit has responded to investigate. If anyone has information about this incident, please contact Detective Jeff Pontius at Jeffery.Pontius@portlandoregon.gov 503-823-0433 or Detective Steve Gandy at Stephen.Gandy@portlandoregon.gov. During the investigation, Southwest Clay Street is closed between Southwest 12th Avenue and Southwest 13th Avenue. The PIO is not responding to the scene. More information will be released when appropriate. ###PPB### *************

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Air Force veteran’s account was disabled on social media after she posted her story of rising from poverty to graduating with four degrees, saying she "made it happen" herself and is "not responsible" for anyone else’s student debt. "It's hard work, but you can do it," Air Force veteran Gretchen Smith told Fox News. "You can manage your money, no matter how small of a pot it is, you can manage it. You can pay off your debt, and you can learn lessons from it moving forward."Gretchen Smith is an Air Force veteran and the founder of the non-profit organization Code of Vets, which she started in honor of her father who died at 57 after years of struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder. The organization uses social media platforms to help veterans in crisis nationwide. Gretchen Smith joined the Air Force, rising from poverty to complete her college education (Gretchen Smith)Debate stirred this week about whether student loan debt should be forgiven following President Biden’s extension of the student loan payment pause to Aug. 31. Smith shared her story to tell Americans that it "doesn't matter where you come" from, and that…

Amazon is demanding an overturn of the historic union victory at one of its New York City warehouses, arguing that the organizers and the National Labor Relations Board tainted the results - while founder and chairman Jeff Bezos tweeted six days after the vote to celebrate being named LinkedIn's top company. The e-commerce giant listed 25 objections in the filing obtained by The Associated Press, accusing organizers with the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) of intimidating workers to vote for the union, a claim an attorney representing the union has called 'patently absurd.''Based on the evidence we've seen so far, as set out in our objections, we believe that the actions of the NLRB and the ALU improperly suppressed and influenced the vote, and we think the election should be conducted again so that a fair and broadly representative vote can be had,' Kelly Nantel, an Amazon spokesperson, said in a statement on Friday. Amazon claimed the independent federal agency's regional office, which oversaw the votes at the Staten Island warehouse, known as JFK8, 'unfairly and inappropriately facilitated the ALU's victory.' The company claims that the Congress-backed National Labor Relations Board used an 'artificial reduced number' of employees to calculate the ALU's vote, after…

Fragomen is pleased to be a strategic partner for the GME Live 22: Central & Eastern Europe on Tuesday, 12 April, 2022. GME Live 22 brings together the HR & Global Mobility community in a fresh and innovative environment where guests can share, listen, learn and grow. This event offers Global Mobility & HR leaders the opportunity to hear from inspirational industry leaders, participate in interactive breakout sessions, thought-provoking keynotes, polling, benchmarking and networking. Hear from Fragomen professionals Kasia Pinska and Andreia Ghimis as they discuss the Critical Role of Global Mobility in Crisis Management. To find out more about GME Live 22 events please email:

Countries France Spain Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn French citizens can now obtain Spanish citizenship without renouncing their French citizenship, and vice versa, under a new agreement was signed that came into effect April 1, 2022. France is the first country outside Latin America with which Spain has signed such an agreement.This alert is for informational purposes only. If you have any questions, please contact the global immigration professional with whom you work at Fragomen or send an email to .  Countries France Spain Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn

The Galveston County Office of Emergency Management offers free training for businesses and industry located within Galveston County.  Training is offered on a variety of subjects to address the hazards we face here on the Gulf Coast and can be tailored to meet the specific needs of your organization.  If you would like information about training and scheduling, please call 281-309-5013.

Five healthcare companies made LinkedIn's annual list of the 50 best workplaces to grow your career.  LinkedIn used its data to compile the ranking, which evaluates companies based on seven areas that have been shown to lead to career progression: ability to advance, skills growth, company stability, external opportunity, company affinity, gender diversity and education background. Read more about the methodology here.  Here are the five healthcare companies that made this year's list, accompanied by their ranking:  13. UnitedHealth Group  15. CVS Health  25. Kaiser Permanente (Oakland, Calif.)  36. Johnson & Johnson  37. HCA Healthcare (Nashville, Tenn.)