<keyword id="19938724" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kupwara" source="keywords">Kupwara</keyword> (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 24 (ANI): A joint search operation launched by the <keyword id="19908736" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Indian-Army" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Indian Army" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Indian Army">Indian Army</keyword> and the <keyword id="161066" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jammu-and-Kashmir-Police" source="Orion">Jammu and Kashmir Police</keyword> in the <keyword id="22524809" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kowut" source="Orion">Kowut</keyword> area of Kupwara has led to the elimination of a <keyword id="19920330" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="terrorist" source="keywords">terrorist</keyword> and injury to a Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO). Based on specific intelligence regarding the presence of terrorists in the region, the operation commenced in the days leading up to July 23. Vigilant troops observed suspicious movement on July 24 and challenged the individuals. In response, the terrorists opened indiscriminate fire, triggering a fierce exchange. During the <keyword id="19935589" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="encounter" source="keywords">encounter</keyword>, one terrorist was neutralized. An NCO sustained injuries in the firefight and has been evacuated for medical treatment. The operation is ongoing. Earlier on Tuesday, the soldier who had been injured during the exchange of fire in the Battal sector of Jammu succumbed to his injuries. The <keyword id="19912389" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="White-Knight-Corps" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="White Knight Corps" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="White Knight Corps">White Knight Corps</keyword> said on X, "All Ranks of White Knight Corps salute the supreme sacrifice of Braveheart L/Nk Subhash Chander who laid down his life in the line of duty. White Knight Corps offers its deepest condolences and stands firm with the bereaved family in this hour of grief." The soldier was injured during the exchange of fire after troops foiled an infiltration bid by effectively engaging infiltrating terrorists with effective fire in the Battal Sector in Jammu. The exchange of fire occurred in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. In the last few months, there has been a spike in terror attacks in the Jammu region, including the terror attack at the army convoy in Kathua and encounters in Doda and Udhampur. Earlier on Thursday, the Indian Army troops opened fire after suspicious movement near the Line of Control in the Sunderbarea of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir. In a separate incident, two Indian Army soldiers were injured in an encounter with terrorists in the Kastigarh area of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. The encounter came days after four army soldiers, including an officer, laid down their lives while battling terrorists in the <keyword id="22196784" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Doda-encounter" source="keywords">Doda encounter</keyword> on Tuesday. On July 15, based on specific intelligence inputs, a <keyword id="19935120" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="joint-operation" source="keywords">joint operation</keyword> by the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police was in progress in an area North of Doda. According to the White Knight Corps, contact with terrorists was established at about 9 pm during which a heavy firefight ensued. Four soldiers, including an officer, were killed in action. The soldiers killed in action have been identified as Captain Brijesh Thapa, Naik D Rajesh, Sepoy Bijendra, and Sepoy Ajay.

One terrorist neutralised as Indian Army and Jammu-Kashmir Police launch joint operation in Kupwara

<keyword id="20242441" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nowshera" source="keywords">Nowshera</keyword>: Two <keyword id="19900658" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="terrorists" source="keywords">terrorists</keyword> were neutralised, as well as a large number of warlike stores, including two AK-47s and one pistol recovered so far following an <keyword id="22151311" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="anti-infiltration-operation" source="keywords">anti-infiltration operation</keyword> launched by the <keyword id="19908736" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Indian-Army" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Indian Army" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Indian Army">Indian Army</keyword> on the intervening nights of September 8 and September 9 in the Nowshera region of <keyword id="19900657" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jammu-and-Kashmir" source="keywords">Jammu and Kashmir</keyword>. As per information received from the White Knight Corps, the anti-filtration operation named "Operation Kanchi" was conducted based on information obtained from intelligence agencies and the Jammu and Kashmir Police regarding an infiltration bid. The search operation was conducted in the general area of the Lam region of Nowshera. Taking to social media platform X, the White Knight Corps stated, "Based on inputs from intelligence agencies and Jammu-Kashmir Police regarding a likely infiltration bid, an anti-infiltration Operation was launched by Indian Army on the intervening night of 08-09 Sep 24 in general area Lam, Nowshera. Two terrorists have been neutralised and a large quantity of war like stores including Two AK-47s and one Pistol thus far recovered." The anti-infiltration operation is still underway in the region. Earlier on August 29, the Indian Army successfully eliminated three terrorists attempting to infiltrate across the Line of Control (LoC) in the Machhal and Tangdhar sectors of Jammu and Kashmir. "Credible inputs were received from intelligence agencies, which was further corroborated by J-K Police regarding likely infiltration attempts from these areas. Based on the inputs, troops of the Indian Army, JKP and BSF laid ambushes on likely infiltration routes in both Machhal and Tangdhar sectors," as per an official press release. At approximately 8 PM, the ambush teams in the Machhal sector observed the movement of terrorists through thick foliage, approximately 600 metres on their side of LoC. The infiltrating terrorists were challenged and immediately an intense exchange of fire ensued. Meanwhile, in the Tangdhar sector also, at approximately 9 PM, there was an exchange of fire between security forces and infiltrating terrorists approximately 100 metres on their side of the LoC. Both sectors witnessed heavy exchanges of fire. In this firefight, two terrorists were eliminated in the Machhal sector and one in the Tangdhar sector.

J&K: Two terrorists neutralised in anti-infiltration operation in Nowshera

An Army captain was killed and four <keyword id="19900658" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="terrorists" source="keywords">terrorists</keyword> were believed to be gunned down in an ongoing <keyword id="19911742" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="operation" source="keywords">operation</keyword> in the higher reaches of <keyword id="19908671" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jammu" source="keywords">Jammu</keyword> region's Doda district on Wednesday, officials said. A civilian was also injured in the encounter that broke out a day ahead of Independence Day and is the latest in a series of incidents in Jammu region that has witnessed a spike in violence. Bullets rang out Wednesday morning in a thickly forested area during a cordon and search operation (CASO) launched by a joint team to track down a group of foreign terrorists hiding in the Shivgarh-Assar belt, officials said. Captain Deepak Singh was critically injured during the operations and shifted to a military hospital where he breathed his last, they said. Four blood-soaked rucksacks were recovered from the site of the exchange of fire, leading officials to believe that four terrorists were also killed. M-4 carbines were also found, the officials said. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Anand Jain told reporters around 2 in the afternoon that the operation was still underway in the area. "The operation is going on. Efforts are on." The Army expressed its deepest condolence on the death of the officer and said the force stands with the bereaved family. All Ranks of White Knight Corps salute the supreme sacrifice of braveheart Captain Deepak Singh, it said. The terrorists crossed into Doda from a forest near Patnitop in adjacent Udhampur district after a brief exchange of fire between security forces and terrorists there last evening, officials said. They said security forces established contact with the terrorists around 6 pm in Udhampur on Tuesday. An encounter began about half an hour later and continued intermittently until both sides paused. A cordon was established overnight. The search was resumed at daylight. At about 7.30 am Wednesday, there was a renewed exchange of fire in Doda where the terrorists fled to, officials said. Security forces engaged terrorists in two encounters on Sunday as well: in the remote forest areas of Nownatta in Kishtwar and the Basantgarh area of Udhampur. Following these encounters, the terrorists escaped into Doda hills. On June 26, three terrorists, suspected to be affiliated with the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), were killed in a gunfight on Gandoh area of Doda district. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/news/google-pixel-9-pro-fold-launched-in-india-at-172999-but-you-cant-get-your-hands-on-it-right-now/articleshow/112517193.cms">Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold launched in India at ₹1,72,999, but you can’t get your hands on it right now</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/news/pixel-9-pixel-9-pro-and-pixel-9-pro-xl-launched-in-india-starting-at-79999/articleshow/112512198.cms">Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL launched in India starting at ₹79,999</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/ipo-scam-two-victims-from-hyderabad-lose-over-11crore-in-fake-ipo-scams/articleshow/112488051.cms">IPO scam – Two victims from Hyderabad lose over ₹11 crore in fake IPO scams</a>

Army captain killed, 4 terrorists believed to be gunned down in Doda encounter

The <keyword id="19908736" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Army" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Indian Army" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Indian Army">Indian Army</keyword> on Tuesday expressed their condolences to the families of the soldiers who lost their lives in the <keyword id="22196784" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Doda-encounter" source="keywords">Doda encounter</keyword> and said that the Army stands firm with the bereaved families in this hour of grief. The encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Desa Forest area on Monday evening. The soldiers killed in action have been identified as Captain Brijesh Thapa, Naik D Rajesh, Sepoy Bijendra and Sepoy Ajay. "General Upendra Dwivedi COAS and all ranks of the Indian Army convey their deepest condolences to the Bravehearts, Captain Brijesh Thapa, Naik D Rajesh, Sepoy Bijendra and Sepoy Ajay, who laid down their lives in the line of duty while undertaking a counter-terrorist operation in Doda to ensure peace in the region. Indian Army stands firm with the bereaved families in this hour of grief," ADG PI-Indian Army posted on X. Meanwhile, Union Defence Minister <keyword id="19911645" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rajnath-Singh" source="keywords">Rajnath Singh</keyword> expressed his condolences to the families of the soldiers who lost their lives in the Doda encounter and said that <keyword id="20080677" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="counter-terrorism" source="keywords">counter-terrorism</keyword> operations are underway. "Deeply saddened by the loss of our brave and courageous Indian Army soldiers in a counter-terrorism operation in Urrar Baggi, Doda (J&amp;K). My heart goes out to the bereaved families. The nation stands firmly with the families of our soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty. The counter-terrorism operations are underway, and our soldiers remain committed to eliminating the scourge of terrorism and restoring peace and order in the region," Rajnath Singh posted on X. Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the government would give an answer to "Pakistan-sponsored terrorism." "The government will give an answer to Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. It is our duty to maintain peace in Jammu and Kashmir," Assam CM said. On Monday night, based on specific intelligence inputs, a joint operation by the Indian Army and JK Police was in progress in Doda. According to the White Knight Corps, contact with terrorists was established tonight at about 9 PM in which a heavy firefight ensued. Four Army personnel, including an officer, were killed in the firefight. Meanwhile, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi spoke with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday to brief him on the encounter in Doda. (ANI) SEE ALSO:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/zomato-and-swiggy-increase-platform-fee-by-20-food-deliveries-to-get-costlier/articleshow/111758782.cms" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/zomato-and-swiggy-increase-platform-fee-by-20-food-deliveries-to-get-costlier/articleshow/111758782.cms" target="_blank">Zomato and Swiggy increase platform fee by 20% – food deliveries to get costlier</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/news/oneplus-summer-launch-event-oneplus-nord-4-pad-2-and-more-to-launch-today/articleshow/111772672.cms" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/news/oneplus-summer-launch-event-oneplus-nord-4-pad-2-and-more-to-launch-today/articleshow/111772672.cms" target="_blank">OnePlus Summer Launch Event – OnePlus Nord 4, Pad 2 and more to launch today</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/ipos-this-week-four-ipos-to-hit-the-street-this-week/articleshow/111745283.cms" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/ipos-this-week-four-ipos-to-hit-the-street-this-week/articleshow/111745283.cms" target="_blank">IPOs this week – four IPOs to hit the street this week</a>

Indian Army express condolences as four army personnel killed in J-K's Doda encounter

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Celsius, the suddenly-ubiquitous energy drink, is a favorite of Gen Z — and Capitol Hill.</li><li>It has twice as much caffeine as a cup of coffee, which is pretty much all you need to know about its appeal.</li></ul>When Washington, D.C. lobbyist Matthew Hoekstra wants to have a quick meeting with a Congressional staffer, he heads for a special spot in the basement of the Rayburn House Office Building, a sprawling complex on the Hill."I love to take meetings in front of the Celsius vending machine," he told Business Insider. "I'll recognize people who go there every day."You read that right. Celsius — the suddenly-ubiquitous energy drink that comes in flavors like "Kiwi Guava" and "Arctic Vibe" and is fervently beloved by Gen Z — is fueling Capitol Hill lobbyists, staffers, the press corps, and even some members of Congress."It's everywhere," said Brent Robertson, chief-of-staff for Republican Kansas Senator Roger Marshall and self-identified "afternoon Celli man."According to Axios reporter Victoria Knight, who covers health policy from the Hill, "many of our discussions while we're standing around in the hallway or sitting in the press gallery revolve around when we should get our Celsius for the day." Knight said she's noticed many staffers and Congressional members partaking."Congress would probably go into a government shutdown without Celsius," she added.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Capitol Press Corps runs on Celsius. The new Celsius machine is with the other vending machines in the House basement! Doesn’t appear all the flavors are available yet bc had trouble ordering some of them but allegedly we’re gonna have a range. Game changer. <a href="https://t.co/pK2ZDrGvmS">pic.twitter.com/pK2ZDrGvmS</a>— Victoria Knight (@victoriaregisk) <a href="https://twitter.com/victoriaregisk/status/1707835068486475965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2023</a></blockquote>Over the last <a target="_blank" href="https://www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2023/09/22/celsius-keeps-bulking-up-its-big-name-influencer-partners">three years</a>, the slender white cans — fancifully emblazoned with various fruits, despite containing no juice — have taken over college campuses, corner stores, and gyms. Though the drink first hit the market in 2005, it struggled to gain a foothold until a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/hanktucker/2021/04/07/florida-octogenarian-becomes-a-billionaire-after-investing-in-celsius-energy-drink/?sh=5a4789152b62">vitamin entrepreneur</a> pumped millions into marketing and advertising. Now, thanks in large part to a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/01/pepsico-takes-550-million-stake-in-energy-drink-maker-celsius-.html">2022 distribution deal</a> with PepsiCo, as well as overall growth in the energy drink market since the pandemic, Celsius's valuation has skyrocketed to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.gq.com/story/gq-clout-john-fieldly">$13.4 billion</a>, up from $280 million in 2018.It's easy to see the appeal. The original 12 oz can clocks in at 200 milligrams of caffeine, about double that of a cup of coffee and a little more than a standard 16 oz can of Monster. It goes down easy, with a synthetic, vaguely fruity taste that's more reminiscent of a Propel Water than a Red Bull."Celli" fans on the Hill see the drink as a cleaner way to optimize their caffeine intake. "It's a way better alternative to coffee, honestly," Robertson told Business Insider. "It doesn't stain your teeth, and is less expensive with twice the punch."Hoekstra — who loves Celsius so much he even dressed up as the drink for Halloween, complete with a necklace made out of old cans — views it as an antidote to the unhealthy lobbyist lifestyle."Everyone's glued to their phones, and even if you're disciplined, you go to lunches and dinners where you're eating bread and steak and drinking," he said. Unlike other sugary energy drinks, with Celsius, "there are some health aspects, including the metabolism boost." (Speculation has swirled on social media about the drink containing everything from <a target="_blank" href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/09/celsius-fitness-drinks-are-like-ozempic-fans-say-just-cheaper/">Ozempic</a> to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@quensadillareturns/video/7239461649353215278?lang=en">methamphetamine</a>.)<div type="image" title="man dressed as celsius for halloween" height="1141" width="642" msid="105513982" hostid="261" sizebytes="41834"></div>Florida representative Anna Paulina Luna, a member of the hard-right Freedom Caucus, told Business Insider she was drawn to Celsius's advertised health benefits during her 2022 campaign. "I needed to get my daily dose of vitamins while door knocking," she said. Now, she "usually has one a day unless we're in late-night votes, in which case I usually have two."<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">When you’re a new mom and a Member of Congress NOTHING will stand between you and your celsius energy drink, (not even a broken vending machine). <a href="https://t.co/w3O2gsMYXP">pic.twitter.com/w3O2gsMYXP</a>— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepLuna/status/1722744583421862052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2023</a></blockquote>Eric Garcia, the Washington bureau chief for The Independent, decided to try Celsius because it seemed like "a decent replacement" for his Coca-Cola addiction. He started drinking it "somewhere between the debt limit fight and the Speaker dumpster fire because I saw my fellow Hill reporters drinking it," he said. (He mentioned the drink <a target="_blank" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/house-speaker-mike-johnson-vote-b2436500.html">several times</a> in a report about the Republican House Speaker fight in October.)Over the last six months, Celsius-only vending machines have popped up on the Hill, which is in line with the company's recent focus on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.modernretail.co/marketing/through-partnerships-with-dunkin-donuts-and-jersey-mikes-celsius-expands-its-food-service-channel/">food service distribution</a>. The machines have appeared in Rayburn, the basement of the Cannon House Office Building, and even the basement of the House of Representatives. Celsius is also available at dining facilities like the Capitol Refectory and the Dirksen Senate Office building cafeteria.It seems Celsius has become enough of a phenomenon on the Hill that, in the frantic November week before the passage of the latest stopgap funding bill, a shortage prompted worried tweets from staffers and press, and even a mention in POLITICO's Huddle newsletter.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">NEWS: The Capitol Refectory is experiencing a significant Celsius shortage. No cans in sight. Dire.— Doug Andres (@DougAndres) <a href="https://twitter.com/DougAndres/status/1722301419024175147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2023</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">It’s called journalism, baby <a href="https://t.co/a5Cvv4dOFb">https://t.co/a5Cvv4dOFb</a> <a href="https://t.co/Gil3P8efBj">pic.twitter.com/Gil3P8efBj</a>— Ursula Perano (@UrsulaPerano) <a href="https://twitter.com/UrsulaPerano/status/1724200262988877838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2023</a></blockquote>You wouldn't know that by talking to official channels, however. When reached by email with questions about Celsius-specific vending machines, the House of Representatives <a target="_blank" href="https://cao.house.gov/about">Chief Administrative Officer,</a> which manages the House's day-to-day operations, offered a curt "no comment."To Duane Stanford, editor and publisher of the trade publication Beverage Digest, the popularity is obvious."Capitol Hill is full of young, energetic career-oriented people who by and large care about fitness," he told Business Insider. "It used to be that the big driver of energy drinks was blue-collar workers who really needed the energy to keep pushing through what they were doing. Now, it's much more acceptable in white collar fields to use these kinds of drinks." Stanford said these young workers are part of a new consumer group that's helping drive the overall growth of the energy drink market.Celsius, with its emphasis on a blend of seven vitamins and claims that it can "accelerate metabolism," uses its branding to communicate that "it can help you have a better life," Stanford said."I feel like D.C. culture has really contributed to it, because these staffers and reporters have incredibly intense jobs," Hoekstra said. "It helps you manage your professional schedule."<div type="image" title="celsius cans" height="3250" width="4875" msid="105513984" hostid="261" sizebytes="829168"></div>The company itself emphasized this point in a statement to Business Insider. "Not only is Celsius used by athletes preparing for competition, for fueling workouts, and celebrating life's best moments, Celsius also plays an important role in providing our nation's lawmakers with Essential Energy to carry out critical work for our nation."Garcia sees a clear connection between recent Congressional chaos and Celsius's rising popularity. "I think more than anything, given the long hours covering Congress… you need something to stay awake," he said. "In a perfect world, if House Republicans could find a speaker or pass a spending bill on time, we wouldn't need to rely on Celsius."In the last few weeks of this year's session, perhaps Congress would be wise to heed the mantra emblazoned on the <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/victoriaregisk/status/1707835068486475965">Celsius vending machine</a> in the House basement: "Don't wish for it, work for it."

Washington's secret weapon is a beloved Gen Z energy drink with more caffeine than God

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The New York Times journalist <keyword id="11287926" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="nikole-hannah-jones">Nikole Hannah-Jones</keyword> had a <keyword id="6418603" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tenure">tenure</keyword> offer revoked at UNC-Chapel Hill, <a href="http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2021/05/19/pw-special-report-after-conservative-criticism-unc-backs-down-from-offering-acclaimed-journalist-a-tenured-position/">according to NC Policy Watch</a>.</li><li>Hannah-Jones was set to teach at the school as a Knight Chair in Race and Investigative <keyword id="58267" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Journalism">Journalism</keyword>.</li><li>She is the creator of the <keyword id="9651786" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="1619-project">1619 Project</keyword>, which has drawn a wave of criticism from conservatives.</li></ul>According to NC Policy Watch, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reversed its plans to offer a tenured teaching position to Nikole Hannah-Jones, the New York Times Magazine journalist and creator of the 1619 Project.Last month, the university offered Hannah-Jones a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-susan-king-nikole-hannah-jones-media-north-carolina-96606808a7a6d4ef033793e90a632326">position</a> as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism. However, after Hannah-Jones went through an extensive tenure process with the backing of faculty and the tenure committee, her application hit a roadblock with the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees, according to NC Policy Watch.The board of trustees is tasked with reviewing and approving tenure applications, and it declined to move forward with authorizing tenure for Hannah-Jones, who earned a master's degree in journalism and mass communications from the university.Instead, the school has altered its offer from a tenured position to a "fixed-term position," which would afford her the chance to be considered for tenure after five years."It was a work-around," a UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees member informed NC Policy Watch this week.After the news broke of the university hiring Hannah-Jones last month, conservative critics, who have slammed the 1619 Project as "<a href="https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2021/02/09/iowa-lawmaker-claims-1619-project-leftist-political-propaganda-should-banned/4355885001/">propaganda</a>" in its examination of race and racism in the United States, blasted <a href="http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2021/05/13/unc-hire-of-acclaimed-journalist-sparks-conservative-ire/">the move</a>.Susan King, the dean of the University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media, told NC Policy Watch of her dismay with the board's decision."It's disappointing, it's not what we wanted, and I am afraid it will have a chilling effect," she said.She added: "Investigative journalists always are involved in controversies. They dig deep, and they raise questions that demand answers. Part of what they do is raise uncomfortable questions for people, institutions and systems."Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-press-corps-biden-reporting-covid-masks-2021-05">We joined the White House press corps the day masks came off. Here's what a 'hard pass' and fewer restrictions mean for us - and our reporting.</a>Following today's news, over 20 faculty members of the journalism school have signed a <a href="https://hussmanfaculty.medium.com/stunned-unc-hussman-schfaculty-statement-on-nikole-hannah-jones-6333c5f5d072">public statement</a> asking for the university to reconsider its decision."We call on the university's leadership to reaffirm its commitment to the university, its faculty, and time-honored norms and procedures, and its endorsed values of diversity, equity, and inclusion," the statement read. "The university must tenure Nikole Hannah-Jones as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism."Through the <a href="https://idabwellssociety.org/">Ida B. Wells Society for Investigate Reporting</a>, Hannah-Jones has sought to cultivate and retain reporters and editors of color in the field of investigative reporting, which has long had a <a href="https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2020/investigative-journalism-long-criticized-for-a-lack-of-diversity-has-made-significant-developments-since-march/">dearth</a> of minority journalists in its ranks in major American newsrooms.She has garnered widespread recognition for the 1619 Project - <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html">published</a> by The New York Times Magazine in 2019.The project examines the legacy of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans throughout the nation's history. It drew the <a href="https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/8/19/20812238/1619-project-slavery-conservatives">ire</a> of Republicans who have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/1619-project-creator-responds-mcconnell-republican-criticism-education-2021-5">objected to the </a>project's historical context and have sought to ban the body of work from being taught in schools. The 1619 Project is also said to have inspired former President Donald Trump's push for the <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2021/01/18/trumps-1776-commission-created-to-challenge-controversial-1619-project--releases-report-on-mlk-day/?sh=2c0431f056fc">1776 commission</a>, which was established to promote "patriotic <keyword id="6355445" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="education">education</keyword>."In 2017, Hannah-Jones received the highly-coveted MacArthur Fellowship, and in 2020, she won <a href="https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/nikole-hannah-jones-new-york-times">the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary</a> for the 1619 Project, among other awards.

1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones has tenure offer revoked by UNC: report

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5626560f9dd7cc1b008c341c-1284-963/screen%20shot%202015-10-12%20at%2011.19.14%20am.png" alt="Syrian rebel TOW missile" data-mce-source="Twitter" data-mce-caption="An FSA soldier targets an Assad regime tank with a TOW missile in the Latakia countryside.">TwitterAn FSA soldier targets an Assad regime tank with a TOW missile in the Latakia countryside.</img></div></div></div>Since 2013, the CIA has been training and equipping various moderate rebel elements in the Syrian civil war in an effort to undermine the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and force him to the negotiating table.&#xa0;Among the range of munitions and supplies that the CIA has funneled to the various brigades of the Free Syrian Army and other moderate groups through Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Turkey are TOW anti-tank missiles.Such anti-tank weaponry has also functioned as a game changer for the rebels, who generally lack the same sort of heavy weaponry, air support, and armor that the regime can muster.&#xa0;TOWs are&#xa0;guided missiles that are capable of&#xa0;thoroughly damaging or destroying tanks, armored carriers, and other vehicles that the Assad regime might send into the field. And, unlike other projectiles used against armored targets, such as RPGs, TOW missiles can be used from a considerable distance.These weapons have helped decimate Syrian armor and pushed a recent regime offensive against rebel-held territory to a standstill in reported "<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/tank-massacre-rebels-hit-syrian-forces-hard-after-initial-offensive-2015-10">tank massacres</a>."For instance, on October 8, a Syrian armored offensive suffered massive casualties as, rebels&#xa0;armed&#xa0;"with US-made TOW missiles … [and] other guided rockets ... caused the destruction … of over 15 armored cars, vehicles, and tanks,"&#xa0;<a href="http://www.syriahr.com/2015/10/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A/">according</a> to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/562671fb9dd7cc04308b7f6f-640-296/tow%20gif.gif" alt="Tow missile in flight" data-mce-source="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIPBdePQXtY" data-mce-caption="A TOW missile, in white, zigzagging towards its target."><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIPBdePQXtY">www.youtube.com</a>A TOW missile, in white, zigzagging towards its target.</img></div></div></div>What is striking is just how many CIA-vetted groups now exist throughout Syria receiving TOWs.<a href="https://hasanmustafas.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/the-moderate-rebels-a-complete-and-growing-list-of-vetted-groups-fielding-tow-missiles/">According</a> to Syrian observer Hasan Mustafas, no fewer than 42 vetted groups now receive TOWs from a Saudi supply originally provided by the US. These weapons are funneled into Syria through Military Operations Command (MOC) posts in Turkey and Jordan that are co-operated by Western and local intelligence agencies.The various groups are well documented due to the nature of TOW provisions. Saudi Arabia can not deliver the US-supplied TOWs without prior CIA approval. Additionally, Mustafas <a href="https://hasanmustafas.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/the-moderate-rebels-a-complete-and-growing-list-of-vetted-groups-fielding-tow-missiles/">notes</a>, the various vetted groups must apply to receive the TOWs. They are then provided with small batches of arms.&#xa0;&#xa0;&#xa0;<div><iframe width="600" height="338" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/DIPBdePQXtY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>To continue receiving supplies, the vetted rebel groups must also record their use and return spent shells to the closest MOC to prove that they have not sold or shared arms with non-vetted rebel groups.&#xa0;<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5624ce655afbd37e7d8b4567-800-533/syrian-rebels-say-receive-more-weapons-for-aleppo-battle.jpg" alt="Free Syrian Army fighters of the 101 Division stand behind sandbags near the town of Morek in the northern countryside of Hama, Syria October 14, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi" data-mce-source="Thomson Reuters" data-mce-caption="Free Syrian Army fighters of the 101 Division stand behind sandbags near the town of Morek in the northern countryside of Hama, Syria">Thomson ReutersFree Syrian Army fighters of the 101 Division stand behind sandbags near the town of Morek in the northern countryside of Hama, Syria</img></div></div></div>This arrangement ensures that the TOWs, unless seized by rival rebel groups, stay in the hands of CIA-approved militias. The groups that the CIA currently allows munitions to be shared with are:&#xa0;13th Division (Forqat 13)101st Division Infantry (Forqat 101 Masha'a)Knights of Justice Brigade (Liwa' Fursan al-Haqq)Falcons of the Mountain Brigade (Liwa' Suqour al-Jabal)Grouping of the Falcons of Al-Ghab (Tajamuu Suqour al-Ghab)1st Coastal Division (Forqat Awwal al-Sahli)Gathering of Dignity (Tajammu al-Izza')Central Division (Al-Forqat al-Wasti)46th Division (Forqat 46)Sultan Murad Brigade (Liwa' Sultan Murad)Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, (Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki)Mujahideen Army/Army of Holy Warriors (Jaish al-Mujahideen)Revolutionaries of al-Sham Brigades (Kata'eb Thuwar al-Sham)1st Regiment (Al-Fauj al-Awwal)Ahmed al-Abdo Martyrs' Force (Quwwat al-Shaheed Ahmad al-Abdo)Al-Rahman Legion (Faylaq al-Rahman)Martyrs of Islam Brigade (Liwa' Shuhadah al-Islam)Yarmouk Army (Jaish al-Yarmouk)Lions of Sunnah Division (Forqat Usood al-Sunnah)the 18th March&#xa0;Division (Forqat 18 Adhar)Southern Tawhid Brigade (Liwa' Tawhid al-Junoub)Hamza Division (Forqat al-Hamza)1st Artillery Regiment (Al-Fauj al-Awwal Madfa'a)Syria Revolutionaries Front - Southern Sector (Jabhat Thuwar Souriya)The First Corps (Faylaq al-Awwal)The Dawn of Unity Division (Forqat Fajr al-Tawhid)Salah al-Din Division (Forqat Salah al-Din)Omari Brigades (Tajammu Alwiyat al-Omari)Unity Battalions of Horan Brigade (Liwa' Tawhid Kata'eb Horan)Youth of Sunnah Brigade (Liwa' Shabbab al-Sunnah)Moataz Billah Brigade (Liwa' Moataz Billah)Sword of al-Sham Brigades (Alwiyat Saif al-Sham)Dawn of Islam Division (Forqat Fajr al-Islam)Supporters of Sunnah Brigade (Liwa' Ansar al-Sunnah)Horan Column Division (Forqat Amoud Horan)Emigrants and Supporters Brigade (Liwa' Muhajireen wal Ansar)Military Council in Quneitra and the GolanUnited Sham Front (Jabhat al-Sham Muwahidda)69th Special Forces Division (Forqat 69 Quwwat al-Khassa)11th Special Forces Division (Forqat 11 Quwwat al-Khassa)Partisans of Islam Front (Jabhat Ansar al-Islam)Al-Furqan Brigades (Alwiyat al-Furqan)<h3><a href="https://hasanmustafas.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/the-moderate-rebels-a-complete-and-growing-list-of-vetted-groups-fielding-tow-missiles/">Hasan Mustafas describes each group in detail here»</a></h3><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5624e945bd86ef135c8b7afe-1600-1232/russian%20airstrikes%2018%20oct-01.png" alt="Russian Airstrikes october 18 syria aleppo idlib" data-mce-source="ISW" data-link="http://iswresearch.blogspot.com/2015/10/russian-airstrikes-in-syria-september_19.html?utm_source=Russian+Airstrikes+in+Syria%3A+September+30+-+October+18%2C+2015&amp;utm_campaign=Russian+Airstrikes+in+Syria%3A+September+30+-+October+18%2C+2015&amp;utm_medium=email"><a href="http://iswresearch.blogspot.com/2015/10/russian-airstrikes-in-syria-september_19.html?utm_source=Russian+Airstrikes+in+Syria%3A+September+30+-+October+18%2C+2015&amp;utm_campaign=Russian+Airstrikes+in+Syria%3A+September+30+-+October+18%2C+2015&amp;utm_medium=email">ISW</a></img></div></div></div>In response to the proliferation of TOW missiles, Russia has <a href="http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/10/10/officials-cia-backed-syrian-rebels-under-russian-blitz/73725046/%27">stepped up</a> its bombing campaigns against the rebels. In particular, Moscow has targeted weapon caches and rebel positions in an effort to stem their ability to destroy Assad's armor.&#xa0;&#xa0;"My conclusion is that the timing of [the Russian]&#xa0;intervention was driven by Assad really going critical," Rep. Jim Himes (D), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, <a href="http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/10/10/officials-cia-backed-syrian-rebels-under-russian-blitz/73725046/%27">told</a> the Associated Press.&#xa0;Overall, the supply of TOWs is not a complete game changer in the Syrian civil war as weapons will not allow the rebls to completely overrun the Assad regime. However, they will help stall any push by Assad into rebel territory.&#xa0;"Five hundred TOWs is not an inconsequential number," Jeffrey White, a <keyword id="6354810" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Defense">defense</keyword> fellow at The Washington Institute, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/syria-rebels-and-tow-missiles-2015-10">told Business Insider recently</a>."I don't think it will be a revolutionary event, but it will increase the attrition of regime armor, which will make it harder for the regime to conduct offensive operations." <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/army-veteran-was-shot-protecting-students-from-oregon-gunman-2015-10">An Army veteran was shot multiple times protecting others students from the Oregon gunman</a></h3> <div> <div> <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="twc2R4dzr0Kfv_F4bIqQtU4yceCbTBfg" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> <script> if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; } RunFunctions.push(function() { var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'twc2R4dzr0Kfv_F4bIqQtU4yceCbTBfg',{ autoplay: 'false' }); }); </script> <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div> </div> <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script> </div>

These CIA-vetted Syrian rebel groups fighting Assad are Russia's primary targets

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/57a918ccdb5ce94e008b56b4-2333/rtx2bypc.jpg" alt="Bill Ackman" data-mce-source="REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst" data-link="http://pictures.reuters.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&amp;VBID=2C0BXZ31X2UDB&amp;SMLS=1&amp;RW=1653&amp;RH=958#/SearchResult&amp;VBID=2C0BXZ31X2UDB&amp;SMLS=1&amp;RW=1653&amp;RH=958&amp;POPUPPN=6&amp;POPUPIID=2C0BF1FZ6XFOT" /><a href="http://pictures.reuters.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&amp;VBID=2C0BXZ31X2UDB&amp;SMLS=1&amp;RW=1653&amp;RH=958#/SearchResult&amp;VBID=2C0BXZ31X2UDB&amp;SMLS=1&amp;RW=1653&amp;RH=958&amp;POPUPPN=6&amp;POPUPIID=2C0BF1FZ6XFOT">REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst</a></div></div></div>And now for some bad news for billionaire Bill Ackman, founder of hedge fund Pershing Square.Valeant Pharmaceuticals, the drug company whose 90% stock-price disaster has been dragging down Ackman's portfolio since October, <a href="http://ir.valeant.com/tools/viewpdf.aspx?page={D93B4589-2A36-4978-9624-6A38968F0431}">announced on Monday that three executives would leave</a>.The departing executives were of no small importance at Valeant. Pavel Mirovsky was the head of the company's Europe business, Laurie Little was the head of media relations, and finally Robert Chai-Onn was the company's General Counsel.It's also not very common for a company to announce the exit of such integral players the day before a quarterly earnings report.But a standard earnings report is not all that's been happening in the land of Valeant and Ackman. And the removal of Chai-Onn and Little is a good time to review the allegations leveled in a lawsuit that everyone seems to have forgotten about.You may recall that investors in Botox-maker Allergan are suing Valeant and Ackman over their 2014 attempt to buy Allergan in a hostile takeover. On Friday a California Judge denied Ackman and Valeant's motion to dismiss the investors' claims (<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-11/valeant-ackman-loses-bid-to-dismiss-suit-over-allergan-offer">again</a>).In short: This isn't over. <h2>Words mean things </h2>You'll recall that Valeant and Ackman's attempt to purchase Allergan was somewhat novel. Instead of buying the company outright, Valeant teamed up with Ackman, who purchased a large chunk of Allergan shares. Ackman's stake was disclosed along side Valeant's hostile takeover offer, and - surprise! - the billionaire said he would vote his newly acquired Allergan shares in support of the sale to Valeant.Ackman then pulled out the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ackman-letter-to-allergan-2014-9">activist-investors' playbook</a> to pressure Allergan to accept an offer from Valeant, writing nasty letters describing Allergan's "incredibly inappropriate" behavior as it sought to fend off the takeover by a company that was known for slashing research and development spending and jacking up drug prices. You'll also recall that this didn't work. Allergan was eventually rescued by a white knight and Ackman - still an Allergan shareholder - made a bundle (about <a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/no-allergan-deal-but-a-2-6-billion-profit-for-ackman/">$2.6 billion</a> by one count). Valeant profited a great deal too because, as part of its deal with Ackman it would <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/850693/000119312514150906/d711603dex993.htm">get a portion</a> of his profits. Is this even legal, you might ask? Well you aren't alone - though both Valeant and Ackman have said they are sure that it was. Shareholders in Allergan including the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio sued Ackman and Valeant on the basis of SEC Rule 14 e-3. It says that basically, if company A is planning to take over company B, anyone with knowledge of that takeover can't trade in company B once company A has started to make moves to bid for the company.Ackman and Valeant say they never really intended to make an offer. What they were doing was... something different. At least, that's what it was after some language was changed around by Chai-Onn, who was General Counsel at the time.From the complaint:A February 23, 2014 draft of the Relationship Agreement circulated among Ackman and Valeant general counsel Robert Chai-Onn likewise states that if "a Company Transaction is being pursued by [Valeant] through a tender offer . . . each of the Company, [Pershing] and the Co-Bidder Entity will be identified as co-bidders."Then Chai-Onn changed that language, according to the complaint:A February 24, 2015 draft of the Relationship Agreement noted that the "consent of both [Pershing] and the [Valeant] shall be required for either party to launch a tender offer or an exchange offer" and if the "Transaction is being pursued by [Valeant] through a tender offer…each of [Valeant], [Pershing] and the Co-Bidder Entity will be identified as co-bidders or soliciting persons, respectively." Thus, drafts of the very document establishing the mechanism through which Ackman would acquire Allergan shares, on their face, evidence that Valeant was contemplating a hostile tender offer all along. In fact, it was only very late in the drafting process, on February 24, that Defendants inserted a self-serving and misleading disclaimer into the Relationship Agreement stating that the parties "acknowledge that no steps have been taken towards a tender or exchange offer for securities of Allergan." Ackman echoed that same language when he was deposed in the case, saying: "This litigation is a complete waste of time, OK? I'm happy to stay here for five hours, OK, I'm going to do it, I know it's your job; um, but if I can deliver a message to the Board, OK, it's a complete waste of time. We did not stake one step, not one step for doing a tender offer, nor did Valeant, OK? Not one."<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/57a91a3fce38f2c0008b570f-711/valeant-says-ex-ceo-pearson-remains-a-significant-shareholder-2016-7.jpg" alt="Valeant CEO Michael Pearson testifies about price spikes in decades-old pharmaceuticals before a hearing of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. April 27, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst " data-mce-source="Thomson Reuters" data-mce-caption="Pearson testifies about price spikes in decades-old pharmaceuticals before a hearing of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S." />Thomson ReutersPearson testifies about price spikes in decades-old pharmaceuticals before a hearing of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. He has also been named as a defendant in this case.</div></div></div><h2>I award you no points</h2>Basically the litigants are arguing that simply saying that "no steps have been taken" doesn't make it true. Actions, in this event, are supposed to speak louder than words written in legalese. More from the complaint:As reflected in a February 16, 2014 email among Valeant General Counsel Robert Chai-Onn and Valeant's counsel, Defendants' attempt to affix the "co-bidder" label to their relationship appears to have been motivated by their lawyers' concern that regulators might be "offended by a party other than a bidder benefitting from a toehold."Little is only mentioned once in the complaint, when the defendants point out that press materials about the attempted takeover were prepared in advance of Valeant and Ackman's announcement that they were doing the deal in April of 2014.From the complaint:Specifically, a draft "Q&amp;A" emailed by Valeant's public relations consultant to Valeant's head of Investor Relations, Laurie Little, on April 17, 2014, asked: Question: Are you willing to launch a tender offer to get this deal done? Answer: We would prefer to negotiate with [Allergan] on a friendly basis. However, we are firmly committed to completing this transaction.This is part of why California Judge David Carter agreed with the plaintiffs and denied Ackman and Valeant's motion to dismiss this complaint. He called some of the defendants' arguments "unpersuasive.""Defendants point to the decision in In re JDS Uniphase Corp. Sec. Litig., No. C 02-1486 CW, 2003 WL 26615705 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 3, 2003), which provides no meaningful analysis on this issue," he wrote. "Defendants have pointed to no other convincing authority that addresses this issue."Brutal.On the same day the Court also addressed Ackman and Valeant's motion to compel the plaintiffs to comply with a subpoena and give further interrogatories. That motion was denied.Double brutal. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/millionaire-mistakes-grant-cardone-student-debt-saving-investing-2016-8">A self-made millionaire describes the financial mistakes to avoid if you want to get rich by 30</a></h3> <div> <div> <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="R1b3M1NTE6TZj7hhfLUHuxqb_ZPPO0PB" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> <script> if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; } RunFunctions.push(function() { var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'R1b3M1NTE6TZj7hhfLUHuxqb_ZPPO0PB',{ autoplay: 'false' }); }); </script> <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div> </div> <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script> </div>

The Bill Ackman problem everyone forgot about is coming back to bite him and Valeant

Photographer <a href="http://www.anthonykaren.com/" target="_blank">Anthony Karen’s</a> use of the word sir in emails might stem from his service in the Marine Corps. It could also be indicative of his humanitarian side and his affiliations with charities including <a href="http://www.friendsindeed.org/" target="_blank">Friends in Deed</a>, <a href="http://www.smiletrain.org/" target="_blank">Smile Train</a>, and the <a href="http://www.humanesociety.org/" target="_blank">Humane Society.</a>
That simple level of politeness is also a small window into how he has been able to document as a photojournalist many of the most feared, secretive, and marginalized pockets of society around the world. <div class="image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/520d036c6bb3f7ef5c00001d-1200-798/6.jpg.crop.original-original.jpg" border="0" alt="slate11" /><a href="http://www.anthonykaren.com/">Anthony S. Karen</a>Carl, an imperial wizard of a Southern-based <keyword id="93329" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Ku-Klux-Klan">Ku Klux Klan</keyword> realm (or state-level group), takes aim with a pellet gun at a large cockroach (on the piece of paper just below the clock), while his wife and goddaughter try to avoid getting struck by a possible ricochet. </div></div></div>
On his website, Karen writes that his passion for photography began during a trip to Haiti, where he documented <a href="http://www.mipj.org/lwa-mountain.html" target="_blank">Vodou rituals</a> around the country. From there he has created series about <a href="http://www.anthonykaren.com/?page_id=271" target="_blank">Skinheads</a>, the <a href="http://www.anthonykaren.com/?page_id=290" target="_blank">Westboro Baptist Church</a>, and the <a href="http://www.anthonykaren.com/?page_id=282" target="_blank">Ku Klux Klan</a>.
Gaining access to secretive pockets of society is based upon trust, something Karen doesn’t take lightly and that he sees as a foundation of photojournalism. “It’s a moment that’s constantly validated, the wordless acceptance into someone’s personal space with a camera,” Karen wrote via email.
<div class="image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/520cfdaa69beddd675000015-1200-798/2.jpg.crop.original-original.jpg" border="0" alt="slate2" /><a href="http://www.anthonykaren.com/">Anthony S. Karen</a>Members of a Louisiana-based Ku Klux Klan realm joke around at the home of one of their imperial officers. </div></div></div> <div class="image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/520cfde2ecad04933b00000d-1200-798/5.jpg.crop.original-original.jpg" border="0" alt="slate3" /><a href="http://www.anthonykaren.com/">Anthony S. Karen</a>"Little Charlie" of the Louisiana-based Dixie Rangers of the Ku Klux Klan displays her custom-made wedding veil as her fiancé looks on.</div></div></div>
To gain access into the Klan, Karen initially reached out to members through contact information on websites via phone calls and emails. His began photographing a Klan event in 2005, and after earning the trust of the members, he was allowed to photograph without restriction.
During an interview with <a href="http://www.fotoevidence.com/anthony-karen" target="_blank">FotoEvidence</a>, which published his book <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/white-pride/id635330490?ls=1" target="_blank">White Pride</a>, Karen spoke about his level of access to one of the least-understood organizations. “I think a lot of the credibility I’ve earned also stems from my basic philosophy that you need to give some of yourself in order to receive anything back. I spend time with people, I listen to what they have to say, and I treat each person as an individual. I don’t have to believe what they believe, but whenever I’m in someone’s space, I feel I’m obliged to observe without judgment.That's not to say I wouldn't intervene if I felt a situation called for it, but I choose to observe moment to moment and simply take in what I see and experience without presumption or pretext,” he said.
He also isn’t in a rush once he begins a project and is always looking to go deeper into a story while attempting to maintain a level of neutrality. “I have a keen interest in religious ideology and marginalized subject matter. I prefer documenting long-term stories, because I feel a story can always be improved upon; there’s always some nuance that you’ll discover with subsequent trips. This methodology has proven helpful as I develop as a photojournalist,” Karen said. “The more time and experience I amass, the deeper my self-criticism has become, even in editing, but hopefully always for the better of a project. I find I challenge myself more and always strive to go even deeper.” <div class="image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/520cfe426bb3f74454000014-1200-798/7.jpg.crop.original-original.jpg" border="0" alt="slate5" /><a href="http://www.anthonykaren.com/">Anthony S. Karen</a>Candidates wishing to become initiated into the Ku Klos Knights of the Ku Klux Klan take their oaths as part of a naturalization ritual. Candidates are blindfolded are led through the woods at a sometimes vigorous pace. They are questioned about Klan craft and history, and they swear certain oaths. They are then "knighted" through anointing with sacred waters, a sword touch on both shoulders, and a benediction. The new members are greeted and welcomed by the officiating officers. </div></div></div> 
<div class="image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/520cfce569bedd9978000003-1200-798/1.jpg.crop.original-original.jpg" border="0" alt="slate1" /><a href="http://www.anthonykaren.com/">Anthony S. Karen</a>Klan members gather at the site of a Civil War battleground for a traditional Ku Klux Klan wedding ceremony. </div></div></div>
Karen’s ability to gain access into the KKK led to a collaboration with the Discovery Channel on a documentary about the Klan titled <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/kkk-beneath-the-hood" target="_blank">KKK: Beneath the Hood</a>.
“Whenever you’re granted access into a person’s intimate space, you’re establishing a relationship based on trust,” he said. “In my opinion, trust is trust. That doesn’t suggest I become complacent with my situation to the point of exploitation, nor does it mean I’m selectively disregarding certain moments to depict something that is not. I do admit I try to offer a balanced perspective as to my experiences within marginalized organizations. ... [T]o consciously distance myself will in effect (or could) create bias.” <div class="image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/520cfe9deab8ea051e000003-1200-798/3.jpg.crop.original-original.jpg" border="0" alt="slate6" /><a href="http://www.anthonykaren.com/">Anthony S. Karen</a>The son of an imperial wizard of a North Carolina-based Klan realm. </div></div></div> <div class="image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/520cfee769bedddb7f000000-1200-798/10.jpg.crop.original-original.jpg" border="0" alt="slate7" /><a href="http://www.anthonykaren.com/">Anthony S. Karen</a>A Klansman during a unity gathering on his property in Virginia.</div></div></div> <div class="image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/520cff2c6bb3f7f45c000002-1200-798/11.jpg.crop.original-original.jpg" border="0" alt="slate8" /><a href="http://www.anthonykaren.com/">Anthony S. Karen</a>An imperial officer (right) from a Midwestern-based Ku Klux Klan realm at the home of his imperial wizard and wife (left), shortly before departing for a Christmas party held for members at a local church.</div></div></div> <div class="image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/520cff706bb3f70a5b00000f-1200-798/8.jpg.crop.original-original.jpg" border="0" alt="slate9" /><a href="http://www.anthonykaren.com/">Anthony S. Karen</a>The granddaughter of an imperial wizard of a Southern-based Klan realm.</div></div></div> <div class="image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/520cffc469bedde37d000017-1200-798/4.jpg.crop.original-original.jpg" border="0" alt="slate10" /><a href="http://www.anthonykaren.com/">Anthony S. Karen</a>Members from a Midwestern-based Klan realm on a flyer drive.</div></div></div>

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/545b35cedd0895a54d8b45bf-1200-924/juncker.jpg" border="0" alt="Juncker">REUTERS/Francois LenoirJean-Claude Juncker, the new European Commission president, was Luxembourg's prime minister between 1995 and 2013.</img></div></div></div>The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) this morning <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/300-companies-including-pepsi-and-aig-are-securing-secret-deals-to-slash-taxes-2014-11">revealed the details of hundreds of secret tax deals</a> hundreds of world companies and the government of Luxembourg. 
The private deals, which appear to have saved more than 300 companies millions of dollars in tax, are completely legal in Luxembourg.
Here are the 310 companies - which include Pepsi and AIG - <a href="http://www.icij.org/project/luxembourg-leaks/explore-documents-luxembourg-leaks-database">named by the ICIJ in their database of leaked documents,</a> which includes 548 private tax rulings and corporation tax returns. We suggest heading over to the database for more context - it's a fantastic resource. 
Here's the full list (twenty-seven more company names are expected come over the next month):
2PCT 3i Abbott Laboratories ABN Amro Group Abris Capital Partners Abry Partners ABS - CBN Broadcasting Corporation Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Accenture ACE Group Acergy Group (now Subsea 7) Advent International Corporation AEA Investors AHW Capital Management AIG Alexander Eriksen Alfa Group Consortium Allco Finance Group Amazon AMB Property Corporation Amcon Allied Equity Holdings Ameriprise Financial AMP Capital Investors de Spoelberch Family Aozora Bank Apax Partners Guardian Media Group Apex Capital Management Apollo Global Management Apple Arcapita Arch Capital Group Archangel Diamond Corporation Arison Group Artal Group Ärztekammer Westfalen Lippe Atomico Audley Capital Advisors Avenue Capital Group Avery Dennison Corporation AVIVA AXA Group Babcock &amp; Brown Balderton Capital Ball Corporation Baloise Group Banca Delle Marche Group Banca Popolare Dell'Emilia Romagna Banco Bradesco Banco Itaú (now Itaú Unibanco) Banque Martin Maurel Baring Private Equity Asia Bayerische Landesbank BAYTEX Energy Corp BC Partners Belfor Bjarne Borg Blackstone Group Bluebay (now Royal Bank Of Canada) BNP Paribas / Crédit Agricole Boston Consulting Group Bridgepoint Brookfield Asset Management Bucher Industries Group Burberry Group Cargill Carlyle Group Catalyst Investment Managers CB Richard Ellis Group Centerbridge Partners Charterhouse Capital Partners Chateau De Berne Cheyne Capital Management China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec) China Yunnan Metallurgical Group CIRCOR CITCO Citigroup Cliffs Natural Resources CNP Assurances Coach Commerzbank AG Companhia Brasileira De Distribuição COMPASS Group Cordea Savills Covidien Group Credit Suisse Damovo Group Dawnay, Day &amp; Co. Dean Foods Delff Management Developers Diversified Realty Corporation DNB Nor Group Doughty Hanson Draper Fisher Jurvetson DST Systems State Street Group Dubai International Capital DUET Group Dyson EFG Group EMULEX Encore Consumer Capital Englefield Capital (now Bregal Capital) EQT Equity Trust (now Doughty Hanson) ESO Capital Group Eurohold European Property Investors EUSA Pharma (now Jazz Pharmaceuticals) EVRAZ Group Experian Fairfax Financial Holdings FedEx Corp Fidelity Field Point Group Financière Lafayette Finmeccanica Group Fonciere Inea Foresight Group Foster Wheeler Foyer Group FREO Group Friends Provident Fung Group Future Fund G.J. Hannink Gategroup Gazprom GE Group Government Of The Emirate Of Abu Dhabi Gigamedia Limited Group Gildemeister Group Glanbia GlaxoSmithKline Golden Gate Capital Golding Capital Partners Goodman Group Graymont Group Great Atlantic &amp; Pacific Tea Company Groupe Caisse D'Epargne / Groupe Banque Populaire Groupe LCF Rothschild (now Groupe Edmond De Rothschild) Groupe Rothschild Gruppo Banca Sella Harbinger Group Hauck &amp; Aufhauser Health Alliance Group Heinz Henderson Group HG Capital Hideal Partners Highland Capital Partners Hines HNA Group Home Credit Group HSBC Hutchison Group Hypo Real Estate Group IAM ICAP Iceberg Qapital IK Investment Partners IKEA Informa Intelsat Intergenia International Flavors &amp; Fragrances Intesa Sanpaolo Group Investcorp / Barclays IVG Immobilien J Chahine Capital J.C. Flowers Jardine Matheson Group JER Partners Jones Lang Lasalle J.P. Morgan Julius Baer Group Kaupthing Bank (now Arion Banki) KBL Lombard International Assurance King Street Capital Management Knight Business Kohler Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Langres Investment Limited Lehman Brothers Li Family Trusts Lion Capital Livingstone Brothers Lombard Odier Lubrizol (now Berkshire Hathaway) LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Macquarie Group Mark IV Industries Maus Freres McGraw-Gill Companies Mercapital (now N+1 Group) Merrill Lynch SATPO Group METTLER-TOLEDO Meyer Bergman Millipore Montagu Moorfield Group MYLAN Navistar / Caterpillar New Gulf Engineering Nikko Cordial Securities (now SMBC Nikko Securities) Nippon Sheet Glass Nordic Capital Nordson Northern &amp; Shell Oaktree Capital Management Office Depot Olayan Investments Company Establishment Olympus Capital Asia Pacific Century Group PALA Investments Palamon Capital Partners Paloma Industries Panorama Capital Paul Capital Pepsi Bottling Group Permira Perry Capital Procter &amp; Gamble Prospector Offshore Drilling Providence Equity Partners Prudential Public Sector Pension Investment Board QUAD-C Partners Quilvest Ramius Reckitt Benckiser Reso RMK Timberland Group Rockspring Rosebud Real Estate ROWAN Companies Rubus International Sanpaolo Group (now Intesa Sanpaolo Group) SBERBANK SCHAWK Schroders Ship Trust / Tree Trust Shire Signa SISK Group Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken SOCFIN Société D'administration Et De Gestion Atlantas SAGA Sportfive Group SR Technics Stabilus STAPLES STAR Capital Partners Starwood Capital Sun Capital Swire Group SYKES Enterprises TDR Capital Tele Columbus Tele2 Group Temenos Group TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries The Heesen Family Tiger Global Management Tiger Partners Timberland TINICUM TITAN International TMD Friction Tower 2008 Charitable Trust Towerbrook Capital Partners Trafalgar Overseas Tyco Group UBI Banca UBM Group UBS Unibanco Brazil (now Itaú Unibanco) Unicorn Investment Bank Unicredit Group United America Indemnity (now Global Indemnity) United Technologies Corporation UPLINE Group Value-Call Vastned Offices / Industrial NV Verizon Vermilion Energy Trust Veronis Suhler Stevenson Vers.Werk Der Zahnärztekammer Westf. Lippe Vistec Electronic Beam Lithography Group Vitec Group Vitruvian Partners Viva Group VKGP Vodafone Volkswagen Group VTS Group Warner Chilcott (now Actavis) WE Group Weather Investments Weatherford International Wendel Group WGZ Bank White Mountains Insurance Group Wolseley Wynnchurch Capital X-rite Yamana Gold York Capital Management

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image on-image"><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/525e231569bedd1e14d61f55-1200-600/nycc-comic-con-cosplay-speed-dating-4.jpg?maxX=800" border="0" alt="nycc comic con cosplay speed dating" width="800" />Business Insider/Melia RobinsonMarceline the Vampire Queen, of "Adventure Time," and Hal Jordan, Green Lantern's alias, find common ground at <keyword id="1899024" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="New-York-Comic-Con">New York Comic Con</keyword>'s Sci-Fi Speed <keyword id="6367193" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Dating">Dating</keyword>.</div></div>With sweaty palms and hearts racing, fanboys and fangirls stood in hour-long lines for autograph signings and panels at <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/new-york-comic-con-2013" target="_blank">New York Comic Con</a>, gripped by the chance to meet their favorite actors, comic book authors, and androids.
Others came to the annual convention to fulfill a different fantasy: meeting the geek of their dreams.
In a basement room of the Javits Center, where <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/new-york-comic-con-2013" target="_blank">NYCC</a> was held Oct. 10 - 13, a banner depicted two stick figures holding hands - one dressed as a knight, the other wearing antennae. They're sandwiched between the words <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SciFiSpeedDating" target="_blank">"Sci-Fi Speed Dating"</a> and "Let Your Geek Flag Fly." It sounded promising for the 82 singletons mingling inside.
A costumed Jedi Master standing at the front echoed into the mic, "Three, two, one, aaaand switch."
John Kelleher, a 33-year-old from the Bronx, was there on a whim. He volunteered to go with a friend as "karma payback." His outfit - rectangular glasses, a black button-down shirt, and a pinstripe vest - wasn't a costume, although it was unsafe to assume that in a room filled with Captain America, Snow White, Dr. Who, Poison Ivy, and more obscure, casually dressed heroes and villains. Many Comic Con attendees dress like their favorite comic book, video game, anime, sci-fi, movies, and TV characters to celebrate their fandom - a ritual called <keyword id="1609400" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Cosplay">cosplay</keyword>. (<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-cosplay-2013-10" target="_blank">Click here for further explanation.</a>)
<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_left"><div class="image"><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/525e21076bb3f7bb76d61f75-1200-900/nycc-comic-con-cosplay-speed-dating-3.jpg" border="0" alt="nycc comic con cosplay speed dating" width="480" style="float: left;" />Business Insider/Melia RobinsonJohn Kelleher, left, chats up a young woman dressed as TARDIS, Doctor Who's time machine and spacecraft.</div></div>An attractive young woman with a wide smile and brown hair cut above the neckline took a seat in front of Kelleher. Her dress's burgundy color, pin over her heart, and black collar suggested that she belonged to the Starfleet Corps of Engineers, of the "Star Trek" universe. Kelleher, who works as an IT engineer at a power plant company, immediately recognized this and saw an opportunity for some flirtatious banter.
"My personal philosophy is those who can make something out of nothing are always rich," Kelleher later told Business Insider. "So I mentioned that she was 'too cute to be expendable'" - the inside joke being that most red shirts on "Star Trek" wind up dead. He joked that they should visit a power plant on their first date.
Part-time Jedi Master, part-time matchmaker Ryan Glitch <a href="http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/Whats-Happening/Events-R-Z/" target="_blank">hosted eight Sci-Fi Speed Dating sessions</a> (two of which were LGBT-only events) at <keyword id="1899022" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="NYCC">NYCC</keyword>. Glitch founded the company four years ago after attending a similar, but poorly run speed dating event. He now travels across the country to comic book and sci-fi conventions to help fans find love.
<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/525e1f7369bedd580cd61f61-1200-900/nycc-comic-con-cosplay-speed-dating.jpg" border="0" alt="nycc comic con cosplay speed dating" width="480" style="float: right;" />Business Insider/Melia RobinsonRyan Glitch created Sci-Fi Speed Dating four years ago, inspired by his own dating experience.</div></div>Here's how it works. Participants wear numbered badges and carry index cards so they can jot down the IDs of the partners they click with. You chat with someone for three minutes before moving to the next costumed, self-proclaimed geek in the queue. At the end of the session, you write your contact information and an identifier (i.e. "Dressed as Snow White," or, "Bonded over love of 'Star Wars'") on the sheets labeled with the numbers of the <keyword id="6360040" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="people">people</keyword> with whom you'd like to continue the conversation.
These chance encounters get results. Sci-Fi Speed Dating has spawned five marriages, two babies, 19 engagements, and more than 100 couples dating seriously, according to Glitch. He's received invitations to all the weddings and keeps tabs on the success stories via his personal Facebook account.
Glitch's company has a few competitors, including <a href="http://nyc.nerdnite.com/" target="_blank">Nerd Nite NYC</a>, but Sci-Fi Speed Dating's appearance on the 2011 two-part special <a href="http://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/geek-love" target="_blank">"Geek Love" on TLC</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL99PCYdTX-vcCIJx4McZceyvt0I1WScfO" target="_blank">spinoff YouTube series</a> launched it as the go-to speed dating service for conventions nationwide.
Glitch credited his success to the unique clientele. The typical Comic Con-goer tends to be a little quirky and maybe a little accustomed to being an outcast. Here, they break out of their shells and find they're not alone, even in a room of single people.
<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_left"><div class="image"><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/525e1fd56bb3f73e72d61f59-1200-900/nycc-comic-con-cosplay-speed-dating-2.jpg" border="0" alt="nycc comic con cosplay speed dating" width="480" />Business Insider/Melia RobinsonEighty-two singletons participated in Sci-Fi Speed Dating, representing an array of interests in geek culture.</div></div>
"This works because this community doesn't judge," he explained. "In 'real' speed dating, you can be stuck in a room with 50 people who just don't give a s---. In this speed dating, everyone's like, 'Hey, you're a fan! Wahoo!'"
Many participants noted that it was easy to find people who shared their interests, and the relaxed atmosphere took the pressure off making a strong first impression.
Kelleher added that the costumes are often revealing of partners' personalities.
"People are more than just the characters they dress up as," he said. "You get to see who they are on the inside."
Kelleher was disappointed time ran out before he could speak to all the women, and that the Starfleet engineer gave her digits to his friend instead.
"But I got eight numbers," Kelleher said, waving his sheet in his hands. He smiled. "I guess that's not too bad."

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