Really? They couldn’t let Betty make it to 100?
White Rabbits
The rabbits are part of an art installation called “Intrude.” The largest is the “Mama” or “Bunzilla” and also called “Intrude XXL.”
The Parer Studio created them as an opportunity to juxtapose the rabbit’s fairytale-like innocence with the great destruction and imbalance they are causing in Australia.
It took about 40 minutes to inflate the largest one. They will on display through Jan. 28 — the day of the cultural trust’s Winter Gallery Crawl.
The rabbits will be deflated nightly and reinflated in the morning to protect them.
This is not the first time Pittsburgh has been home to a large inflatable. The Steel City welcomed a 40-foot rubber duck to the rivers near Point State Park in 2013 and the 92-foot-tall Vincent van Gogh floating head balloon in Schenley Park earlier this month.
Aziz said people will be able to get close to the rabbits, touch them and take photos with them.
https://triblive.com/aande/museums/pittsburgh-cultural-trust-unveils-50-foot-rabbit-installation-for-first-night/
PENNSYLVANIA — On Wednesday, Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that 75% of counties in the commonwealth have signed on to join the opioid settlement that would bring over $1 billion to the state.
Many counties in southwestern Pennsylvania, including Allegheny, Beaver, Greene, Westmoreland Washington and Fayette counties, signed on to the settlement. It’s a global settlement that was announced in July of this year, worth $26 billion total, with Cardinal, McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Johnson & Johnson, that will require the companies to change their practices to prevent future opioid crises in addition to paying out funds, with different amounts allocated based on a formula that calculates the impact of the opioid crisis on each state. Pennsylvania was one of the lead states in the negotiation of the deals.
https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/pennsylvania-ag-announces-that-75-states-counties-signed-opioid-settlement/JNV7Z4VRZBCCLEDBMOFKSO4VR4/
PITTSBURGH — Wildfire Productions, a limited partnership that is among the minority owners of the Pittsburgh Penguins, has filed a lawsuit over the sale of the franchise to Fenway Sports Group.
A spokesperson for the Penguins sent Channel 11 a statement:
“The complaint is without merit, and we have filed a motion to dismiss. Because of the 22 years of successful leadership provided by Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle, this limited partner has been returned almost five times their original investment, and the valuation of their ownership interest increased over twelve times as a result of this transaction. While some general partners have received millions of dollars in priority payments to run a professional sports franchise, Ron and Mario have never taken any additional compensation. Instead, they have shared returns equally with their limited partners, and together they have made a substantial and positive impact on the City of Pittsburgh and the game of ice hockey. This is a regrettable situation where a single limited partner is claiming rights to which they are not entitled, and it has no impact on our transaction with the Fenway Sports Group, who are fully committed to the Penguins winning in Pittsburgh for decades to come.”
Channel 11 has reached out to attorneys for Wildfire for a comment on the lawsuit.
The lawsuit says Wildfire, which is part of the Lemieux Group, invested $5 million into owning the team and owns about 7.5%. The group says FSG intentionally interfered with the Lemieux Group’s contractual or business relationships when it approached the owners about selling the franchise.
Court documents state Wildfire is seeking damages of more than $75,000 “to rectify the harm caused by FSG’s misconduct,” a permanent injunction “against further misconduct,” and a jury trial on all issues.
This lawsuit comes after the Penguins ownership group, FSG and the NHL all agreed to the sale of the franchise for a reported $900 million.
https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/limited-partners-penguins-ownership-group-suing-over-sale-franchise-fsg/3LUD73O3ZNGMBOSTYJVNIP3KNQ/