House Stenographer Disrupts Vote, Gets Hauled Away
Posted on August 7, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
During Wednesday night’s vote in the U.S. Congress to pass the budget and raise the debt ceiling, a floor stenographer was brusquely ushered out after taking over the dais and shouting into the microphone.
The woman, identified as Dianne Reidy, yelled things like: “Do not be deceived. God shall not be mocked. A House divided cannot stand,” according to a House republican aide to CNN. As she was removed from the chamber, she was caught by Public Radio International ranting about the Constitution being written by Freemasons, and repeated, “You cannot serve two masters.
[Read More]How a Brooks Brothers salesman inadvertently saved a man's life on 9/11
Posted on August 7, 2024
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| Billy Koelling
September 11, 2001, started out as an average day for Antonio DeJesus, a Brooks Brothers salesman who held the keys to the store at One Liberty Plaza, across the street from the World Trade Center in New York City. "It was like 7:30 when we got there to open up, and then by 8:30 we [were] full-on business," DeJesus told Business Insider's Dan Bobkoff in the latest episode of the "
[Read More]How to set a reminder in Slack to stay on top of your tasks and meetings
Posted on August 7, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
Slack gives you a ton of options for setting up reminders. For example, you can set reminders to do things at specific times by using the command "/remind" followed by an action and time (like 9:00 a.m. or Mondays, if you want it to be a recurring reminder), within your personal direct message area. You would then get a message about that action at the time you set.
[Read More]Is Nike Getting Too Big for Its Shoes?
Posted on August 7, 2024
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| Billy Koelling
Every sports fan has seen the flashy TV commercials: Michael Jordan, leaping for the basket, seems to break free of gravity as he goes up, up and still higher up. The trajectory has been the same for the company whose shoes the commercial touts. Since its founding 21 years ago, Nike, the Beaverton, Oregon, sportswear conglomerate, has soared to greater and greater heights, becoming the $3.7 billion-a-year titan of the industry.
[Read More]J.K. Rowling: Robert Galbraith and Career of Evil
Posted on August 7, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
J.K. Rowling surprised the world when she was identified as Robert Galbraith, the little-known author of The Cuckoo’s Calling, a 2013 mystery novel starring Detective Cormoran Strike. But she has continued to publish as Galbraith, whose dark, chilling and occasionally gory métier is a far cry from Hogwarts. Career of Evil, the third novel in the Cormoran Strike series, will be published Oct. 20. TIME has an exclusive excerpt.
A rock through a window never comes with a kiss.
[Read More]James Cameron: TIME100 Climate 2023
Posted on August 7, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
James Cameron is one of the most celebrated and commercially successful filmmakers of all time. Most recently, his Avatar films featuring prominent themes about the dangers of irresponsible resource extraction and environmental damage have smashed international viewership and revenue records. “He wants to focus on how to save a planet, not destroy one,” described a TIME interview with Cameron about the series. But his environmentalism goes beyond the screen: Avatar 2 was powered entirely by solar electricity and served exclusively plant-based food on set.
[Read More]Kizz Daniel sells out OVO Wembley Arena in a landmark concert
Posted on August 7, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
Kizz Daniel who is one of Afrobeats' most reliable hitmakers sold out the 12,000-capacity OVO Arena in what is his biggest concert yet in the United States. Since breaking into the mainstream in 2014 with his hit single 'Woju,' Kizz Daniel has soared to the summit of the Nigerian music industry with his steady release of hit singles and quality albums setting him aside. ADVERTISEMENT
At his OVO Arena concert, Kizz Daniel thrilled fans with some of his hit singles 'Buga', 'Cough', 'Lie', and 'One Ticket'.
[Read More]Meet Sam x Cas, The Nigerian music duo on the rise
Posted on August 7, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
Likened to the P-Square in their prime, the OkanTwins - Sam x Cas born Samantha and Casilda Okan, Nigerian-British Afropop singer-songwriters and impeccable content creators are paving their own way as they offer fresh tune to an already dynamic Nigerian new age and urban sound with the release of their debut single “Ocean”. ADVERTISEMENT
The OkanTwins creativity is diversified and has no bounds. Sam x Cas are content creators acclimatizing to the creative scene in Nigeria.
[Read More]National Reading Month: 9 Great Things to Read in 9 Minutes
Posted on August 7, 2024
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| Martina Birk
March is National Reading Month, but don’t worry. This article is not going to be about the big, blubbery virtues of Moby Dick or the nuances of Nicholas Nickleby. While reading “great books” is great, it can feel like a commitment that doesn’t jibe with modern life, fractured as it is into an unending barrage of tweets and screens and streams.
That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t ever make time for epic novels or that reading isn’t important.
[Read More]New York's Hottest New Show 'Titanique' Sails Into Sydney
Posted on August 7, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
Apparently the only thing that could come between Jack and Rose is Celine Dion.
If that sounds unlikely then it’s probably why “Titanique” has been such a resounding success. The laugh-out-loud show is both a parody of James Cameron’s 11-time Oscar-winning 1997 mega-film “Titanic” and a loving salute to Canadian singer Dion who, as a character in the piece, delivers her version of the story of Jack and Rose, via a shipload of her hits including “My Heart Will Go On,” “All By Myself,” and “To Love You More,” backed by a full live band.
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