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☆ ‘Mistress America,’ ‘Tramps’ and More Streaming Gems
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Jason Bailey | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The gifted genre director Ti West writes and directs this giddy, gory cross between “Boogie Nights” and “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” in which a group of DIY filmmakers and exotic dancers trek out to the backwoods of the Lone Star state to make a low-budget porn movie. Little do they know, the older couple in the nearby farmhouse are a bit more spry — and murderous — than they might imagine. West’s script and direction are marvelously film-literate, filling the frame and soundtrack with sly in-jokes and references, and his cast is delightfully game; the “Wednesday” star Jenna Ortega is a sublime scream queen, Brittany Snow revels in the opportunity to send up her typical persona and Mia Goth is pitch-perfect as both the final girl and (under heavy makeup) another key player. It’s not for all tastes, but if you’d like a little sex and violence on your holiday viewing menu, both are in plentiful supply here. ‘All My Puny Sorrows’ (2022)Stream it on Hulu.

Persons: Ti West, spry, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow, Mia Goth, It’s Organizations: Lone Star Locations: Hulu

☆ A blind man is suing 3 rail companies after he fell onto the tracks just before a train arrived
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A blind man is suing three rail companies after he fell onto the tracks at a station in England. A blind man is suing a railway company and two train operators after falling onto railway tracks in England. He said the lack of tactile paving at the train station meant he wasn't alerted to the platform edge. Charity the Royal National Institute of Blind People said last year that 40% of major rail stations in the UK lacked tactile paving. A jury found that the lack of tactile paving "more than minimally" contributed to his death, Metro reported.

Persons: Abdul Eneser, He's, Eneser, it's, Cleveland Gervais Organizations: Morning, Manchester Piccadilly, Network Rail, Northern Rail, Guardian, Royal National Institute of Blind People, Metro Locations: England, Avanti West Coast, Eden, London

☆ Valero responds to fire at Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Companies Valero Energy Corp FollowMay 17 (Reuters) - Valero Energy Corp (VLO.N) said crews are responding to a fire on Wednesday within its 290,000 barrel-per-day Corpus Christi West refinery in Texas. "This morning, a fire occurred at Valero's West Plant refinery. Most of the motor fuels made at the refinery comes from the West Plant. The Bill Greehey refinery East and West plants are located along the Corpus Christi ship channel and the East refinery processes sour crude, while the West plant processes sweet and sour crude and residual fuel oil, according to the refinery website. Community air monitoring indicated there were no offsite concerns, Valero's Schroeder said and the City of Corpus Christi posted on its website.

☆ Rail passenger paid $720 for return ticket but the train cancelled 2 minutes after departure, making his trip 10 hours long
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A train passenger who spent $720 on a ticket has criticized the rail firm for cancellations and delays. He said Avanti West Coast cancelled one of the trains two minutes after the departure time. But the Avanti train was cancelled two minutes after the expected departure time. Gateau said he ended up taking a train north via Manchester for another Avanti train, which departed late. Le Gateau told Insider he "absolutely would" because "the ticket was just shy of £600."

☆ Arielle Charnas' company, Something Navy, is floundering amid dwindling sales, an employee exodus, and furious suppliers
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Katie Warren | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +36 min

From the outside, it doesn't look as if Charnas' company is in trouble. Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images for Beach MagazineSeveral former employees told Insider they cut ties with Something Navy because they saw signs the company was struggling. Several current and former Something Navy employees told Insider they'd been inundated with emails since the spring from suppliers, freelancers, and models asking where their money was. In one email viewed by Insider, Scanlan told a supplier that cash was tight but promised payment was on the way. The current Something Navy employee said that based on data she'd seen, the retail locations most likely don't turn a profit.

☆ How the $36 billion vitamin industry tricked a generation of adults into believing sugary gummies were the ticket to good health
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-07 | by ( Rachel Premack | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

But some consumer advocates and doctors worry that those supplements don't have as many benefits as people think. "Our gummy vitamins have been on fire," CEO Matt Farrell told investors in a July earnings call. He said that Hero Nutritionals, founded in 1995, created the first gummy vitamin for the American market. A Perrigo representative said it no longer manufactured gummy vitamins, and it did not respond to further inquiries.) But the doctor had something to admit: He takes a gummy vitamin every day.

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