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☆ Nation’s Leaders Will Gather to Honor Carter at Washington Cathedral
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-09 | by ( Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A weeklong series of tributes to former President Jimmy Carter culminates on Thursday with a solemn state funeral in Washington that will bring together all five of the nation’s living presidents, who will temporarily put down their partisan swords to bid farewell to one of their own. Mr. Carter, who has lain in state for the past two days at the Capitol, will be brought to Washington National Cathedral for a 10 a.m. service featuring all the rituals of a national send-off. President Biden will deliver a eulogy, as will Jason Carter, the former president’s grandson, and Stuart E. Eizenstat, a longtime friend and White House domestic adviser to Mr. Carter. Eulogies that former President Gerald R. Ford and former Vice President Walter F. Mondale wrote before their own deaths will be read by their sons, Steven Ford and Ted Mondale. Mr. Carter defeated Mr. Ford in the 1976 election but they later became friends, while Mr. Mondale was his close partner for four years in the White House.

Persons: Jimmy Carter, Carter, Biden, Jason Carter, Stuart E, Mr, Eulogies, Gerald R, Ford, Walter F, Mondale, Steven Ford, Ted Mondale Organizations: Capitol, Washington National Cathedral, White House Locations: Washington, Plains, Ga, Vietnam

☆ Read this message about political differences delivered from beyond the presidential grave
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-09 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The first two pews at the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter should be a diagram of acrimony. Obama has said Trump is unfit to serve in the White House, and Trump has falsely and repeatedly questioned Obama’s US citizenship. “It was somewhere over the Atlantic that Jimmy and I forged a friendship that transcends politics,” Ford said. Carter and Ford, like Clinton, W. Bush and Obama, adhered to the philosophy of retreating from day-to-day politics after leaving the White House. Trump, so far the anomaly, never left the political fight and fought his way back to the White House.

Persons: Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Obama, Trump, Kamala Harris, Doug Emhoff, George W, Bush, Al Gore, Michelle Obama, Gore, Mike Pence, Pence, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, –, Carter, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, Ford, Ford’s, Steven Ford, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, ” Steven Ford, Jimmy, ” Ford, Anwar Sadat, “, CNN Ford, …, Melania Trump, Clinton, Biden Organizations: CNN, GOP, Obama, Trump, Biden, White Locations: Trump, Washington, W

☆ Carter to Lie in State in Capitol Starting Tuesday
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-07 | by ( Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Jimmy Carter, who disavowed the trappings of the imperial presidency and never gave up his humble Georgia roots, will nonetheless be given an elaborate national send-off starting on Tuesday when he is brought to Washington for three days of tributes. Mr. Carter, who died last week at age 100, will be flown from Atlanta to Washington and taken to the U.S. Navy Memorial downtown before being delivered to the U.S. Capitol by a horse-drawn caisson. In the Rotunda of the Capitol, he will lie in state for a day and a half before a formal state funeral at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday. Among the dignitaries invited are members of Congress, the cabinet, the Supreme Court, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the diplomatic corps, state governors and the mayor of Washington. Thousands are expected to make their way to the Capitol to honor the 39th president, who served from 1977 to 1981 and will be placed on the same catafalque that bore Abraham Lincoln after his assassination in 1865.

Persons: Jimmy Carter, Mr, Carter, Kamala Harris, Mike Johnson, John Thune, Abraham Lincoln Organizations: U.S . Navy, U.S, Capitol, National Cathedral, Republican, Joint Chiefs of Staff Locations: Georgia, Washington, Atlanta, Louisiana, South Dakota

☆ I want to thank shortsighted stock traders for allowing us to win the long game
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-24 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

I lost my church years ago, defrocked by the desire to teach through "Mad Money" and the Investing Club. The Investing Club owns them all except Tesla. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

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☆ Rebecca Cheptegei: Ugandan athlete who died after her partner set her on fire gets a military funeral
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Bukwo, Uganda AP —Thousands of mourners in Uganda paid respects to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire, at a military funeral in a remote town near the Kenyan border. Military officers played a prominent role in the funeral because Cheptegei held the rank of sergeant in Uganda’s army, said military spokesman Brig. According to a report filed by the local chief, they quarreled over a piece of land the athlete bought in Kenya. Cheptegei is the fourth female athlete to have been killed by her partner in Kenya in a worrying pattern of gender-based violence in recent years. Cheptegei competed in the women’s marathon at the Paris Olympics, finishing in 44th place, less than a month before the attack.

Persons: Rebecca Cheptegei, Cheptegei, Felix Kulayigye, Abubaker Lubowa, Dickson Ndiema, Ndiema, Janet Museveni, Don Rukare Organizations: Uganda AP, Olympic, Military, Uganda People's Defence Forces, Reuters, AP, Cheptegei, National Council of Sports, Kenyan, Health Survey, Paris Olympics Locations: Bukwo, Uganda, Kenya, Kenyan, Nzoia County, East, Eldoret, Kapchorwa, Kenya’s

☆ Driver charged in deaths of NHL’s Johnny Gaudreau and his brother had blood-alcohol level above the legal limit
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

PHILADELPHIA — The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of .087, above the .08 legal limit in New Jersey, a prosecutor said Friday. “He’s a good person, and he made a horrible decision that night.”Brothers Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Gaudreau on Feb. 10, 2014, in Boston. He had been driving aggressively behind a sedan going just above the 50 mph speed limit, sometimes tailgating, the driver told police. Johnny Gaudreau, known as “Johnny Hockey,” played 10 full seasons in the league and was set to enter his third with the Columbus Blue Jackets after signing a seven-year, $68 million deal in 2022. And they noted that he tested just over the legal limit, adding that a recent knee surgery likely impacted the field test.

Persons: Johnny Gaudreau, Matthew, Gaudreau, Sean M, Higgins, ’ ”, Jonathan Flynn, ”, Matthew Portella, “, Matthew Gaudreau, Richard T Gagnon, Flynn, Michael J, Silvanio, Higgins ’, Johnny Hockey, Widows Meredith, Madeline Gaudreau, Matty, John, Higgins’s Organizations: PHILADELPHIA, NHL, Columbus Blue Jackets, Calgary Flames, North, ” Defense Locations: New Jersey, South Jersey, Woodstown , New Jersey, Salem County, Boston, Iraq, North America

☆ It wasn't until my 91-year-old aunt's funeral that I truly appreciated how inspiring she was
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementStill, it wasn't until I watched Lesley's funeral in December 2023 that I truly realized what a great role model she was. AdvertisementStill, as her eldest son, Nick, said at the funeral, "She never felt self-pity and made the best of things." She was the life and soul of the partyMy cousin mentioned my aunt's love of poetry at the funeral and her entertaining rendition of poems. Phil told me that she swore by facial scrubs from Sweden.

Persons: Lesley Challen, —, Lesley —, Auntie Lesley —, she'd, Geoffrey, Lesley, Nick, Phil, Phil Challen, Alfred Noyes, Byron's, Sennacherib, they'll Organizations: Service, University of Locations: England, Australia, New Zealand, America, San Francisco, Sweden

☆ Opinion: Cecilia Gentili’s life can’t be diminished by one Catholic archdiocese
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Opinion Allison Hope | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The day after Valentine’s Day, a massive, fabulous funeral was held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York to honor the late, great Cecila Gentili. St. Patrick’s Cathedral is perhaps the most famous Catholic church outside of the Vatican. Enrique Salvo, pastor of St. Patrick’s, did not mince words in a statement he issued from the Archdiocese of New York’s office only days later. Cecilia Gentili's casket is brought into St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, on February 15. The Archdiocese of New York revealed its true colors with this statement, and along with them, the persistence of anti-LGBTQ judgment within the Catholic Church.

Persons: Allison Hope, Read, Billy Porter, Gentili’s, Gentili, Patrick’s, ” Allison Hope, Allison Hope “, Enrique Salvo, ’, Lent, Salvo, “, “ Saint Cecilia, Mother, Liaam Winslet, Mary Magdalene, ”, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Cecilia Gentili's, Laura Oliverio, Webster, it’s, Pope Francis’s Organizations: New Yorker, The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Slate, Patrick’s, Archdiocese, Gentili, Catholic, Patrick's, Merriam Locations: New, St, New York, Patrick’s, ‘ America’s Parish, “ Saint, New York City, Archdiocese

☆ Opinion | I Am Going to Miss Pitchfork, but That’s Only Half the Problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Ezra Klein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I’m gutted to see Condé Nast folding the online music magazine Pitchfork into GQ. I won’t try to improve on the eulogies written for the site already (Casey Newton and Eric Harvey have good ones). It’s one of the few corners of the internet I still love, no matter how often I find myself in disagreement. I’ve seen some thoughtful writing already on why Pitchfork couldn’t make it. In this case, they’re specific to Pitchfork’s editorial choices and market position.

Persons: Condé Nast, Casey Newton, Eric Harvey, HuffPost, FiveThirtyEight Organizations: Pitchfork, GQ, New York Times, Sports, BuzzFeed, Popular, U.S . News, Gawker, ABC News, Grid, ”, Vox Media, McClatchy, Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, Dallas Morning News Locations: U.S

☆ A Hospice Nurse on Embracing the Grace of Dying
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Talk A Hospice Nurse on Embracing the Grace of DyingA decade ago, Hadley Vlahos was lost. I’ve been in more situations than you could imagine where people just don’t know. I totally get it: People are like, I don’t know what you’re talking about. But I think there must be subconscious cues that we’re picking up that we don’t know how to measure scientifically. There have been times when patients have shared with me that they just don’t think anyone cares about them.

Persons: Hadley Vlahos, Vlahos, “, ” That’s, ”, I’ve, they’re, we’re, Hadley Vlahos’s, you’ve, I’m, David Marchese, Alok Vaid, Menon, ordinariness, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Downey Jr Organizations: New York Times, Marvel Locations: New Orleans

Close to 4,000 people died in the floods and 9,000 more are still unaccounted for, according to the World Health Organization. Schools-turned-shelters in Derna list the names of their inhabitants on their doors to help people like Abu Bakr. Piles of cars and trees brought by the water block streets in Derna. If you make problems, then you become suspicious.”“I hope to wake up one day (and) find the city still standing. Yet, in streets ravaged by the floods, residents of the buildings still standing were adamant on staying in their homes.

Persons: Sarah El Sirgany, CNN Abu Bakr, Abu, ” Karima, Salma, who’s, “, ”, ” Salma, Agilah Saleh, ” Mohamed Eljarh, Eljarh, Moftah, Hanshiry, Derna Organizations: CNN, World Health Organization, Local, Schools, Facebook, Libyan National Army Locations: Libyan, Derna, Abu Bakr, Libya, Salem el

☆ Ed Ruscha’s ‘Chocolate Room’ Still Tantalizes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Travis Diehl | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A rich perfume wafts through the sixth floor of the Museum of Modern Art, where the installation of Ed Ruscha’s full-dress survey “Now Then” is underway. You sense it before you see it: a room where the white walls are turning velvety brown. A chocolate room. “Chocolate Room” is an oddity in Ruscha’s influential oeuvre. Of the 85-year-old Nebraska native’s hundreds of projects — paintings, prints, and photo books; dry eulogies of Americana like SPAM cans and Mobil stations and two-lane blacktop — “Chocolate Room” is his only installation.

Persons: Ed Ruscha’s, McPherson, Daniel, whisks, Robyn, Lynda, Kayla, It’s Organizations: Museum of Modern Art, La Paloma Fine Arts company, Mobil Locations: Nebraska, New York

☆ In This Satire, Televised Blood Baths Offer Prisoners a Path to Freedom
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Giri Nathan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

What all these fighters seek is freedom, a word that appears capitalized throughout the book, like a term of art or faith. It comes in two types: Low Freedom (death, however it might find them) and High Freedom (pardon, commutation or clemency after three years survived on the circuit). If you recoil at that unholy fusion, that’s kind of the point; and the author keeps pulling off this shock, page after page. Adjei-Brenyah has a fine intuition, an almost spatial sense for what we need to see and what we don’t. His names are crisp, like Sunset Harkless (a man) and Spinifer Black (a spear), and his compact euphemisms a gift.

☆ Trump mocked John McCain and complained that he had the 'world's longest funeral:' 'Much like his wars, it never ended'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump again mocked John McCain in his new book, per an excerpt published by The New York Post. Trump claimed that McCain had "the world's longest funeral" back in 2018. Trump claimed that he, as president, granted McCain "the world's longest funeral," erroneously claiming that the mourning lasted 11 days, per The New York Post's published excerpt. Trump's claim that he gave permission for McCain's funeral also does not hold water. This was after she called Trump's daughter Ivanka and his son-in-law Jared Kushner "funeral crashers" for showing up at John McCain's memorial service.

☆ Israeli sisters killed in shooting attack laid to rest
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KFAR ETZION, West Bank, April 9 (Reuters) - The family of two Israeli sisters who were killed in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank shared tearful eulogies on Sunday with a room full of weeping mourners, while their mother who was wounded remained in a coma. Hours after the sisters were killed, an Italian tourist was killed in a ramming attack in Tel Aviv. The attacks added to heightened Israeli-Palestinian tensions following Israeli police raids in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque last week. Since the beginning of the year, at least 18 Israelis and foreigners have been killed in attacks in Israel, around Jerusalem and in the West Bank. In the same period, Israeli forces have killed more than 80 Palestinians, most of them fighters in militant groups but some of them civilians.

☆ Instagram is the new 'business card' for creators. Here's why industry experts say this could be Meta's secret weapon.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Instagram has become a "business card" or "Rolodex" for creators and business owners. Here's why creator industry insiders and experts say messaging is a big opportunity for Instagram. "I could not do my business without Instagram DMs," said Eric Wei, a former Instagram staffer who left to found creator economy fintech startup Karat. Meta's making moves to monetize messagingCracking how to monetize messaging isn't so straightforward. This year, Meta hosted "Conversations" in May, a developer event focused on business messaging, after canceling its annual and broader developer event, F8.

☆ 'Saturday Night Live': Steve Martin and Martin Short team up for hilarious 'Father of the Bride' skit
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Chloe Melas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Steve Martin and Martin Short brought the funny as co-hosts of “Saturday Night Live” this weekend. NBC/Getty Images Martin plays an IRS agent in a Coneheads skit in February 1977. NBC/Getty Images Martin and Dan Aykroyd, second from left, play the Festrunk brothers — "two wild and crazy guys" — in September 1977. NBC/Getty Images Martin performs with The Dirt Band, which was the show's musical guest when he hosted in January 1978. Alan Singer/NBC/Getty Images Martin puts a spin on traditional Christmas lists in his "A Holiday Wish" skit in 1986.

☆ How the Brazil side of the 1982 World Cup became one of the most beloved in history
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

He was also captain of the Brazil team at the 1982 World Cup, long before cable television and streaming made every football match and player compilation readily available. Socrates in action vs. Argentina during 1982 World Cup. Despite losing to host Uruguay in the Gold Cup final, Brazil beat West Germany – one of the favorites for the 1982 World Cup and eventual losing finalist – 4-1 in the group stages. So, it all came down to Brazil vs. Italy on July 5 for a place in the 1982 World Cup semifinal. Melchert/picture alliance/Getty ImagesMacpherson described the result as “a huge anti-climax” for the neutrals watching at the World Cup.

☆ Twitter users flood the site with eulogies amid mounting fears of its imminent collapse and concerns that 'critical' teams are spread thin
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Twitter users worried about a possible site collapse shared memes and tweets with #RIPTwitter. Nithish Billava replied to Musk's tweet with the same meme, but with Musk's face over the tombstone saying, "Fixed it" with the sweat smile emoji. Gluscevic's tweet shows Musk's face on the little girl's face and the Twitter app on the house. Other Twitter users compared the demise of Twitter to the sinking of the Titanic. As we wait to see what happens next, Twitter users continued bidding adieu to the website on Friday morning.

☆ After another chaotic week on Twitter, some users are nostalgic for the pre-Elon Musk days
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Kahlan-Rosenblatt.Jpg | Kalhan Rosenblatt | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Twitter is not dead — but some of its users are already mourning what the platform was, before Elon Musk's takeover. As the site descends further into chaos, users are getting nostalgic and sharing their favorite memories of "old school Twitter." On Thursday, she asked her followers to share a “happy Twitter memory,” and said the responses affirmed her appreciation for pre-chaos Twitter. “Somebody said, ‘I used to think that queer people were sinning ... and now I don’t because of Twitter,’” Crozier said. There were users who pointed out that Twitter, pre-Musk, had been referred to as a “hellsite“ where users “doomscrolled“ for hours.

☆ Queen Elizabeth’s funeral marks the end of television dominance that started with her coronation
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( David Zurawik | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

On social media, the queen was often discussed and, in many cases, denounced for Britain’s history of colonialism and her handling of royal scandals. CNN, for example, will start carrying live TV coverage at 5 a.m. Although Thompson expects a “very big” audience, he does not see it proportionally rivaling the 1953 the coronation. “I don’t think this funeral can possibly penetrate the global attention the way the 1953 coronation did — or even the wedding in 1981. And yet, the coronation coverage found an audience of 85 million viewers in the US, according to the BBC.

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